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I was baptized vs he was baptized

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "I was baptized" is used when referring to oneself being baptized, while "he was baptized" is used when referring to someone else being baptized.

Last updated: March 21, 2024 • 1019 views

I was baptized

This phrase is correct when referring to oneself being baptized.

This phrase is used when talking about the speaker's own baptism experience.

Examples:

  • I was baptized in the church where my parents got married.
  • I was baptized as a baby.
  • I was baptized in the river last summer.
  • If I was baptized as a child, do I need to be baptized again? To make it simple, as a child, you took a bath; as an adult, you can freely choose to die to your old self, burying your sin in the grave (water) and rising from that grave a new, clean ...
  • Some people might say, "Wait! I went to church on Sunday!" And, "Wait! I received communion!" And, "Wait! I was baptized." Charles Stanley. The Great Commission and Baptism? Charles Stanley · 121. The will of God is that every person who ...
  • Today I Was Baptized Hardcover – July 1, 2009. by ..... pages and spaces at the end of the book for My Baptism Memories, for "Today I was Baptized" is a keepsake book, with room for messages, photographs, and souvenirs of the baptism.
  • Question: "I was baptized unbiblically. Do I need to be rebaptized?" Answer: The Bible is very clear about baptism. There are two points we all need to understand. (1) Baptism is to take place after a person has received Jesus Christ as Savior, ...

Alternatives:

  • I got baptized
  • I underwent baptism
  • I was baptized as a child
  • I was baptized at the age of ten
  • I was baptized by the priest

he was baptized

This phrase is correct when referring to someone else being baptized.

This phrase is used when talking about another person's baptism experience.

Examples:

  • He was baptized in the same church as his parents.
  • He was baptized as an adult.
  • He was baptized by the pastor last Sunday.
  • And 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: Holman Christian Standard Bible After Jesus ...
  • Ignatius ('Ad. Eph.,' 18, beginning of the second century) writes, "He was baptized that, by his submission to the rite, he might purify the water." Jerome, in the same strain, says, "He did not so much get cleansing from baptism, as impart ...
  • At the edge of the river is a small square church, built, as is said, on the spot where the garments of the Lord were taken care of at the time when He was baptized. This is raised, so as to be uninhabitable, on four stone vaults, standing above ...
  • Matthew 3:16King James Version (KJV). 16 And 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:.

Alternatives:

  • He got baptized
  • He underwent baptism
  • He was baptized as a child
  • He was baptized at the age of ten
  • He was baptized by the priest

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