..................................____repent 

____ye__________|______________ / and

\ e  \  o  \  o |    |  \ f     \ ___ be baptized

 \ v  \  n  \  f     |    \ o

  \ e  \  e  \__you  |      \ r____Remission  

   \ r               |i           \ o

    \ y              |n            \  f

                     |              \___sins

                     |                  \ y

                     |                   \ o

                     |                    \ u

                     |___Name              \ r

                       \ t    \ o

                        \ h    \ f

                         \ e    \__Jesus Christ 

• "YE" = the subject

• "repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ = the compound predicate.

• "Ye" is modified by "person," (understood) which is in apposition with "ye," the subject, and is modified by "every," and "one," these being adjectival elements.

• "Repent and be baptized," are modified by the phrases, "in name" and "for remission," adverbial elements.

• "Name" is modified by the adjectival element "the," and the phrase,"of Jesus Christ," which is also an adjectival element, as is the phrase, "of sins."

• "Sins," is modified by "your," a possisive pronoun.

Without the modifiers, the passage reads:

"Repent and be baptized for the remission of sins."

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