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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Subject: New life? |
Bible Note: Joe, I don't quite understand you point here! "So, to answer your question, our new life starts apart from baptism internally, and the promise is maked externally by baptism". Paul saids we are buried with Christ by baptism,into his death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life, Then he explans how this is done in the next six verses. |