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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, And I have said that I disagree with this statement: "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" Both the command to repent and be baptized are connected grammatically with the conjunction 'and'. The promised result of 'forgiveness' is to the same ones who are told to be baptized. You continue to suggest that the English just can't quite relate the nuances, but we aren't talking about nuances. We are talking about an entire restructure of the original text. You do not simply speak of nuances when you clip and paste Greek text. The command to 'be baptized' is not an afterthought, better stuck on the tail of the verse, not since the Holy Spirit placed it between the command to repent and the promise of forgiveness. Your problem is not in an inability to relate nuances, it is with the original text. We probably won't agree. I'm sorry. I wish you well, Disciplerami |