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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: Greetings Dan! You use the example of communion. Yet, 1 Cor. 11 commands us to use these two elements. So, this is not an example of an implied pattern, but an explicit one. But, if one is going to argue that simply because early Christians did something a certain way that we must also, then: 1) We would have to see all of our possessions. 2) We would have to meet only in homes, since they did not have church buildings. 3) We could not drive cars, because they did not. 4) We would have to meet in Jewish synagogues first. 5) Ect.... Christians are not obligated to do something which is not commanded! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |