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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: To be saved must we be baptised? |
Bible Note: Dear Tim, I don't think I'm missing the point, instead it may be you who are. The point is that the appositional phrase (parenthetical phrase, as you call it), refers to the same group mentioned in the previous or following phrase (in our case, the previous one). In Acts 2:38, you can't just 'take out' the command to be baptized (and still have the same meaning), because being baptized isn't the same thing as repenting. "Take out this parenthetical statement and the verse is perfectly clear." Yes, in Acts 2:8 the appositional phrase indicates that each individual was hearing. This is supremely important to our Acts 2:38 passage that commands two things: repentance and baptism. Those who were being commanded to repent were also (same PLURAL number of people, even with the singular verb for baptism) being commanded to be baptized. The conjunction KAI ties the two phrases together and forms the required action (of faith, mind you)for receiving forgiveness. You point out that in Acts 2:8 that there are no singular verbs connected to "each", but that doesn't matter. There is a singular verb connected in verse 3 of the same chapter! So your point is moot. 1 Corinthians 16:1,2 is another example. In verse 1, the church is commanded 'do ye also' (2 person plural), followed by 'let each of you [hekastos] 'lay aside' [titheito, 3rd singular). Point? The same plural number commanded to do ye also, are individually commanded to 'lay aside' (singular verb). In Acts 2:38, the argument that you have advanced is that the change in person breaks the connection (conjunction AND) between repentance and baptism: 'repent for the forgiveness of sins and be baptized later for a reason disassociated from salvation.' But this is not allowed. In 1 Cor 16:1,2 you can't disassociate 'each one of you lay aside' from the first plural command to 'do ye also'. Baptism's water has no saving power, but it is the place where God's grace saves. We've already concluded the causal relationship between repentance and forgiveness; it's not much of a leap to command someone to get in the water and 'wash away thy sins.' Have a good day. By the way, how was the group study? I had one too with some of the youth. My dining room table was lined with teens studying the Bible. Disciplerami |