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Learn THIS Bible Verse to Prove Baptism Saves

Written On:2025 Jun 25
Last Edited On:2025 Nov 28

This interactive breakdown of Mark 16:16 helps you share with non-Catholic Christians that baptism saves, not because we Catholics made it up, but because the Bible says so.

The verse clearly states: "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved"—meaning both belief and baptism are essential for salvation. Use this page to walk through the verse step by step, addressing common objections together.

Watch the Video Explanation For Context

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 (then as a symbolic choice) is baptized will be saved.

Whoever believes and (therefore eventually) 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

What about the thief on the cross?

What about baptized babies that die before they get to believe?

What about people who believed but died before they were baptized?

The answer to all these questions is that God can save certain people in extra-ordinary ways, but still the ordinary way of being saved is to believe and be baptized.