25 Bible Verses about Christian Baptism
Most Relevant Verses
After these things Jesus and his disciples traveled to the land of Judea where he stayed with them and baptized.
They went to John and said: Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, the one about whom you witnessed, he and the men with him baptize.
The Lord was aware that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John.
Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Then Peter said: Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Those who gladly received his word were baptized. About three thousand persons were added the same day.
When they believed what Philip preached about the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
On their way, they came to a body of water and the eunuch said, See, here is water. What prevents me from getting baptized?
He commanded the chariot to stop. They both went into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Wait no longer! Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.'
Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he received sight. He got up and was baptized.
Can any man keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit as we have.
He ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
That very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds. Then he and all his family were baptized.
When she and her household were baptized she came to us saying, If you judge me to be faithful to God, come to my house, and stay there. She absolutely insisted that we come.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord and so did his household. Many of the Corinthians who heard and believed were baptized.
Simon also believed. When he was baptized he continued with Philip, amazed by the miracles and signs he saw.
They were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus but had not yet received the Spirit.
I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides that I do not know whether I baptized any others.
Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news: not with wisdom of words, lest the stake of Christ be emptied of its effect.
What will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
