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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: Does Jesus' name satisfy Matt 28:19? |
Bible Note: Dear Tim, Greetings in Jesus' name, and welcome to the forum! We all OOPS! :-) This was one of my first posts! After quite a bit of discussion, and some side trips to 'Jesus Only' and 'Oneness' bents, I am still trusting that the name of Jesus has a very special meaning. I have yet to be convinced away from water baptism in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins and the circumcision of heart. I am not *against* baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I simply see that most of the examples we have, the actual fulfilment of the Lord's command in Matthew is baptism in the name of (the Lord) Jesus (Christ) in the book of the Acts of the Apostles. This is what they did. In Christ Jesus, charis |