Mark 16:16

Mark 16:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.

Context of Mark 16:16

14Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen. 15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

Mark 16:16 word by word

ὁ πιστεύσας καὶ βαπτισθεὶς σωθήσεται· ὁ δὲ ἀπιστήσας κατακριθήσεται.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Heὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that believethπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• is baptizedβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907
• shall be savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• butδέde · thenG1161
• that believeth notἀπιστέωapisteō · to disbelieveG569
• shall be damnedκατακρίνωkatakrinō · to condemnG2632

Cross-references for Mark 16:16

• Mark 1:15“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
• Luke 8:12Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
• John 1:12Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
• John 3:15that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
• John 5:24“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
• John 6:29Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
• John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
• John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
• John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
• John 20:31But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
• Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
• Acts 13:39Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.
• Acts 16:30He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
• Romans 3:6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
• Romans 4:24but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
• Romans 10:9If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Commentaries on Mark 16:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16He that believeth - He that credits this Gospel as a revelation from God: and is baptized - takes upon him the profession of it, obliging himself to walk according to its precepts: he shall be saved - redeemed from sin here, and brought at last to the enjoyment of my eternal glory. But he that believeth not, shall be damned - because he rejects the only provision that could be effectual to his soul's salvation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16He that believeth - That is, believeth the gospel. “He who credits it to be true, and acts as if it were true.” This is the whole of faith. Man is a sinner. He should act on the belief of this truth and repent. There is a God. Man should believe it, and fear and love him, and seek his favor. The Lord Jesus died to save him. To have faith in him is to believe that this is true, and to act accordingly; that is, to trust him, to rely on him, to love him, to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 The evidences of the truth of the gospel are so full, that those who receive it not, may justly be upbraided with their unbelief. Our blessed Lord renewed his choice of the eleven as his apostles, and commissioned them to go into all the world, to preach his gospel to every creature. Only he that is a true Christian shall be saved through Christ. Simon Magus professed to believe, and was baptized, yet he was declared to be in the bonds of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-20Nearly all scholars agree that Mark did not write the shorter ending and the longer ending of his Gospel. These endings use different styles, vocabulary, and theology (teaching about God). Also, the two best early Greek manuscripts (Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus) do not include these endings. However, many scholars also doubt that Mark meant to end his Gospel at 16:8. Several reasons support this view: Mark emphasizes that the predictions of Jesus…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. He that believeth and is baptized--Baptism is here put for the external signature of the inner faith of the heart, just as "confessing with the mouth" is in Ro 10:10; and there also as here this outward manifestation, once mentioned as the proper fruit of faith, is not repeated in what follows (Ro 10:11). shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned--These awful issues of the reception or rejection of the Gospel, though often recorded in…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 16:16

• Baptism
• Faith
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Salvation
• Unbelief
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Faith
• Receive
• Resurrection of Christ
• Unbelief
• Armenian Versions, of the Bible
• Baptism (lutheran Doctrine)
• Baptism (non-Immersionist View)
• Condemn; Condemnation
• Damn; Damnation; Damnable
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Mark 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings