Acts 2:38

New International Reader's Version

Peter replied, “All of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then your sins will be forgiven. You will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Isaiah 32:15

That will continue until the Holy Spirit is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will be turned into rich farm lands. The rich farm lands will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 59:20

“I set my people free. I will come to Mount Zion. I will come to those in Jacob’s family who turn away from their sins,” announces the Lord.

Isaiah 59:21

“Here is the covenant I will make with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit is on you and will not leave you. I have put my words in your mouth. They will never leave your mouth. And they will never leave the mouths of your children or their children after them. That will be true for all time to come,” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 39:29

I will no longer turn my face away from the people of Israel. I will pour out my Spirit on them,” announces the Lord and King.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on David’s family line. I will also send it on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look to me. I am the one they have pierced. They will mourn over me as someone mourns over an only child who has died. They will be full of sorrow over me. Their sorrow will be just like someone’s sorrow over an oldest son.

Matthew 28:19

So you must go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:2

He said, “Turn away from your sins! The kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Matthew 3:6

When they confessed their sins, John baptized them in the Jordan.

Matthew 4:17

From that time on Jesus began to preach. “Turn away from your sins!” he said. “The kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Mark 1:15

“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Turn away from your sins and believe the good news!”

Mark 16:16

Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who does not believe will be punished.

Luke 24:47

His followers will preach in his name. They will tell others to turn away from their sins and be forgiven. People from every nation will hear it, beginning at Jerusalem.

Luke 3:10

“Then what should we do?” the crowd asked.

Acts 10:43

All the prophets tell about him. They say that all who believe in him have their sins forgiven through his name.”

Acts 10:48

So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

Acts 13:38

“My friends, here is what I want you to know. I announce to you that your sins can be forgiven because of what Jesus has done.

Acts 16:15

She and her family were baptized. Then she invited us to her home. “Do you consider me a believer in the Lord?” she asked. “If you do, come and stay at my house.” She succeeded in getting us to go home with her.

Acts 17:30

In the past, God didn’t judge people for what they didn’t know. But now he commands all people everywhere to turn away from their sins.

Acts 20:21

I have told both Jews and Greeks that they must turn away from their sins to God. They must have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 22:16

So what are you waiting for? Get up and call on his name. Be baptized. Have your sins washed away.’

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes. I want you to turn them from darkness to light. I want you to turn them from Satan’s power to God. I want their sins to be forgiven. They will be forgiven when they believe in me. They will have their place among God’s people.’

Acts 26:20

First I preached to people in Damascus. Then I preached in Jerusalem and in all Judea. And then I preached to the Gentiles. I told them to turn away from their sins to God. The way they live must show that they have turned away from their sins.

Acts 3:19

So turn away from your sins. Turn to God. Then your sins will be wiped away. The time will come when the Lord will make everything new.

Acts 5:31

Now Jesus is Prince and Savior. God has proved this by giving Jesus a place of honor with him. He did it to turn Israel away from their sins and forgive them.

Acts 8:12

But Philip announced the good news of God’s kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ. So men and women believed and were baptized.

Acts 8:20

Peter answered, “May your money be destroyed with you! Do you think you can buy God’s gift with money?

Romans 6:3

All of us were baptized into Christ Jesus. Don’t you know that we were baptized into his death?

Ephesians 1:7

We have been set free because of what Christ has done. Because he bled and died our sins have been forgiven. We have been set free because God’s grace is so rich.

Titus 3:5

He saved us. It wasn’t because of the good things we had done. It was because of his mercy. He saved us by washing away our sins. We were born again. The Holy Spirit gave us new life.

1 Peter 3:21

The water of the flood is a picture. It is a picture of the baptism that now saves you too. This baptism has nothing to do with removing dirt from your body. Instead, it promises God that you will keep a clear sense of right and wrong. This baptism saves you by the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.