Infant And Adult Baptism

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

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

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

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

But Jesus called them unto him, saying, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

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

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

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

Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

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

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

Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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

And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. — read the full passage →

Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. — read the full passage →

Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified? — read the full passage →

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.

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

I thank God that I baptized none of you, save Crispus and Gaius;

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

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

And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?

that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: — read the full passage →

who servethat which isa copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warnedof Godwhen he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.

For the law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, appointeth a Son, perfected for evermore.

For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

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

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christthat areat Colossæ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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

to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

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

If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.

For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body. — read the full passage →

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

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

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

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all — read the full passage →

For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. — read the full passage →

and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them; — read the full passage →

For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

And they were in all about twelve men.

And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.

and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

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

who shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw. — read the full passage →

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. — read the full passage →

And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is becomethe kingdomof our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.

But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. — read the full passage →

Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; — read the full passage →

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.

And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. — read the full passage →

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.