Acts 22:16

Conservative English Version

What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord."

Cross References

Psalm 119:60

As soon as you command, I do what you say.

Psalm 51:2

Wash me clean from all of my sin and guilt.

Jeremiah 8:14

The people of Judah say to each other, "What are we waiting for? Let's run to a town with walls and die there. We rebelled against the LORD, and we were sentenced to die by drinking poison.

John 13:8

"You will never wash my feet!" Peter replied. "If I don't wash you," Jesus told him, "you don't really belong to me."

Acts 2:21

Then the Lord will save everyone who asks for his help."

Acts 2:38

Peter said, "Turn back to God! Be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven. Then you will be given the Holy Spirit.

Acts 7:59

As Stephen was being stoned to death, he called out, "Lord Jesus, please welcome me!"

Acts 9:14

Now the chief priests have given him the power to come here and arrest anyone who worships in your name."

Acts 9:18

Suddenly something like fish scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see. He got up and was baptized.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To God's church in Corinth. Christ Jesus chose you to be his very own people, and you worship in his name, as we and all others do who call him Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:13

Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to be like that. But now the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of God's Spirit have washed you and made you holy and acceptable to God.

Galatians 3:27

And when you were baptized, it was as though you had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes.

Ephesians 5:26

He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water.

Titus 3:5

He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. God washed us by the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth and a fresh beginning.

Hebrews 10:22

So let's come near God with pure hearts and a confidence that comes from having faith. Let's keep our hearts pure, our consciences free from evil, and our bodies washed with clean water.

1 Peter 3:21

Those flood waters were like baptism that now saves you. But baptism is more than just washing your body. It means turning to God with a clear conscience, because Jesus Christ was raised from death.