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Some opponents of the practice of infant baptism claim there is no biblical passage connecting the seal of circumcision of infants eight days old in the covenant with Abraham and the seal of water baptism of infants in the covenant of Christ in salvation. Baptist John MacArthur says: {{quotation|[I]nfant Baptism is not in the Scripture, it’s not New Testament Baptism, and it is not, please, a replacement sign for the Abrahamic mark of circumcision. One of the other things that Reformed people say is that infant Baptism takes the place of circumcision. I’ve heard that argument for years. So my response is, what verse says that? Where is it? Show me the verse. Where in the Bible does it say, by the way, Baptism is a replacement of circumcision? Where does it say that? It doesn’t say that anywhere.}}

Some opponents of the practice of infant baptism claim there is no biblical passage connecting the seal of circumcision of infants eight days old in the covenant with Abraham and the seal of water baptism of infants in the covenant of Christ in salvation. Baptist John MacArthur says: {{quotation|[I]nfant Baptism is not in the Scripture, it’s not New Testament Baptism, and it is not, please, a replacement sign for the Abrahamic mark of circumcision. One of the other things that Reformed people say is that infant Baptism takes the place of circumcision. I’ve heard that argument for years. So my response is, what verse says that? Where is it? Show me the verse. Where in the Bible does it say, by the way, Baptism is a replacement of circumcision? Where does it say that? It doesn’t say that anywhere.}}

'''Colossians 2:8-15''' is cited and [[Hermeneutics|interpreted]] as explicit scriptural evidence and justification for the doctrine and practice of infant baptism.  

'''Colossians 2:8-15''' is cited and [[Hermeneutics|interpreted]] as explicit scriptural evidence and justification for the doctrine and practice of infant baptism as a replacement and fulfillment of the seal of circumcision.  

[https://www.puritanboard.com/threads/a-short-paper-from-piper-on-colossians-2-8-15.13157/ A short paper from Piper on Colossians 2:8-15 (puritanboard.com)]

[https://www.puritanboard.com/threads/a-short-paper-from-piper-on-colossians-2-8-15.13157/ A short paper from Piper on Colossians 2:8-15 (puritanboard.com)]