To whom is baptism to be administered?

Which Bible passages support this answer?

The Westminster Assembly attached these Scripture proofs to answer 95. Read them together and ask what each one shows about the answer.

1. Acts 8:36-37

   Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?” (NET)

   The NET text does not include verse 37.

2. Acts 2:38-39

   ³⁸Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” (NET)

3. Genesis 17:10

   This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. (NET)

4. with Colossians 2:11-12

   ¹¹In him you also were circumcised—not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ. ¹²Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. (NET)

5. 1 Corinthians 7:14

   For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. (NET)

What does this answer mean?

The catechism teaches that baptism is not to be given to anyone outside the visible church until they profess faith in Christ and obedience to him. It also teaches that the infants of members of the visible church are to be baptized. This is the Presbyterian and Reformed practice of infant baptism.

What can we ask our children?

1. What must an adult do before being baptized, according to this answer?
2. Whose children does this answer say should be baptized?
3. What does our church teach and practice about baptism?