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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: this mean baptism saves you? |
Bible Note: Dear Paul :: You may find the article at the following link instructive in interpreting 1 Peter 3:21: http://www.gotquestions.org/baptism-1Peter-3-21.html. Does Scripture actually support the statement that "God saves us by several things working together" etc.? ..... John 3:16 is quite clear, unfettered and unambiguous in its affirmation that "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." ..... Paul and Silas were direct and to the point when in Acts 16 they answered the jailer's question (v.30) "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" by telling him (v.31) "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." ...... "For by grace you have been saved through faith..." (see Ephesians 2:8). "Through faith" the Scripture says, not through faith plus something else, some added requirement. Scripture lays it down in Ephesians 2:9 that salvation is "not of works, lest any man should boast." The idea of baptismal regeneration is the adding of a "plus something else" -- an additional requirement (something man himself must do) for salvation -- that goes beyond the biblical teaching of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. ....... This post is intended merely to be a remonstrance to the doctrine of baptismal regeneration and decidedly not meant to be a springboard to discussion of, or invitation to debate, baptism; specifically, baptismal regeneration. There have been multitudinous posts entered on this topic since the Forum began seven years ago, and no cogent argument can be made in favor of adding to the vast stockpile that already exists in the archives. ..... At all events I hope that the article cited at the gotquestions.org web site will help. There are several other related articles on this same web site that you may want to examine as well. --Hank |