--- title: "3 Baptism Quotes By Justin Martyr" description: "3 Baptism quotes by Justin Martyr. Plus more from Justin Martyr and more Baptism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_if-you-are-eagerly-looking-for-salvation_665157.jpg" --- > [If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the Christ of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/if-you-are-eagerly-looking-for-salvation-and-if-you-believe-in-god/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_if-you-are-eagerly-looking-for-salvation_665157.jpg) > [And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/and-this-food-is-called-among-us-the-eucharist-of-which-no-one-is/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_and-this-food-is-called-among-us-the-euc_1842295.jpg) > [Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/because-of-this-basin-of-repentance-and-knowledge-of-god-which-has/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/justin-martyr-22055_able_because-of-this-basin-of-repentance-and_2294941.jpg) ## Other authors on Baptism - [Saint Augustine 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/saint-augustine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cyprian-25783.jpg) Cyprian 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/cyprian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-aquinas-90219.jpg) Thomas Aquinas 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/thomas-aquinas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-benedict-xvi-75881.jpg) Pope Benedict XVI 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/pope-benedict-xvi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-max-lucado-65870.jpg) Max Lucado 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/max-lucado/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-luther-64750.jpg) Martin Luther 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/martin-luther/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-joseph-pohle-3769.jpg) Joseph Pohle 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/joseph-pohle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-irenaeus-of-lyons-44519.jpg) Irenaeus of Lyons 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/irenaeus-of-lyons/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-a-bednar-27140.jpg) David A. Bednar 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/david-a-bednar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/charles-spurgeon/) ## More by Justin Martyr > [... it is better to believe even what is impossible to our own nature and to men, than to be unbelieving like the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/it-is-better-to-believe-even-what-is-impossible-to-our-own-nature-and/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [Now bring what we have into common stock, and communicate to everyone in need; we who hated and destroyed one another, and on account…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/now-bring-what-we-have-into-common-stock-and-communicate-to-everyone/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [When we say that Jesus Christ was produced without sexual union, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended to heaven, we propound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/when-we-say-that-jesus-christ-was-produced-without-sexual-union-was/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [By examining the tongue of the patient, physicians find out the diseases of the body, and philosophers the diseases of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/by-examining-the-tongue-of-the-patient-physicians-find-out-the/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [And if we even affirm that He was born of a virgin, accept this in common with what you accept of Perseus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/and-if-we-even-affirm-that-he-was-born-of-a-virgin-accept-this-in/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [The world suffers nothing from Christians but hates them because they reject its pleasures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/the-world-suffers-nothing-from-christians-but-hates-them-because-they/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [“And when we say also that the Word, who is the first-birth of God, was produced without sexual union, and that He, Jesus Christ,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/and-when-we-say-also-that-the-word-who-is-the-first-birth-of-god-was/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the Christ of God, and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/if-you-are-eagerly-looking-for-salvation-and-if-you-believe-in-god/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [“Plain singing is not childish, but only the singing with lifeless organs, with dancing, and cymbals, &c. Whence the use of such instruments, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/plain-singing-is-not-childish-but-only-the-singing-with-lifeless/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/we-ourselves-were-well-conversant-with-war-murder-and-everything-evil/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [We used to hate and destroy one another and refused to associate with people of another race or country. Now, because of Christ, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/we-used-to-hate-and-destroy-one-another-and-refused-to-associate-with/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [God called Abraham and commanded him to go out from the country where he was living. With this call God has roused us all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/god-called-abraham-and-commanded-him-to-go-out-from-the-country-where/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/no-one-who-is-rightly-minded-turns-from-true-belief-to-false/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [But I and others, who are right-minded Christians on all points, are assured that there will be a resurrection of the dead, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/but-i-and-others-who-are-right-minded-christians-on-all-points-are/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) > [Let it be understood that those who are not found living as He taught are not Christian- even though they profess with the lips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/let-it-be-understood-that-those-who-are-not-found-living-as-he-taught/) [Justin Martyr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-martyr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/justin-martyr/#itemlist", "name": "3 Baptism Quotes By Justin Martyr", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the Christ of God, and, after being initiated [a reference to baptism], live a happy life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Justin Martyr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/if-you-are-eagerly-looking-for-salvation-and-if-you-believe-in-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_if-you-are-eagerly-looking-for-salvation_665157.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_if-you-are-eagerly-looking-for-salvation_665157.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_if-you-are-eagerly-looking-for-salvation_665157.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the…” — Justin Martyr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins and to regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Justin Martyr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-martyr/and-this-food-is-called-among-us-the-eucharist-of-which-no-one-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_and-this-food-is-called-among-us-the-euc_1842295.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_and-this-food-is-called-among-us-the-euc_1842295.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/justin-martyr-22055_baptism_and-this-food-is-called-among-us-the-euc_1842295.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who…” — Justin Martyr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah cries, we have believed, and we testify that the very baptism which he announced is alone able to purify those who have repented. 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