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speratus said:
Could Paul have been saved before, at, or after baptism? Yes. Do we have scriptural warrant to make the assumption he was saved before baptism? I don't think so. Not everyone who sees visions, obeys a command, calls Jesus "Lord", is called a "brother", etc. is saved. I'll leave you to research the revelant texts that prove my point.
If I hadn't researched the relevant texts, I wouldn't have made the comments I have. The text you provided is ample evidence that Paul was saved prior to his baptism. But regardless of the matter of "when", the fact remains that saving grace is NOT dispensed in, by or through baptism. As J_Edwards has said so many times, as I have as well, baptism is a "sign" and a "seal" but it has no power to save. Your semi-Romanism doesn't cut it. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/igiveup.gif" alt="" />

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