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Acts 2:38
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Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Direct baptism and washing away sins passage
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Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
John's baptism for forgiveness supports the baptism-remission theme
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
John's baptism explains the repentance-for-Christ line
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Confession leads to forgiveness
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Confessing and forsaking brings mercy
When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Historical note on John's baptism of repentance
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
Confession before forgiveness in Torah
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
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And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
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The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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