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NASB | Acts 22:16 'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 22:16 'Now, why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name [for salvation].' |
Bible Question:
Why is the first imperative, "be baptized," followed by a second, "wash away your sins," if baptism hasn't a thing to do with the removal of sins? Why does Saul still need to have his sins washed away? Is baptism connected to washing away of sins? Many who post on this forum say they are connected symbolically: but they only allow that baptism is done later to symbolize an earlier spiritual cleansing. But I wonder if they can explain why Ananias commands that Saul both, "be baptized" and "wash away thy sins"? Help me to understand this verse. |
Bible Answer: Was Paul saved at the point of 'faith alone' or when 'calling on his name?' Believing must come first and calling on His name must follow. Are we saved when we believe or when we call, or as one person suggest, when we repent (as he argues a causal relationship between 'repentance' and 'remission of sins' in Acts 2:38)? I'm searching for answers. Thanks and good day, Disciplerami |