25 Bible Verses about Christian Baptism
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[vss 22-30 moved to between 2:12 and 2:13] After this Jesus and his disciples went into the country of Judaea, where he spent some time with them baptizing.
and they came and told John, "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the opposite side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore testimony ??here he is, baptizing, and everybody goes to him!"
Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard of Jesus gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,
When they heard this, they had themselves baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,
"Repent," said Peter, "let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.
So those who accepted what he said were baptized; about three thousand souls were brought in, that day.
But when they believed Philip, who preached the gospel of the Reign of God and the name of Jesus, they had themselves baptized, both men and women;
As they travelled on, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is water! What is to prevent me being baptized?"
So he ordered the chariot to stop. Both of them stepped into the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch.
And now, why do you wait? Get up and be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking his name.'
In a moment something like scales fell from his eyes, he regained his sight, got up and was baptized.
"Can anyone refuse water for the baptism of these people ??people who have received the holy Spirit just as we ourselves have?"
And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain for some days.
Then he took them at that very hour of the night and washed their wounds and got baptized instantly, he and all his family.
When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come.
But Crispus the president of the synagogue believed in the Lord, as did all his household, and many of the Corinthians listened, believed, and were baptized.
indeed Simon himself believed, and after his baptism kept close to Philip, utterly astonished to see the signs and striking miracles which were taking place.
(As yet it had not fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
I am thankful now that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
(Well, I did baptize the household of Stephanas, but no one else, as far as I remember.)
Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel. And to preach it with no fine rhetoric, lest the cross of Christ should lose its power!
Otherwise, if there is no such thing as a resurrection, what is the meaning of people getting baptized on behalf of their dead? If dead men do not rise at all, why do people get baptized on their behalf?