Bible Verses About "How to Be Baptized"
Believer's baptism is the public immersion of a confessing Christian in water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — an outward symbol of inward union with Christ in His death and resurrection.
Believer's baptism is the public immersion of a confessing Christian in water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — an outward symbol of inward union with Christ in His death and resurrection.
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." — Matthew 28:19 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "How to Be Baptized?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."
"And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him."
"Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."
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