Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Part 1:

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved,

Part 2:

but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Part 1:

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved,

Belief is necessary for salvation
Baptism is necessary for salvation

Therefore the statement
baptism saves = True

Part 2:

but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

This shows that even if you have baptism but you remove belief, you will be condemned (not be saved)

we can't remove words from this verse:

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved

we can't get around the fact that it says in here that baptism is also a requirement for salvation

The verse simply says:

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved

this means that both believe and baptism are essential for salvation

And we can't add extra text in hopes to change the meaning:

Whoever believes and (.......) is baptized will be saved.

The verse simply says:

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved

this means that both believe and baptism are essential for salvation

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