25 Bible Verses about Christian Baptism

After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing.

And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.”

Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

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

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike.

As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”

And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.

Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.’

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

“Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days.

And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.

Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.

Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.

For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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

so that no one would say you were baptized in my name.

Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?