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

现在你为什么耽延呢？起来，求告他的名受洗，洗去你的罪。’”

现在你为什么耽延呢？起来，受洗，求告他的名，洗去你的罪。’”

现在你为什么耽延呢？起来，受洗，求告他的名，洗去你的罪。’”

现在你还等什么呢？起来求告祂的名，接受洗礼，洗净你的罪。’

现在你为什么还耽搁呢？起来受洗，求告他的名，洗净你的罪吧。’

现在你还等什么呢？起来，当受洗！求告他的名，当洗去你的罪孽！’

現在你為甚麼躭延呢？起來，求告他的名受洗，洗去你的罪。』」

現在你為甚麼躭延呢？起來，受洗，求告他的名，洗去你的罪。』」

現在你為甚麼躭延呢？起來，受洗，求告他的名，洗去你的罪。』」

現在你還等什麼呢？起來求告祂的名，接受洗禮，洗淨你的罪。』

現在你為甚麼還耽擱呢？起來受洗，求告他的名，洗淨你的罪吧。’

如今為甚麼躭延呢？起來領洗，洗淨你的罪，呼求他的名。」

現在你還等什麼呢？起來，當受洗！求告他的名，當洗去你的罪孽！』

今何待乎、起、籲其名而受洗、滌爾罪焉、

今何可緩乎、起受洗、滌爾罪、籲主名、

今爾何可緩乎、起、籲主名受洗禮、以滌爾罪、

莫使遲延、起、奉其名以受洗、用滌爾罪！」

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.’

And now, why are you delaying? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.’

And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

And now, why delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.’

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

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.

So let us come near to God with a sincere heart. Let us come near boldly because of our faith. Our hearts have been sprinkled. Our minds have been cleansed from a sense of guilt. Our bodies have been washed with pure water.

Some of you used to do those things. But your sins were washed away. You were made holy. You were made right with God. All of this was done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was also done by the Spirit of our God.

I won’t waste any time. I will be quick to obey your commands.

This is because all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. You have put him on as if he were your clothes.

Now he has come here to arrest all those who worship you. The chief priests have given him authority to do this.”

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.

We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink.

All of us were baptized into Christ Jesus. Don’t you know that we were baptized into his death?By being baptized, we were buried with Christ into his death. Christ has been raised from the dead by the Father’s glory. And like Christ we also can live a new life.

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.

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’( Joel 2:28–32)

There is no difference between those who are Jews and those who are not. The same Lord is Lord of all. He richly blesses everyone who calls on him.Scripture says,“ Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”( Joel 2:32)How can they call on him unless they believe in him? How can they believe in him unless they hear about him? How can they hear about him unless someone preaches to them?

Right away something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes. And he could see again. He got up and was baptized.

Why are we sitting here? Let’s gather together! Let’s run to the cities that have high walls around them! Let’s die there! The Lord our God has sentenced us to death. He has given us poisoned water to drink. That’s because we’ve sinned against him.

We are sending this letter to you, the members of God’s church in Corinth. You have been made holy because you belong to Christ Jesus. God has chosen you to be his holy people. He has done the same for all people everywhere who pray to our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is their Lord and ours.