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The question was posed in another thread about where we get Biblical support for baptizing children and infants…
Colossians 2:11-12 “In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.” Paul is making the connection that baptism is the new form of circumcision. Circumcision took place on the 8th day after a child’s birth (see Gen 17:12; Acts 7:8). If Paul did not agree with baptism at such a young age, it is logical that he wouldn’t have made the connection with circumcision.
Acts 2:37-41 “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, “What are we to do, my brothers?” 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. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call.” He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day.” There’s no distinction here between adults and children.
Acts 16:14-15 “One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying. After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,” and she prevailed on us.” Again, no distinction of adults and children. In fact, its much more likely that children were in her household than not.
Acts 16:32-33 “So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house. He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once.” A third with no distinction of only adults being baptized. Why would there be mention of “all his family” if it were only the adults?
1 Corinthians 1:14-16 “give thanks (to God) that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one can say you were baptized in my name. (I baptized the household of Stephanas also; beyond that I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)” Same as previous explanations.
Colossians 2:11-12 “In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.” Paul is making the connection that baptism is the new form of circumcision. Circumcision took place on the 8th day after a child’s birth (see Gen 17:12; Acts 7:8). If Paul did not agree with baptism at such a young age, it is logical that he wouldn’t have made the connection with circumcision.
Acts 2:37-41 “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, “What are we to do, my brothers?” 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. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call.” He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day.” There’s no distinction here between adults and children.
Acts 16:14-15 “One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying. After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,” and she prevailed on us.” Again, no distinction of adults and children. In fact, its much more likely that children were in her household than not.
Acts 16:32-33 “So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house. He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once.” A third with no distinction of only adults being baptized. Why would there be mention of “all his family” if it were only the adults?
1 Corinthians 1:14-16 “give thanks (to God) that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one can say you were baptized in my name. (I baptized the household of Stephanas also; beyond that I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)” Same as previous explanations.
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