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Acts 10:47-48KJVPrimary
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Why this matters

Peter commands Spirit-filled Gentiles to be baptized in the name of the Lord.

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Acts 19:1-6KJVPrimary
1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 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. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Why this matters

Disciples with incomplete understanding are rebaptized in Jesus’ name and receive the Holy Ghost with tongues.

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Acts 2:38KJVPrimary
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.
Why this matters

Peter commands repentance, baptism in Jesus Christ’s name for remission, and reception of the Holy Ghost.

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Acts 22:16KJVPrimary
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Why this matters

Ananias tells Saul to be baptized, wash away his sins, and call on the Lord’s name.

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Acts 4:12KJVPrimary
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Why this matters

No other name under heaven is given among humanity by which we must be saved.

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Acts 8:16KJVPrimary
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Why this matters

Samaritan believers had been baptized specifically in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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John 3:5KJVPrimary
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Why this matters

Jesus specifies the new birth as birth of water and Spirit.

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Luke 24:46-47KJVPrimary
46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Why this matters

The risen Christ defines the saving message as His death and resurrection proclaimed with repentance and remission in His name.

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Matthew 1:21KJVPrimary
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Why this matters

The commanded name Jesus announces the LORD’s own saving work for His people.

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Matthew 28:19KJVPrimary
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Why this matters

Jesus commands disciples to baptize into the singular name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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Romans 6:3-4KJVPrimary
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Why this matters

Believers enter Christ’s death and burial through baptism and rise to walk in new life.

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9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Why this matters

Jesus receives the name above every name, and universal worship confesses Him as Lord.

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1 Peter 3:20-21KJVPrimary
20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21 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:
Why this matters

Peter says baptism now saves as an appeal of a good conscience through Jesus Christ’s resurrection, not as physical washing.

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Colossians 2:12KJVPrimary
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Why this matters

Baptism is burial and resurrection with Christ through faith in God’s working.

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Acts 16:30-33KJVPrimary
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Why this matters

The jailer’s belief is formed by hearing the word and immediately expressed in baptism.

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John 3:3KJVPrimary
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Why this matters

Jesus says entrance into God’s kingdom requires a birth from above.

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Acts 2:39KJVPrimary
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Why this matters

The promise attached to Acts 2:38 extends to children, distant people, and all whom God calls.

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Acts 4:10KJVPrimary
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Why this matters

Peter identifies the operative saving and healing name as Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

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Galatians 3:27KJVPrimary
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Why this matters

Those baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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Mark 16:16KJVPrimary
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Why this matters

Jesus joins believing and baptism in the response to the preached gospel.

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For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
Why this matters

Paul distinguishes his primary preaching commission from personally performing baptisms; he does not dismiss baptism itself.

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Colossians 3:17KJVPrimary
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Why this matters

Every word and deed is to be done in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Zechariah 14:9KJVPrimary
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Why this matters

The kingdom hope culminates in one LORD and one name over all the earth.

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John 5:43KJVPrimary
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Why this matters

Jesus says He came in His Father’s name, bearing the Father’s authority and revelation.

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