25 Bible Verses about Christian Baptism

After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified -- see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!"

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John

(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?"

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,

"No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?"

So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, "If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house." And she persuaded us.

Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.

(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name!

(I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?