Acts 22:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And now why do you delay? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

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  • Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter said to them, 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are 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 true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • Rom 6:3-4 : 3 Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore, we are buried with Him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
  • Gal 3:27 : 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
  • Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
  • Acts 9:18 : 18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight at once, and he arose and was baptized.
  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I made haste and did not delay to keep Your commandments.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us bitter water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 22:15
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    15 For you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

  • Acts 2:37-40
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    37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?'

    38 Then Peter said to them, 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

    39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.

    40 And with many other words he testified and encouraged them, saying, 'Save yourselves from this perverse generation.'

  • Acts 10:47-48
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    75%

    47 Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?

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

  • Acts 9:6
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    6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.

  • Acts 22:17-18
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    17 And it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance,

    18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

  • Acts 9:17-18
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    17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

    18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight at once, and he arose and was baptized.

  • Acts 19:3-5
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    3 And he said to them, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

    4 Then said Paul, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

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

  • Acts 22:10-11
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    10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told to you everything that is appointed for you to do.

    11 And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

  • Acts 3:19
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    19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

  • Acts 1:4-5
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    4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, you have heard from Me.

    5 For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

  • Acts 11:16
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    16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 26:16-17
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    16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you;

    17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

  • Acts 9:11-12
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    11 And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,

    12 And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.

  • Acts 8:36
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    36 Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, See, here is water. What prevents me from being baptized?

  • Acts 2:21
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    21 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

  • Acts 8:16
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    16 For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Pet 3:21
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    21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

  • Acts 16:30-33
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    70%

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

    31 So they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.

    32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house.

    33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and immediately he and all his family were baptized.

  • Mark 16:16
    69%

    16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned.

  • Acts 11:14
    69%

    14 Who shall tell you words, whereby you and all your house shall be saved.

  • Acts 9:14
    69%

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

  • Mark 1:8
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    8 I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 8:22-23
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    22 Repent therefore of this wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

    23 For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

  • Acts 10:5
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    5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11 And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words:

  • Acts 8:38
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    38 So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

  • Acts 10:43
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    43 To him all the prophets witness that through his name whoever believes in him shall receive forgiveness of sins.

  • John 3:22
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    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea, and there he stayed with them and baptized.

  • Acts 22:13
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    13 Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And at that very moment, I looked up at him.

  • Acts 22:7
    68%

    7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

  • Acts 10:32-33
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    32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is staying in the house of one Simon a tanner by the seaside: when he comes, he will speak to you.

    33 Immediately therefore I sent to you; and you have done well that you have come. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things commanded you by God.

  • Matt 3:6
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    6 And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.