Acts 2:38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Be

1 Peter 3:21

In

And ye

General references

Luke 5:32

John 20:23

Bible References

Be

Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?"

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, "If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house." And she persuaded us.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you -- not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

In

But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?

And ye

But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord.

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord."

After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions.

"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.

General references

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained."