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74. Q. Should infants also be baptized?

A. Yes. Infants as well as adults are included in God’s covenant and people,¹ and they, no less than adults, are promised deliverance from sin through Christ’s blood and the Holy Spirit who works faith.² Therefore, by baptism, the sign of the covenant, they too should be incorporated into the Christian church and distinguished from the children of unbelievers.³ This was done in the Old Testament by circumcision,⁴ which was replaced in the New Testament by baptism.⁵

¹ Gen. 17:7; Matt. 19:14 ² Isa. 44:1-3; Acts 2:38-39; 16:31 ³ Acts 10:47; 1 Cor. 7:14 ⁴ Gen. 17:9-14 ⁵ Col. 2:11-13