Acts
18:5-8
When Silas and Timothy came from
Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the
Jews that Jesus was the Christ. But when the Jews opposed Paul and became
abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood
be on your own heads! I am clear of my responsibility. From now on I will go to
the Gentiles."
Then Paul left the synagogue and went
next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. Crispus, the
synagogue ruler, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and
many of the Corinthians who heard
him believed and were baptized.
Again, baptism comes after
hearing the message and coming to faith in Christ.
Believing and baptism are so closely associated together
in the New Testament that the two happened almost as a singular event.
Those that have been
“baptized” as infants should take note that baptism in the Holy Scriptures only
occurs after faith in Christ, not the other way around.
For more on infant baptism, click here.