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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: Conversion THEN baptism...verses?? |
Bible Note: Hi, Barach... and a blessing, indeed, it is to have you in the forum! I once spent 12 hours, in three sessions, with an Orthodox Presbyterian Church pastor dealing with this. Their paedobaptist views are made on some assumptions in Scripture. As a Baptist we insist -- I believe rightly -- for direct evidence. John Calvin considered baptism to be the New Covenant equivalent of circumcision. But, if that were so, then what is the cicumcision of the heart (Jer 4:4, Acts 7:51, Romans 2:29)? Consequently, I still lean heavily to credo-baptism. In Him, Doc |