Paul's evangelistic mission was different from the Kingdom Apostles, but in many ways the same. The Kingdom Apostles preached Jesus the Messiah, ready to return to Israel and set up His Messianic Kingdom. From Israel, the Apostles, with Christ on David's Throne, were to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe everything Christ had commanded them. They would do that because all authority in heaven and on earth had been given to Christ. As we all know, that did not happen. It will happen in the future, but it has not yet happened. What has happened is that Christ revealed a Mystery through His Special Apostle Paul.
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Matthew 28:19:
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
(NIV)
Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
(AMP)
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
(KJV)
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John 1:25:
Questioned him, 'Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'
(NIV)
And they asked him, Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?
(AMP)
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
(KJV)
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John 4:1:
Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John –
(NIV)
NOW WHEN the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John--
(AMP)
When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
(KJV)
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John 1:31:
'I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.'
(NIV)
And I did not know Him and did not recognize Him [myself]; but it is in order that He should be made manifest and be revealed to Israel [be brought out where we can see Him] that I came baptizing in (with) water.
(AMP)
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
(KJV)
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John 1:28:
This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
(NIV)
These things occurred in Bethany (Bethabara) across the Jordan [at the Jordan crossing], where John was then baptizing.
(AMP)
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
(KJV)
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John 3:23:
Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized.
(NIV)
But John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, for there was an abundance of water there, and the people kept coming and being baptized.
(AMP)
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
(KJV)
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Acts 10:47:
'Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.'
(NIV)
Can anyone forbid or refuse water for baptizing these people, seeing that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?
(AMP)
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
(KJV)
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