Reference

Acts 8:37

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
35

Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

36

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

37

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

38

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

39

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

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Believer's Baptism
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Believer's Baptism

The strongest argument against Acts 8:37 supporting "Believer's Baptism" is that this verse is absent from many of the earliest and most reliable Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. Textual critics generally consider it a later interpolation, likely added to explicitly state the requirement of belief before baptism, which was already implicit in the surrounding narrative. Therefore, using it as direct scriptural proof for believer's baptism is problematic if one adheres to the most criticall