Freesunday, by "infallible translation" are you implying that King James Bible believers generally teach that the translation was made by inspiration from 1604 to 1611?
The truth is that the authority of Scripture is in Scripture itself. And since there is only one Scripture, there is only one form of Scripture which is actually the authoritative representation. This is not the originals for us (or for most New Testament times peoples), because they are gone. It is not the original languages, because no single extant perfect presentation of the Scripture can be found there. It is not in the collective of all Scripture evidence, because that has already been utilised, refined and presented in a gathered form, and finalised, namely, the King James Bible. It is not in the variety of all versions today, because they contradict and differ to each other and do not agree that there is one final authority, nor do they match up to it.
Clearly, "baptize" and "church" are God's words in English for use and understanding by the Church throughout the world. These Biblical English words have meanings which are discerned by studying and conferring Scriptures, and by our spiritual understanding of Biblical English even as we increase in a proper understanding of natural English.
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