Baptizing Children

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. — read the full passage →

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: — read the full passage →

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

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, — read the full passage →

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. — read the full passage →

Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; — read the full passage →

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. — read the full passage →

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. — read the full passage →

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. — read the full passage →

I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →