^9 [a]that ^(A)if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and ^(B)believe in your heart that ^(C)God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; ¹⁰ for with the heart a person believes, ^[b]resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, ^[c]resulting in salvation.

³⁸ Peter said to them, “^(A)Repent, and each of you be ^(B)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ Now why do you delay? ^(A)Get up and be baptized, and ^(B)wash away your sins by ^(C)calling on His name.’

^21 (A)Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—^(B)not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God ^[a]for a ^(C)good conscience—through ^(D)the resurrection of Jesus Christ,