And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
Ezra 8:36
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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.
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;