If you are considering or reflecting on baptism right now, these verses are meant to be used directly.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
Mark 11:30
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:27
But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
Mark 10:38
And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
Mark 10:39
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:29
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Luke 7:30
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 16:15
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Acts 16:33
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Hebrews 6:2
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:
1 Peter 3:21
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Ephesians 4:5
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mark 16:16
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Acts 9:18
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.
Acts 2:38
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:41
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 3:6
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 3:7
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matthew 3:11
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
Matthew 3:13
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Matthew 3:14
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Romans 6:4 works well read slowly before baptism, reflecting on what the act genuinely symbolizes.
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Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Return to this verse as an ongoing reminder of what your baptism symbolized.