Mark 16:16
Some people will believe that message, and then you have to take them through that special washing ceremony, called baptism. God will save those people. But God will not save people that don’t believe that message. He will blame them and say they are guilty.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
In Context
Cross References
Mark 1:15He said, “Now is the right time for God to take people into his family. You mob have to take notice and turn right around and live God’s way. You have to believe this good news.”
John 1:12But some people did want him. They believed in him, so God said they can join his family, and be his own kids.
John 3:15so that if anyone believes in me, then they will live with God for ever.”
John 3:36Anyone that believes in God’s son will live with him for ever. But anyone that does not do what God’s son says, will not live with God, and God will be angry with that person for ever.”
John 6:29Jesus said, “This is the work that God wants you to do, he wants you to believe in the man he sent to the world.”
John 6:40Everyone that takes notice of me and believes in me will live with God for ever. That’s what God, my father, wants. On the day when the world will finish up, I will make them alive again.”
Matthew Henry on Mark 16:15-19
Christ's Appearance to the Eleven. 14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall… Read the whole commentary →