In connection with Christian baptism, what is washed away?

Answer

"And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the
Lord." Acts 22: 16. See Titus 3: 5; 1 Peter 3: 21.

14. What beings of a higher order than man desire to study the truths revealed in the gospel of Christ?
What is the devil's relationship to lying?
What classes of persons are necessarily shut out of the kingdom of God?
Through what are they to -be sanctified?
What was the result of the Jews' not accepting Christ?
Who was the seed here referred to?
Why was the gospel to be preached to the Gentiles?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle