Acts 2:38

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Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, {\cf2\super [42]} each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Then God will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [43]}

Cross References

Isaiah 59:20

Then a Savior will come to Zion. {\cf2\super [450]} \par He will come to the people of Jacob\par that sinned but came back to God.\par

Isaiah 59:21

The Lord says, “I will make an Agreement with those people. I promise, my Spirit and my words that I put in your mouth will never leave you. They will be with your children and your children’s children. They will be with you for now and forever.”

Ezekiel 39:29

I will pour my Spirit onto the family of Israel. And after that time, I will never turn away from my people again.” The Lord my Master said those things.

Matthew 28:19

So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize {\cf2\super [444]} them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [445]}

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon.”

Matthew 3:6

People told the sins they had done, and John baptized {\cf2\super [36]} them in the Jordan River.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to tell people \{what God wanted\}. This is what he said: “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon.”

Mark 1:15

Jesus said, “The right time is now here. The kingdom of God is near. Change your hearts and lives and believe the Good News!”

Mark 16:16

Any person that believes and is baptized {\cf2\super [241]} will be saved. But the person that does not believe will be judged guilty.

Luke 3:10

The people asked John, “What should we do?”

Acts 10:43

Every person who believes (trusts) in Jesus will be forgiven. God will forgive the sins of that person through the name of Jesus. All the prophets {\cf2\super [215]} say this is true.”

Acts 10:48

So Peter commanded that Cornelius and his relatives and friends be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then the people asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

Acts 16:15

She and all the people living in her home were baptized. {\cf2\super [337]} Then Lydia invited us into her home. She said, “If you think I am truly a believer in the Lord Jesus, then come stay in my house.” She persuaded us to stay with her.

Acts 17:30

In the past, people did not understand God, but God ignored this. But now, God tells every person in the world to change his heart and life.

Acts 20:21

I told all people—Jewish people and Greek (non-Jewish) people—to change their hearts and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 22:16

Now, don’t wait any longer. Get up, be baptized {\cf2\super [440]} and wash your sins away. Do this, trusting in him (Jesus) \{to save you\}.’

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Acts 26:20

I began telling people that they should change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. I told the people to do things that show that they really changed their hearts. I told these things first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told these things to the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God and he will forgive your sins.

Acts 5:31

Jesus is the One that God raised to his right side. God made Jesus our Leader and Savior. God did this so that all Jews can change their hearts and lives. Then God can forgive their sins.

Acts 8:12

But Philip told the people the Good News {\cf2\super [159]} about the kingdom of God and the power of Jesus Christ. Men and women believed Philip. They were baptized. {\cf2\super [160]}

Acts 8:20

Peter said to Simon, “You and your money should both be destroyed! You thought you could buy God’s gift with money.

Romans 6:3

Did you forget that all of us became part of Christ Jesus when we were baptized {\cf2\super [49]} ? We shared his death in our baptism. {\cf2\super [50]}

Ephesians 1:7

In Christ we are made free by Christ’s blood (death). We have forgiveness of sins because of God’s rich grace.

Titus 3:5

I thank God because I hear about the love you have for all God’s holy people {\cf2\super [1]} and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus.

1 Peter 3:21

That water is like baptism {\cf2\super [26]} that now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. Baptism is asking God for a pure heart. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.