Acts 22:16

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

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  • Acts 2:38 : 38 Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one 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.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 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,
  • Rom 6:3-4 : 3 Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And then 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 or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.
  • 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 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,
  • Acts 9:14 : 14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”
  • Acts 9:18 : 18 Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,
  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Jeremiah Laments over the Coming Destruction The people say,“Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the LORD our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him. 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 14 How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

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

  • Acts 2:37-40
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    37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

    38Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one 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.

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

    40With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying,“Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”

  • Acts 10:47-48
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    47“No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

    48So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

  • Acts 9:6
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    6But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”

  • Acts 22:17-18
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    17When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

    18and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

  • Acts 9:17-18
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    17So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said,“Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

    18Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,

  • Acts 19:3-5
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    3So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

    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
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    10So I asked,‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’

    11Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.

  • Acts 3:19
    73%

    19Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

  • Acts 1:4-5
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    4While he was with them, he declared,“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

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

  • Acts 11:16
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    16And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say,‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

  • Acts 26:16-17
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    16But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.

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

  • Acts 9:11-12
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    11Then the Lord told him,“Get up and go to the street called‘Straight,’ and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

    12and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”

  • Acts 8:36
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    36Now 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?”

  • Acts 2:21
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    21And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

  • Acts 8:16
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    16(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

  • 1 Pet 3:21
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    21And 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,

  • Acts 16:30-33
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    30Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

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

    32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

    33At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

  • Mark 16:16
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    16The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

  • Acts 11:14
    69%

    14who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’

  • Acts 9:14
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    14and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”

  • Mark 1:8
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    8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

  • Acts 8:22-23
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    22Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.

    23For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin.”

  • Acts 10:5
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    5Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

  • Acts 8:38
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    38So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

  • Acts 10:43
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    43About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

  • John 3:22
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    22Further Testimony About Jesus by John the Baptist After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

  • Acts 22:13
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    13came to me and stood beside me and said to me,‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.

  • Acts 22:7
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    7Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

  • Acts 10:32-33
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    32Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

    33Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”

  • Matt 3:6
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    6and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.