Yea, hath God said…?

Acts 8:37 King James Bible - "And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."

Most likely if you do not use the KJB then you do not have this verse. This is due to many Bible revisionists taking the liberty to exclude this verse either completely or via footnoting it out of the text. They claim that this is a minor reading with little support. Actually, there is quite a bit of support from the manuscripts and early church father's teachings as well. See Will Kinney’s article for this documentation and much more on this issue (http://brandplucked.webs.com/acts8372829.htm).

There are no other verses in the Bible that state that a genuine and sincere (“all thine heart”) belief in Jesus Christ is required prior to baptism.

Without this verse infant baptism becomes permissible. Hopefully you can see some of the underlying motivations to attach this verse based on this premise alone.

There are other issues that underlie attacks such as this one as well. The issue of questioning and revising God’s word goes back to the Garden when the serpent said “Yea, hath God said…?” (Genesis 3:1).