Baptism
Jesus's own baptism, his command to baptize, and what it pictures.
Matt 3:13-17
Read in full chapter →13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
See also: John 1:32-34, Luke 3:21
14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
See also: Matthew 8:8, 1 Kings 3:9
15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
See also: John 4:34, Isaiah 42:21
16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
See also: Testament of Levi 5:22, Odes of Solomon 24:1
17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
See also: The Gospel of the Ebionites (Fragments) 1:4, 2 Peter 1:17
Matt 28:19
Read in full chapter →19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
See also: Mark 16:15-16, Acts 1:8
Acts 2:38
Read in full chapter →38Then 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.
See also: Shepherd of Hermas: Mandates 4:3, Mark 16:16
Rom 6:3-4
Read in full chapter →3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
See also: Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38
4Therefore 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.
See also: Galatians 2:20, 2 Corinthians 5:17