Baptising Babies

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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.

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

But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

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.

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?” — read the full passage →

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Or don’t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Or don’t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? — read the full passage →

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples. — read the full passage →

But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.

Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. — read the full passage →

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — read the full passage →

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. — read the full passage →

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

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?”

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; — read the full passage →

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Or don’t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? — read the full passage →