Does Galatians 3:27 teach that we are baptized into a denomination?
No. Galatians 3:27 says believers have been baptized into Christ and have put on Christ, not into a denomination. The verse contains no water; it is as dry as a bone. The common reading “baptized into your denomination” is not what Scripture says.
Les teaches that Galatians 3:27 does not support baptism into a denomination. Paul is writing to Galatian believers, mostly Gentiles, who are children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. That faith speaks of the whole finished work of redemption: Christ’s death, burial, shed blood, and resurrection. The common reading says people are baptized into a denomination, but Scripture says they are baptized into Christ, and the verse has no water—it is as dry as a bone. Les connects this to Romans 6:3, where a guest preacher likewise said there is no water, a point he now accepts as 100% right.
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
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Does Galatians 3:27 say you were baptized into your denomination?
Many people misread Galatians 3:27 as being baptized into your denomination, the way a person says they became a church member, but that is not what the Scripture says.