King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Baptism
CategoryTheological Term / Sacrament / Ordinance
Modern Equivalentthe Christian rite of initiation involving water; a symbol of death to sin and new life.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionThe Christian ordinance of being immersed in or sprinkled with water as a public sign of faith in Christ, union with His death and resurrection, and initiation into the community of believers. The KJV also uses "baptism" for John's baptism of repentance and Christ's metaphorical baptism of fire and the Spirit.
Key Verses"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." (Romans 6:4)