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of that "trust" to a verbal confession of the Lord Jesus. No water-baptism.
No apostle's prayer or laying on of hands.

So the LATEST mode of salvation according to Paul is:

* believe
* confess Jesus
* Spirit-baptized

Jesus Himself alluded to this even before He died:

Luke 11:13 "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy

Spirit to them that ask him?"

Salvation is as simple as asking for it! You ask through Jesus. (John 14:6)
Simply asking is a far cry from getting water-baptized!

Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved."

WHY THE CHANGE?

The only remaining question is WHY did water-baptism previously appear
to be required in the book of Acts?

Note that in only ONE place in Acts can water-baptism be proven to be a
direct catalyst for receiving the Holy Spirit - Acts 2:38. In two other places,

water-baptism was done, but a subsequent laying on of an Apostle's hands
was the direct catalyst - Acts 8:5-18, Acts 19:1-7.

All three places have two things in common:
1. Apostles were the ministers.
2. The converts were at least part Jewish.

In John 20:23, Jesus said to the apostles:
"Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose
soever sins ye retain, they are retained."