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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: Baptism, Trinity, and Teachers? |
Bible Note: Jesus said in Mark 16: 15-16, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned." This is strong language from the Lord Himself. Why did he say this? In Chapter 3 of John's Gospel Jesus tells Nicodemus that in order to see the kingdom of God, one must be born again. Jesus gives further details, "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (John 3:5) After concluding the discussion and to further clarify His position Jesus and His disciples begin to baptize people, "John 3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. John 3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. John 3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison. John 3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. John 3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him." Much confusion comes when people do not rightly divide the words of scripture. Many people teach that Paul did not teach on baptism and that baptism is no longer necessary. They point to Paul's Epistles as proof, but forget that Paul was writing to churches of saints that he established by baptizing the initial members throughout the book of Acts. Paul does not emphasize baptism so much because he has already demonstrated the need to be baptized to them. The reason baptism administered in Jesus name makes infinite sence when we listen to Peter's explaination, "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) |