Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
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- WEB of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
- BSB instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
- NKJV of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
- NASB of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.
- NLT You don’t need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
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Quick answer
The foundational teachings include instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. These are the elementary doctrines the readers should already have mastered.
Overview
This list rounds out the 'first principles' the readers ought to have moved beyond. These doctrines, many sharing roots with Old Testament and early Christian instruction, form the basics of the faith. The writer wants them established, not endlessly revisited, so believers can grasp the fuller revelation of Christ as high priest.
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- 1 Cor 15:13–57But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
- Rom 6:3–5Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
- Acts 17:31–32Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
- Acts 6:6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
- John 1:33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 2:38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- John 4:1–2When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
- Acts 19:2–6He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
- Dan 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Acts 24:25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
- Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
- Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- Acts 8:12–18But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
- Matt 22:23–32The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
- Eccl 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
- Matt 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
- Ezek 37:1–14The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
- Heb 9:10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
- Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
- Acts 10:47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
- 1 Cor 10:2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
- Acts 16:33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
- John 3:25–26Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- Acts 16:15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
- Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
- 1 Th 4:14–18For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
- Rom 2:16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
- Acts 24:15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- Mark 7:8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
- Jude 1:14–15And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
- 2 Tim 2:18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
- Rom 2:5–10But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Phil 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
- Luke 11:38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
- Acts 26:8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
- Acts 4:2Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
- 1 Cor 1:12–17Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
- Acts 24:21Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
- Col 2:12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
- Luke 3:16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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