Acts 2:38 into the forgiveness and total freedom from sin

Acts 2:38, Then Peter said unto them, Repent , and be baptized <907> every one of you in <1909> the name <3686> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> for <1519 would be better as "into"> the remission <859 forgiveness and release from bondage> of sins <266>, and ye shall receive the gift <1431> of the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>.

Acts 2:38 literal:  Then Peter said to them, "Repent , and be totally submerged and changed every one of you coming within the name, that is, the essence, of Jesus Christ into the complete forgiveness and release from bondage of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Entering into forgiveness is instant.  It happens in a moment.  You ask.  God forgives.  The total removal of bondage to sin is progressive.  It is a process.  It always starts by God speaking to you.  Faith comes by hearing.  Hearing comes by an utterance (word) of God.  The faith that comes is from God.  Perhaps some may say this is obvious, but so many Christians try to manufacture faith and end up with a weird faith that is a rationalized faith.  The faith that comes from God is a supernatural belief that is God's belief that has been imparted to men and women.  Faith gives access into God's grace, God's free gift.  When God is giving this gift, it is the gift of Himself.  God is love.  Love fulfills the law.  Love is righteousness and righteousness is love.  Love is God.  God gives us of His love that flows through us in righteousness.  The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.  We can yield to Him or not.  We can choose to try to obey the utterance that we heard (that resulted in faith), we can try to obey in our own power--that is, to try to establish our own righteousness.  On the other hand, we can simply submit to the righteousness that flows from God.  If we do submit, then God does His work though us.  Otherwise, we become self-righteous. This righteousness that is from God will move us into every precept that God has revealed in Scripture.  

Acts 2:38  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.  King James Version  
 
Acts 2:38  Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.  American King James Version  
 
Acts 2:38  And Peter'said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  American Standard Version  
   
Acts 2:38  And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you. Bible in Basic English  
 
Acts 2:38  But Peter said to them: Do penance, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.  Douay-Rheims  
 
Acts 2:38  And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  Darby  
 
Acts 2:38  And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.  English Revised Version  
 
Acts 2:38  Then Peter said to 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 Spirit.  Webster  
 
Acts 2:38  "Repent," replied Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, with a view to the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  Weymouth  
 
Acts 2:38  Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  World English Bible  
   
Acts 2:38  and Peter said unto them, 'Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,  Young's Literal Translation

John 3:16 also reflects this concept of entering into the things of God as a process that God does within us.  John 3:16 commented: For God so loved the cosmos[2889 kosmos], that he gave his only begotten Son, that Whoever believes into [1519 eis] Him should not perish, but have eonian [166 aionios] life.  (read more)  

Definitions:  

859 αφεσις aphesis af’-es-is  
from 863; TDNT-1:50 9,88; n f  
1) release from bondage or imprisonment  
2) forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty  

1519 εις eis ice a primary preposition  
In the translation known as the Authorized Version, this has been translated as into 573 times, to 281 times, unto 207 times, for 140 times, in 138 times, on 58 times, toward 29 times, against 26 times, and as other words 322 times. The word appears a total of 1,774 in the original text of the Bible.  
1) into, unto, to, towards, for, among

1909 επι epi ep-ee’

Looking at the context of how this word is used throughout the New Testament, it appears to always indicate being close or coming close.  
1) upon, on, at, by, before  
2) of position, on, at, by, over, against  
3) to, over, on, at, across, against   

Where eis is translated as "for" it would sometimes be better translated as "into." For example, in Acts 2:38, the Authorized Version says: 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent , and be baptized <907> every one of you <5216> in <1909> the name <3686> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> for <1519 would be better as "into"> the remission <859 forgiveness and release from bondage> of sins <266>, and ye shall receive the gift <1431> of the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>.  

3340 μετανοεω metanoeo met-an-o-eh’-o  
1) to change one’s mind, i.e. to repent  
2) to change one’s mind for better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one’s past sins

907 βαπτιζω baptizo bap-tid’-zo  
1) to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk)  
2) to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one’s self, bathe  
3) to overwhelm  
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Not to be confused with 911, bapto. The clearest example that shows  
the meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physician Nicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making pickles and is helpful because it uses both words. Nicander says that in order to make a pickle, the vegetable should first be ‘dipped’ (bapto) into boiling water and then ‘baptised’ (baptizo) in the vinegar solution. Both verbs concern the immersing of vegetables in a solution. But the first is temporary. The second, the act of baptising the vegetable, produces a permanent change.  
When used in the New Testament, this word more often refers to our union and identification with Christ than to our water baptism. e.g. #Mr 16:16. ‘He that believes and is baptised shall be saved’. Christ is saying that mere intellectual assent is not enough. There must be a union with him, a real change, like the vegetable to the pickle!  
(Bible Study Magazine, James Montgomery Boice, May 1989).

3686 ονομα onoma on’-om-ah  
1) name: univ. of proper names  
2) the name is used for everything which the name covers, everything the thought or feeling of which is aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing, remembering, the name, i.e. for one’s rank, authority, interests, pleasure, command, excellences, deeds etc.  
3) persons reckoned up by name  
4) the cause or reason named: on this account, because he suffers as a Christian, for this reason

2424 Iησους Iesous ee-ay-sooce’  
Jesus =" Jehovah is salvation" or completely translated, "I AM that I AM saves"  

 
1. Dictionary.com: 1200–50; Middle English < Late Latin Iēsus < Greek Iēsoûs < Hebrew Yēshūaʿ, syncopated variant of Yəhōshūaʿ God is help; in Early Modern English, the distinction (lost in Middle English ) between Jesus (nominative) and Jesu (oblique, especially vocative; see Jesu below) was revived on the model of Latin and Gk sources; Jesus gradually supplanted the older form in both nominative and oblique  
   Jesu (ˈdʒiːzjuː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide] — n a poetic name for or vocative form of Jesus
 
2. World English Dictionary: [via Latin from Greek Iēsous, from Hebrew Yeshūa`, shortened from Yehōshūa` God is help, Joshua ]

1431 δωρεα dorea do-reh-ah’  
1) a gift

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