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Acts 2:39-41
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Acts 2:39-41
The Voice
39 For the promise of the Spirit is for you, for your children, for all people—even those considered outsiders and outcasts—the Lord our God invites everyone to come to Him.
Just as God raised Jesus from a decaying body, Peter holds out hope for God to liberate those who follow Him from their decaying culture.
40 Peter was pleading and offering many logical reasons to believe. 41 Whoever made a place for his message in their hearts received the baptism;[a] in fact, that day alone, about 3,000 people joined the disciples.
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- 2:41 Literally, immersion, a rite of initiation and purification
Acts 2:39-41
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Acts 2:39-41
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39 The promise is for you and your children(A) and for all who are far off(B)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(C) 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number(D) that day.
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