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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: Is this about water baptism at all? |
Bible Note: Dear Justme, I'm glad to write back to you. I have five children and I feel we, with God's help, have done a reasonably good job of raising our children. Our oldest is 22 and our youngest is 12. All of these children have reached an age where they know right and wrong. They at times have demonstrated attitudes that were sinful, they have done things that would be immoral in thought and deed. Although these children grew up praying to God from the earliest age, they still get to the ponit that they sin and realize just why Jesus died for them. They then choose to come to God for His salvation. They know that God is merciful and promises eternal life to all who obey his call. The turn to Him in repentance and ask to be baptized for the remission of their sins. Even at 12 or 14 years of age, they know what saves: the blood of Christ; and they know when God saves: at baptism. We teach them this because that is the pattern of the Bible. We give God the glory, Disciplerami |