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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: Repent and Baptism for same number? |
Bible Note: Greetings Disciplerami! First, let's be clear on what I have and have not said. I have not said that those being commanded to 'be baptized' are not included in the number of those being told 'to repent'. What I have said is that the command 'to be baptized' is not grammatically connected to the result clause 'for the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit'. These two 'results' can only be grammatically connected to the command 'to repent'. This is true to the Greek grammar and true to the context of Acts itself. For, in Acts 10, we see this very thing demonstrated. People, who have not yet been baptized, received the 'gift of the Holy Spirit' (by the way, the Greek here IS identical to that of Acts 2:38). Under my interpretation of Acts 2:38, this makes perfect sense. Under your interpretation of Acts 2:38, this is a contradiction. So, answer this my friend. If one must both repent and be baptized to receive the promises of Acts 2:38, how did those in Acts 10 receive one of the promises even though they had not yet been baptized? The best that you can do is to either ignore the passage altogether, or claim some sort of special circumstance (which the text does not mention). :-) Baptism is done in response to salvation, not in order to gain salvation. What did Peter say? Acts 10:47 - "Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have." They were baptized because they were saved, not to get saved. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |