Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 2:38 in context
Acts 2:35–41
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until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
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“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
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Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
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Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
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With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
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Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
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