Infant Salvation

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

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

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.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

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

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. — read the full passage →

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

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

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 →

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

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

Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? — read the full passage →

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:

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? — read the full passage →

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.