Today, my Catholic friends are celebrating the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. As we both agree that water baptism is salvific, I thought I would share some resources on the topic of baptismal regeneration in the light of the Bible, as well as responses to standard "proof-texts" (e.g, Eph 2:8-9; 1 Cor 1:17) that are trotted against such:
Christ's baptism is NOT imputed to the believer
Full Refutation of the Protestant Claim Romans 10:9-10 Teaches Sola Fide (contains a section that discusses Rom 6:3-7 and baptismal regeneration)
Acts 10:47, Cornelius, and Baptismal Regeneration (cf. Does Cornelius Help Refute Baptismal Regeneration? and. Was Cornelius Converted Before Acts 10?)
J. Paul Sampley on Baptismal Regeneration and Ephesians 5:25-27
On the related issue of imputed righteousness (which informs a lot of the errant arguments against baptismal regeneration and other doctrines), see:
See also:
On the baptism of Jesus itself, one might appreciate the following: