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The tradition of infant baptism is dismissed as unbiblical, and condemned as invented by the traditions of men being read [[Eisegesis|eisegetically]] into Scripture (Matthew 15:2-3; Mark 7:6-8; 1&nbsp;Timothy 4:1; 2&nbsp;Peter 3:14-18). For example, John MacArthur says {{quotation|You can’t read habits into Scripture, you can’t read traditions into Scripture.<ref>ibid. John MacArthur</ref>}}

The tradition of infant baptism is dismissed as unbiblical, and condemned as invented by the traditions of men being read [[Eisegesis|eisegetically]] into Scripture (Matthew 15:2-3; Mark 7:6-8; 1&nbsp;Timothy 4:1; 2&nbsp;Peter 3:14-18). For example, John MacArthur says {{quotation|You can’t read habits into Scripture, you can’t read traditions into Scripture.<ref>ibid. John MacArthur</ref>}}

Appeal to unwritten Christian tradition, as an integral part of the whole doctrine and "''deposit of the faith''" handed down from Jesus and the apostles, and only properly understood and interpreted according to the mind of Christ by the leaders of the [[magisterium]], is based on Matthew 18:15-17; 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:45; John 16:12-13; 20:30-31; 21:25; Acts 1:3; 20:28-30; 1&nbsp;Corinthians 2:12-14; 11:2 2&nbsp:Corinthians 5:20; Galatians 1:6-9; Ephesians 3:10; 4:11-14; 1&nbsp;Thessalonians 2:13; 2&nbsp;Thessalonians 2:13-15; 3:6; 1&nbsp;Timothy 1:3-7; 6:2-5; 2&nbsp;Timothy 2:2; Titus 3:9-11; Hebrews 13:7-8, 17; 1&nbsp;Timothy 3:15; 4:1; 2&nbsp;Peter 3:14-18; 1&nbsp;John 2:18-27; 2&nbsp;John 9-12; 3&nbsp;John 3-4, 13; Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22. <br> Apologists for the whole of Christian tradition, interpreted as being supported by these texts, also appeal to the Christian ''[[sensus fidelium]]'' and ''[[sensus Christianorum]]'' as consistently expressed by Christian writers and theologians down through the centuries, a whole tradition of Christian doctrine and interpretation as being in complete harmony with the scriptures. They point to the fact that nowhere in the New Testament is the statement that "all of the traditions of the apostles ars written in the scriptures", or that "the whole of the doctrine of Christ is contained as written in the scriptures"; and that John himself wrote essentially the same thing, saying, "but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name" (John 20:31), and not everything he wrote has been preserved, "I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority" (3 John 9); and that Paul stated that the scriptures are "profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work" (2&nbsp;Timothy 3:16-17), and he refers in his letters to doctrines he had preached which are not recorded in the Bible, as in .

Appeal to unwritten Christian tradition, as an integral part of the whole doctrine and "''deposit of the faith''" handed down from Jesus and the apostles, and only properly understood and interpreted according to the mind of Christ by the leaders of the [[magisterium]], is based on Matthew 18:15-17; 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:45; John 16:12-13; 20:30-31; 21:25; Acts 1:3; 20:28-30; 1&nbsp;Corinthians 2:12-14; 11:2 2&nbsp:Corinthians 5:20; Galatians 1:6-9; Ephesians 3:10; 4:11-14; 1&nbsp;Thessalonians 2:13; 2&nbsp;Thessalonians 2:13-15; 3:6; 1&nbsp;Timothy 1:3-7; 6:2-5; 2&nbsp;Timothy 2:2; Titus 3:9-11; Hebrews 13:7-8, 17; 1&nbsp;Timothy 3:15; 4:1; 2&nbsp;Peter 3:14-18; 1&nbsp;John 2:18-27; 2&nbsp;John 9-12; 3&nbsp;John 3-4, 13; Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22. <br> Apologists for the whole of Christian tradition, interpreted as being supported by these texts, also appeal to the Christian ''[[sensus fidelium]]'' and ''[[sensus Christianorum]]'' as consistently expressed by Christian writers and theologians down through the centuries, a whole tradition of Christian doctrine and interpretation as being in complete harmony with the scriptures. They point to the fact that nowhere in the New Testament is the statement that "all of the traditions of the apostles ars written in the scriptures", or that "the whole of the doctrine of Christ is contained as written in the scriptures"; and that John himself wrote essentially the same thing, saying, "but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name" (John 20:31), and not everything he wrote has been preserved, "I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority" (3 John 9); and that Paul stated that the scriptures are "profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work" (2&nbsp;Timothy 3:16-17), and he refers in his letters to doctrines he had preached which are not recorded in the Bible, as in .<ref>[http://www.newvisionministriesonline.org/the-traditions-taught-by-the-apostle-paul-1-corinthians-111-2/ The Traditions Taught by the Apostle Paul 1 Corinthians 11:1-2 (newvisionministriesonline.org)]</ref>