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Here are some selected scriptures about the nature and
purpose of baptism:
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| Matthew
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- 28:19
- Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit,
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| Mark
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- 16:16
- Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever
does not believe will be condemned.
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| John
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- 3:5
- Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can
enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the
Spirit.
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- 3:22
- After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the
Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and
baptized
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| Acts
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- 2:38
- Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of
you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your
sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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- 2:41
- Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about
three thousand were added to their number that day.
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| Acts
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- 8:12
- But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news
of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were
baptized, both men and women.
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- 8:13
- Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed
Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles
he saw.
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- 8:16
- because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them;
they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
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- 8:36
- As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and
the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be
baptized?"
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- 8:38
- And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and
the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him.
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| Acts
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- 9:18
- Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes,
and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,
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| Acts
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- 22:16
- And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and
wash your sins away, calling on his name.'
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| Romans
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- 6:3
- Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
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- 6:4
- We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death
in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through
the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
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| 1 Corinthians
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- 12:13
- For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all
given the one Spirit to drink.
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| Galatians
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- 3:27
- for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed
yourselves with Christ.
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| Ephesians
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- 4:5
- one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
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| Ephesians
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- 5:26
- to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water
through the word,
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| Colossians
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- 2:12
- having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him
through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from
the dead.
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| 1 Peter
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- 3:18
- For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the
unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the
body but made alive by the Spirit,
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- 3:21
- and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you
also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of
a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ,
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