Bible Verses: Bible Verses about Baptism

List of 25 Bible Verses that Reference Bible Verses about Baptism, verse, and description

1. Matthew 28:19 — “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” – Jesus commands his followers to baptize new believers in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2. Acts 2:38 — “And Peter said to them, ‘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.’” – Peter encourages believers to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of their sins to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
3. Acts 8:12 — “But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.” – Philip preached the Good News of Jesus and baptized both men and women who believed.
4. Acts 16:15 — “And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.’ And she prevailed upon us.” – Lydia was baptized and encouraged Paul and his companions to stay in her home if they deemed her to be faithful to the Lord.
5. Romans 6:3-4 — “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” – Paul explains that believers are baptized into Christ’s death and are raised to new life in Him.
6. Galatians 3:27 — “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” – Paul says that those who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ and are clothed in Him.
7. Colossians 2:12 — “Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.” – Believers are buried with Christ in baptism and raised to new life through faith in God’s power.
8. 1 Peter 3:21 — “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” – Peter states that baptism is an appeal to God for a good conscience, as Jesus was resurrected.
9. Matthew 3:13-15 — “Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.’ Then he consented.” – Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist, although John protested because Jesus is greater than him.
10. Mark 1:4-5 — “John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.” – John the Baptist was baptizing people in the Jordan River and they would confess their sins before being baptized.
11. Luke 3:3 — “And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” – John the Baptist proclaimed a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
12. John 1:33 — “I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’” – John the Baptist was not aware of who Jesus was, but God told him that the one on whom the Spirit descended was the one who would baptize with the Holy Spirit.
13. Acts 10:47-48 — “Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.” – Peter commands believers to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ after they have received the Holy Spirit.
14. Acts 19:5 — “On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.” – The believers were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus after hearing Paul’s teaching.
15. Romans 6:4 — “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” – Paul explains that believers are baptized into Christ’s death and are raised to new life in Him.
16. 1 Corinthians 12:13 — “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.” – Paul explains that believers are baptized into one body regardless of their ethnicity, social status, or religion.
17. Colossians 2:11-12 — “In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.” – Paul explains that believers are circumcised by Christ through baptism and are raised to new life through faith in God’s power.
18. 1 Peter 3:18-22 — “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” – Peter explains that Jesus’ death and resurrection, which corresponds to baptism, saves believers and is an appeal to God for a good conscience.
19. Acts 2:41 — “So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.” – Those who received the word of the Lord were baptized and added to the church.
20. Acts 8:36-38 — “And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, ‘See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?’ And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.” – The eunuch was baptized when he realized that nothing prevented him from being baptized.
21. Acts 9:18 — “And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized.” – Saul was healed of his blindness and was baptized.
22. Acts 16:33 — “And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.” – The jailer and his family were baptized immediately after they were saved.
23. Acts 22:16 — “And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.” – Ananias tells Saul to rise and be baptized to wash away his sins and call on the name of the Lord.
24. Titus 3:5 — “He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.” – Paul explains that believers are saved by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
25. 1 John 5:8 — “And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” – John explains that the Spirit, water, and blood all agree in one, referring to baptism.