1. Initiation in the New Testament

2. Jesus’ Initiation: Brit milah
Matthew 1:18-25
Luke 2:21

3. Jesus’ Initiation: Bar mitzvah?
Luke 2:41-50

4. John the Baptizer’s Ministry
Mark 1:2-8
Luke 3:1-18
Matthew 3:1-12
John 1:19-28; 3:22-30

5. Jesus’ Initiation into John the Baptizer’s Movement
Mark 1:9-11
Luke 3:21-22
Matthew 3:13-17
John 1:29-34

6. Baptism by Jesus [?] and his Disciples
John 3:22-24
John 3:25-26
John 4:1-3

7. Baptismal Sayings
Mark 10:38
Luke 12:50

8. Missionary Commission
Matthew 28:18-20
Mark 16:15-16

9. Emergence of Christian Initiation in the Acts of the Apostles

10. Initiation in the Pauline Literature
Romans 6:1-11
1 Corinthians 1:11-17; 6:11; 10:1-4; 12:13; 15:29
2 Corinthians 1:21-22
Galatians 3:26-29
Colossians 1:13-14; 2:11-13; 2:14-15
Ephesians 1:3-14; 4:1-6; 4:30; 5:25-27

11. Initiation in the Pastoral Epistles
1 Timothy 6:12-14
2 Timothy 2:11-13
Titus 3:4-8

12. Initiation in the Johannine Literature
John 3:1-21
1 John 2:20, 27
1 John 5:5-8

13. Initiation in the Letter to the Hebrews

14. Initiation in 1 Peter 1 Peter 1:3-21 1 Peter 2:2-10 1 Peter 2:21b-25