For the record...the exact exchange with a bit of context.
20Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” 21So Peter seeing him said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?” 22Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!” 23Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?” John 21:20-23 NASB
Take away from this: You follow Me!”
Same guy wrote this one chapter back.
If I could tell your where the soldier’s is headed, I could tell you EXACTLY where any number of deceased souls have gone.
30Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:30-31 NASB
He also wrote this.
13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:13 NASB
I have no problem with quoting entire passages for context. My window was closing (dinner at a friends house).
So you disregard Acts 2:38? Do you not believe that Jesus Christ told the apostles to teach that? If so, what else do you believe is not accurate?
Acts 2:38 is the initial time, AFTER the ascension of the Lord, that a command for conversion is given; and was the first fulfillment of the commands for conversion, given by the Lord himself:
Matthew 28:19,20
Mark 16:15,16
Luke 22:32 (included because it points to the future conversion of Peter)
Luke 24:46-49
John 3:3,5-8
John 20:20-23
All of those lead to Acts chapter 2.
If you claim to obey his call to “follow thou me”, which of the verse references just mentioned are not for conversion, in your opinion ?
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 John 5:13 NASB