Bible Verses About Infant Baptism
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for infant baptism, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 90,848 votes, led by Acts 2:38. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Infant Baptism
Acts 2:382,601 votes
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.
John 3:52,293 votes
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 22:162,141 votes
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
1 Peter 3:212,052 votes
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:
Acts 16:332,038 votes
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Mark 16:161,854 votes
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
1 Corinthians 12:131,700 votes
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Matthew 28:19-201,601 votes
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 19:141,567 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 2:411,505 votes
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
1 Corinthians 1:161,494 votes
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
Acts 16:151,443 votes
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Acts 2:38-391,435 votes
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.
Colossians 2:11-121,428 votes
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Romans 6:41,417 votes
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.
Galatians 3:271,403 votes
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Titus 3:51,352 votes
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;
Colossians 2:121,332 votes
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.
Acts 18:81,323 votes
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Matthew 28:191,318 votes
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Romans 6:3-41,284 votes
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6:31,141 votes
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Acts 16:31981 votes
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
1 Peter 3:20-21949 votes
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Acts 19:4938 votes
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
What does the Bible say about infant baptism?
Readers most often cite Acts 2:38 on the subject of infant baptism. Across 90,848 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 3:5, Acts 22:16, 1 Peter 3:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.