1 Corinthians 2:2 NIV² For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

What is the Meaning of Baptism?

1. It’s a Symbol of Death

Colossians 2:12 NIV

¹² having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Philippians 3:10 NIV

¹⁰ I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

2. It’s a Symbol Resurrection

Colossians 2:12 NIV

¹² having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

3. It’s a Symbol of New Life in Christ

2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Romans 6:4 NIV

⁴ We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.