We have already alluded to one text on this subject, that about the _perishing_; and we will now quote five others, each from a different writer, thus showing that the doctrine was not peculiar to any one Apostle or Evangelist. We are told then, that while he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, he that disbelieveth shall be condemned; that unless men believe in Christ they shall die in their sins; that His is the only Name under heaven wherein men can be saved; that public confession of Him as Lord, together with belief in His Resurrection, leads to salvation; and that His Blood alone can redeem us from our sins.[485] [Footnote 485: Mark 16. 16; John 8. 24; Acts 4. 12; Rom. 10. 9; 1 Pet. 1. 19.] And the early Christians acted in entire accordance with this. When, for instance, the gaoler at Philippi asked St. Paul, _What must I do to be saved?_ the answer was, _Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved_.[486] Repentance, baptism, and amendment of life, would of course follow in due time; but first of all, before all other things, it was necessary that he should _believe in Christ_. This was the great essential. [Footnote 486: Acts 16. 31.] Now it is obvious that the belief in Christ, which is thus everywhere insisted on, must mean believing the truth about Christ, and not a false belief. If, then, the statements in the Creed represent the truth about Christ, as we have shown they do, then belief in these is necessary to salvation. And the Bible, like the Creed, expressly says that the great and fundamental truth about Christ, which we must both believe and _confess_, is His Incarnation, that He _is come in the flesh_.[487] And this involves His relationship to God the Father, and the doctrine of the Trinity. Thus the warning clauses as to the importance of a true belief, especially in regard to these two great doctrines, seem fully justified. [Footnote 487: 1 John 4. 2-3.] Three further remarks may be made before leaving this subject. The first is that the Creed is addressed to _Christians_ only. This is clear from its opening sentence, _Quicunque vult salvus esse_, which means literally, 'Whoever _wishes_ to be saved'; and this takes for granted that the persons addressed have heard of salvation. And, as we have shown, the following words, that they must _hold fast_ or _keep_ the Faith, also imply that they have been already taught it. The Creed cannot therefore be held to refer to any but Christians, no matter how general the language may be.