Initiation in the New Testament
Jesus’ Initiation: Brit milah Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 2:21
Jesus’ Initiation: Bar mitzvah? Luke 2:41-50
John the Baptizer’s Ministry Mark 1:2-8 Luke 3:1-18 Matthew 3:1-12 John 1:19-28; 3:22-30
Jesus’ Initiation into John the Baptizer’s Movement Mark 1:9-11 Luke 3:21-22 Matthew 3:13-17 John 1:29-34
Baptism by Jesus [?] and his Disciples John 3:22-24 John 3:25-26 John 4:1-3
Baptismal Sayings Mark 10:38 Luke 12:50
Missionary Commission Matthew 28:18-20 Mark 16:15-16
Emergence of Christian Initiation in the Acts of the Apostles
Initiation in the Pauline Literature Romans 6:1-11 1 Corinthians 1:11-17; 6:11; 10:1-4; 12:13; 15:29 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 Galatians 3:26-29 Colossians 1:13-14; 2:11-13; 2:14-15 Ephesians 1:3-14; 4:1-6; 4:30; 5:25-27
Initiation in the Pastoral Epistles 1 Timothy 6:12-14 2 Timothy 2:11-13 Titus 3:4-8
Initiation in the Johannine Literature John 3:1-21 1 John 2:20, 27 1 John 5:5-8
Initiation in the Letter to the Hebrews
Initiation in 1 Peter 1 Peter 1:3-21 1 Peter 2:2-10 1 Peter 2:21b-25