24 Bible Verses about Christian Baptism
Most Relevant Verses
After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized.
They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look, he is baptizing, and everyone is coming to him."
Therefore when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Then those who received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
But when they believed Philip proclaiming good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"
Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.
"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.
He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I do not know whether I baptized any other.)
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to proclaim the Good News?not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.
Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?