Misinterpretations of Matthew 28:19 often include viewing it as a command limited to the original apostles rather than a universal mandate for all Christians throughout history, reducing it to mere proselytizing without the full scope of disciple-making through baptism and teaching; others erroneously interpret 'in the name of' as implying modalism or a denial of the Trinity by focusing on the singular 'name' instead of the three distinct persons; some use it to justify coercive baptism practices, infant baptism without personal faith, or baptismal regeneration as salvific apart from repentance and belief, ignoring the relational context of discipleship in the broader passage.
Matthew 28:19
King James Version (1769)
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Matthew 28:19 records Jesus' Great Commission to his disciples, instructing them to go forth and make disciples of all nations by baptizing believers in the singular name of the triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and teaching them to obey everything he commanded, emphasizing evangelism, Trinitarian baptism as an initiatory rite of discipleship, and comprehensive obedience to Christ's teachings as the church's ongoing mission empowered by his authority.