Bible Verses About Baptism

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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,

8. Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

9. He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

10. one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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

Verses quoted from the World English Bible (public domain).

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