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In Colossians 2:12 and 1 Peter 3:21 baptism is an expression of the faith of the person being baptized. I [do] not see how an infant could properly receive this ordinance as an expression of his or her faith.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
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Chattanooga
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John Stephen Piper
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