Acts 22:16

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And now, why delay? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.

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  • Acts 2:38 : 38 Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 This water symbolizes baptism, which now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 6:3-4 : 3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore, we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
  • Gal 3:27 : 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.
  • Acts 9:18 : 18 At once, something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized.
  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I hurried and did not delay to keep Your commandments.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why are we sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the LORD our God has doomed us, giving us poisonous water to drink because we have sinned against him.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches to all who call on Him. 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 14 How then can they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching?
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 22:15
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    15For you will be His witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

  • Acts 2:37-40
    4 verses
    76%

    37When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'

    38Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

    39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.'

    40With many other words he warned them, and he kept urging them, 'Be saved from this corrupt generation.'

  • Acts 10:47-48
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    75%

    47“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

    48So he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

  • Acts 9:6
    75%

    6Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do."

  • Acts 22:17-18
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    74%

    17After I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance.

    18I saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'

  • Acts 9:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Ananias went, entered the house, and after placing his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming—has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

    18At once, something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized.

  • Acts 19:3-5
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    74%

    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

    4Paul 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."

    5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 22:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus. There you will be told everything that has been assigned for you to do.’

    11Since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and went into Damascus.

  • Acts 3:19
    73%

    19Repent, therefore, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away.

  • Acts 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4While He was with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, "You have heard from Me."

    5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

  • Acts 11:16
    73%

    16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

  • Acts 26:16-17
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    72%

    16But rise and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you: to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you.

    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,

  • Acts 9:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas, look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying.

    12In a vision, he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

  • Acts 8:36
    72%

    36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'Look, here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?'

  • Acts 2:21
    71%

    21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

  • Acts 8:16
    71%

    16For the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Pet 3:21
    70%

    21This water symbolizes baptism, which now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 16:30-33
    4 verses
    70%

    30Then he brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'

    31They replied, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.'

    32And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.

    33At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. Then he and all his household were baptized immediately.

  • Mark 16:16
    69%

    16'Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.'

  • Acts 11:14
    69%

    14He will speak words to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.

  • Acts 9:14
    69%

    14And here he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.

  • Mark 1:8
    69%

    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

  • Acts 8:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22Repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such thoughts in your heart.

    23For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.

  • Acts 10:5
    68%

    5Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
    68%

    11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Acts 2:14
    68%

    14Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: 'Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.'

  • Acts 8:38
    68%

    38He ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

  • Acts 10:43
    68%

    43All the prophets testify about Him, that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.

  • John 3:22
    68%

    22After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

  • Acts 22:13
    68%

    13He came to me, stood by, and said, 'Brother Saul, regain your sight!' At that moment, I looked up and could see him.

  • Acts 22:7
    68%

    7I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

  • Acts 10:32-33
    2 verses
    67%

    32Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'

    33So immediately, I sent for you, and you were kind enough to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say.

  • Matt 3:6
    67%

    6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.