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All Who Believe and Are Baptized

All who believe and are baptized

All Who Believe and Are Baptized is a hymn text by Tobias Clausnitzer (1663) in L.M. (8.8.8.8) meter. Translated by Benjamin Schmolck (English adaptation). Found in CW21 692, CW93 299, ELH 241, elw 437. Sung to LIEBSTER JESU.

The hymn expresses the Lutheran understanding of baptism as God's covenant promise that unites faith and sacrament, assuring believers of their incorporation into Christ's death and resurrection. It embodies the forensic and transformative aspects of baptismal grace central to Lutheran sacramental theology.

History & Background

Written by Tobias Clausnitzer, a German Lutheran pastor, in 1663 as part of a larger baptismal hymn. The text was adapted into English and became widely used in Lutheran hymnals, appearing in TLH (1941), LBW (1978), and LSB (1941-1944).

Hymnal Appearances

  • Christian Worship: Hymnal — 692
  • Christian Worship — 299
  • Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary — 241
  • Evangelical Lutheran Worship — 437
  • Lutheran Book of Worship — 194
  • Lutheran Service Book — 601
  • Lutheran Worship — 225
  • The Lutheran Hymnal — 301
  • Voices Together — 478

Translation

Benjamin Schmolck (English adaptation)

Bulletin Note

Written by Tobias Clausnitzer in 1663, this hymn embodies the Lutheran recovery of baptism as God's covenant word—uniting faith and sacrament in the assurance of death and resurrection with Christ.

Preaching Connection

This hymn proclaims how baptismal grace transforms the Law's demand for belief into the Gospel's gift of incorporation into Christ, making the sacrament itself a living seal of resurrection promise.

Catechism & Confessional Connections

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law to Gospel: from the demand of belief and baptism, through Christ's redemptive work and Spirit-empowered perseverance, to doxological assurance of eternal inheritance

In the Church Year

Suggested in the one-year series

  • Baptism of Our Lord (3×)
  • Trinity 16 (1×)
  • Trinity 6 (1×)

Suggested in the three-year series

  • Baptism of Our Lord (4×)
  • Proper 7 (2×)
  • Easter 5 (1×)
  • Epiphany (1×)
  • Epiphany 1 (1×)
  • Holy Trinity (1×)
  • Lent 2 (1×)
  • Proper 6 (1×)

From LCMS Worship's published hymn suggestions, 2014–2026. The count is how many of those yearly lists suggested this hymn for that day.

Themes

Baptism and faith Promise and assurance Resurrection life Christian identity

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