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Acts 2:38
Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit

Notice that this verse does say baptism. So we have verses that say belief is necessary for the remission of sins. We have verses that say the blood of Christ is necessary for the remission of sins. And we have verses, including Acts 22:16, that say that baptism is necessary for the remission of sins. Therefore, all of these things must be necessary for salvation.

You want to remove baptism from the requirements for remission of sins, but I could just as easily remove belief. Would you agree to that? Or what about if I remove Christ's shedding of His blood? Since the Word of God teaches that each of these things is for the remission of sins, all 3 are necessary for our sins to be removed.

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Several times we have discussed Acts 2:38. We looked at the original Greek and cited several translations. Each time it comes to the point of a preposition. Taking the entire Word of God into account to position yourself to say that baptism is a condition or requirement for salvation would cancel out God's free gift or grace.

Shall we set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes from our own good works or self-righteousness, then Christ dies in vain.