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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: Spirit received is miraculous never non |
Bible Note: It is a mistake to read passages that were written to churches that had miraculous gifts and the references to their having received the Spirit, and equate that with our situation today when there are no miraculous gifts, nor do we need them. Confusion results when we fail to make this distinction. It is my conviction that the misunderstanding of Acts 2:38 has led to reading into other passages that which was never there in the first place. The letters that were written to churches were to churches that had miraculous gifts. When references are made in the epistles about their having received the Spirit, what would they have understood this to mean? When miraculous manifestations were visable in their assemblies, would they ever have thought of having the Spirit in a non-miraculous way as we do? |