1) Peter is talking to "THEM" and he tells his subject "them' to repent and be baptized. Since Peter is speaking to the same "them" then the number DOES NOT MATTER for the same people he told to repent he told to be baptized.
In 1 Cor 16:1,2 Paul is addressing the church at Corinth and in verse 1 he refers to them by the plural "ye" In verse 2 he refers to them by the singular "each of you" He addresses the same people by both a plural and singular yet they are all still to lay by in store.
2) The verbs repent and be baptized are connect by the conjunction "and" which has a connecting power or force meaning the two cannot be separated. So BOTH verbs are followed by the modifying by the phrase "for remission of sins". Just by looking at this one verse and since there was no puncutuation used, it cannot be told if both verbs or just baptized is modified by the phase "remission of sins". You are trying to ignore the "and" and separate the two by putting repenting in front of the modifier and baptism behind the modifer.
3) both verbs are in the imperative mood. Even if the modifier "for the remission" was not in the verse the imperative alone would make both necessary to salvation for not doing them would be disobedience/sin/unrighteousness.
4) I read Biesner's argument on line and others, and I see they want people to ignore the "you"......"and be baptized every one of you" They do not discuss that the YOU is PLURAL and its antescedant is 'baptized each one"
So the verse could read "You all repent and you all be baptized each one individually for remission of sins". The singular individual, each one shows there is no proxy baptism, all of each person must be baptized
In 1 Cor 16:1,2 Paul is addressing the church at Corinth and in verse 1 he refers to them by the plural "ye" In verse 2 he refers to them by the singular "each of you" He addresses the same people by both a plural and singular yet they are all still to lay by in store.
2) The verbs repent and be baptized are connect by the conjunction "and" which has a connecting power or force meaning the two cannot be separated. So BOTH verbs are followed by the modifying by the phrase "for remission of sins". Just by looking at this one verse and since there was no puncutuation used, it cannot be told if both verbs or just baptized is modified by the phase "remission of sins". You are trying to ignore the "and" and separate the two by putting repenting in front of the modifier and baptism behind the modifer.
3) both verbs are in the imperative mood. Even if the modifier "for the remission" was not in the verse the imperative alone would make both necessary to salvation for not doing them would be disobedience/sin/unrighteousness.
4) I read Biesner's argument on line and others, and I see they want people to ignore the "you"......"and be baptized every one of you" They do not discuss that the YOU is PLURAL and its antescedant is 'baptized each one"
So the verse could read "You all repent and you all be baptized each one individually for remission of sins". The singular individual, each one shows there is no proxy baptism, all of each person must be baptized
*That's in harmony with Acts 3:19; 10:43-47; 11:17,18; 15:8,9; 16:31 and also with Matthew 3:11 - ..I baptize you with water FOR "in order to obtain" repentance.. or FOR "in regards to" "on the basis of" repentance? If translated "in order to obtain", the verse does not make sense. I baptize you with water FOR "in order to obtain" repentance? NO. I baptize you with water FOR in regards to/on the basis of repentance. *Perfect Harmony. Also in Mark 1:5 and Luke 3:3, we read "..baptism of repentance for the remission of sins." Keep in mind this was BEFORE the cross and you teach that water baptism was not necessary for salvation until after the cross. So explain to me the difference here:
Before the cross - "..baptism of repentance for the remission of sins" (Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3).
After the cross - "Repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38). I'm hearing the same message. Baptism is to be done in the name of Jesus Christ on the basis of the forgiveness of sins which they received through repentance. Faith in Jesus Christ "implied in genuine repentance" (rather than water baptism) brings the remission of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 3:19; 10:43-47; 11:17,18; 15:8,9; 16:31). *Perfect Harmony.
In Acts 10:44-47, we see that the Holy Spirit fell on these Gentile believers and they spoke with tongues and magnified God before they were water baptized in (vs. 48). Are you trying to tell me that these Gentiles did not BELIEVE IN HIM prior to being water baptized? Is believing in Him, receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues and magnifying God descriptive of children of the devil or children of God? In Acts 11:17, referring back to the events that took place in Acts 10:43-47, we read "If therefore God gave them the same gift (Holy Spirit) as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?" Compare with Acts 16:31 - "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.." When did these Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit? When they BELIEVED ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. When did they BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BECOME SAVED? BEFORE WATER BAPTISM (Acts 10:43-47). *Solid Biblical proof.
5) Gal 3:27 says baptized into Christ and NOT repent into Christ. SO repentance cannot put on in Christ therefore repentance without baptism cannot save.
So how is one water baptized into Christ? Notice in Galatians 3:27 that those who were baptized into Christ have "put on Christ." Now for the word "enduo" (put on). This word also appears in Romans 13:14 where we read, "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill it's lusts." This exhortation is not to a sinner, telling him to be baptized to "put on" Christ, but it is written to Christians. Evidently then, baptism is not the only way to "put on" Christ. To "put on" Christ is to conform to Him, imitate Him. So it is in baptism; we "put on" Christ, conforming to Him in the ordinance that declares Him to be our Savior. So if we must "put on" Christ to be saved through water baptism, apparently we are not saved yet. We must also "put on" Christ by making no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts (Romans 13:14). Right? Let's be consistent. I just thought that I would mention all of this since you are so good at cherry picking from scripture what you want to hear and force it to conform to the theology of your church. You need to go deeper.
Rom 6:3-6 says baptism puts on into Christ's death and NOT repentance. So repentance does NOT put one in Christis death where Christ shed his blood that washes away sins, so repentance cannot be for remission of sins for repentance does not put one in Christ's death.
The picture in baptism points two ways, backwards to Christ's death and burial and to our death to sin, forwards to Christ's resurrection from the dead and to our new life pledged by the coming out of the watery grave to walk on the other side of the baptismal grave. There is the further picture of our own resurrection from the grave. It is a tragedy that Paul's majestic picture here has been so blurred by controversy that some refuse to see it. It should be said also that a symbol is not the reality, but the picture of the reality.
Baptism is a picture of death and burial symbolizes our likeness to Christ in his death. We shall be also united in the likeness of his resurrection. Since you make no distinction between the symbol (water baptism) with the reality (Spirit baptism), these verses continue to keep you confused.
Luke 24:47 - and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Acts 3:19 - Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
So much for repentance cannot be for remission of sins. Water baptism does not literally put one into Christ's death. You are mixed up by Paul's picturesque language. Repentance and believing in Him are two sides to the same coin that result in the remission of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit.