25 Bible Verses about Christian Baptism

After this, Jesus and His disciples went into Judea, and for some time He stayed there with them and kept baptizing people.

And they went to John and said to him, "Teacher, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, to whom you bore testimony yourself, is baptizing people and everybody is going to Him."

Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard that He was winning and baptizing more disciples than John --

though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, it was His disciples --

Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptize them into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

On hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

Peter said to them, "You must repent -- and, as an expression of it, let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ -- that you may have your sins forgiven; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

So they accepted his message and were baptized, and about three thousand persons united with them on that day.

But when the people came to believe the good news proclaimed by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were constantly baptized.

As they continued down the road, they came to some water, and the official said, "Look! here is some water! What is there to keep me from being baptized?"

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

And now, why are you waiting? Get up and be baptized and wash your sins away by calling on His name.'

And all at once something like scales fell from his eyes, he regained his sight, got up and was baptized,

"No one can refuse the use of water, can he, for these to be baptized, since they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did ourselves?"

So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to stay on there a few days.

Even at that time of the night he took them and washed their wounds, and he and all the members of his household at once were baptized.

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us by continuing to say, "If you have made up your mind that I am a real believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she continued to insist that we do so.

But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, and so did all his family, and from time to time many of the Corinthians heard, believed, and were baptized.

So Simon himself came to believe too, and after he was baptized he continued to be devoted to Philip, and he was always thrilled at seeing such great signs and wonder-works continuously performed.

for as yet He had not come upon any of them, but they had been baptized merely in the name of the Lord Jesus.

I am thankful that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius,

so as to keep anyone from saying that you were baptized in my name.

Yes, I did baptize the family of Stephanas, too; I do not now recall that I baptized anyone else.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news -- but not by means of wisdom and rhetoric, so that the cross of Christ may not be emptied of its power.

Otherwise, what do those people mean who submit to being baptized on behalf of their dead? If the dead are never raised at all, why do they submit to being baptized on their behalf?