Footnote

a Certain texts are used in an attempt to prove baptism is a sacrament that remits all sins, among them Acts 2:38 and Ac 22:16. The first, according to the King James Version, says: “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.” However, at least one translator, C. B. Williams, paraphrases to show that it is the repentance that brings about the forgiveness, and that the baptism is an expression of that repentance. Acts 22:16 says, according to the King James Version: “Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” Properly translated, however, this instruction is to rise, get baptized and “wash your sins away by your calling upon his name.” (NW) Thus, it is not the baptismal water that washes away the sins, but it is the calling on the name of the Lord that does it.