John 12:26

Greeks Seeking Jesus

²⁵ The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world preserves it for eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. ²⁷ "Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? But for this [reason] I have come to this hour!

Come After Me

Follow Me

Here I Am

If Anyone Serves Me

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John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also.

John 17:24

"Father, [those] whom you have given to me--I want that those also may be with me where I am, in order that they may see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

2 Corinthians 5:8

so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore,' {declares} Yahweh the God of Israel, 'though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestor would walk before me forever, but now,' {declares} Yahweh, 'far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt!

Philippians 1:23

But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.

Numbers 14:24

But my servant Caleb, because another spirit was with him, he remained true after me, and I will bring him into the land that {he entered}, and his offspring will take possession of it.

Numbers 32:11

'The men who went up from Egypt, from {those twenty years old} and above, will not see the land that I swore with an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob because they have not wholly followed me,

Psalm 17:15

[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.

Psalm 91:15

He will call upon me and I will answer him; I [will be] with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.

Proverbs 27:18

He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Matthew 25:21

His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few [things]; I will put you [in charge] over many [things]. Enter into the joy of your master!'

Mark 8:34

And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Luke 6:46

"And why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I tell [you]?

Luke 9:23

And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

John 10:27

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 13:16

Truly, truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

John 14:15

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 14:21-23

The one who has my commandments and keeps them--that one is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

John 21:22

Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what [is that] to you? You follow me!"

Romans 1:1

Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called [to be] an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Romans 14:18

For the one who serves Christ in this [way] [is] well-pleasing to God and approved by people.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus [as] Lord, and ourselves [as] your slaves for the sake of Jesus.

Galatians 1:10

For am I now making an appeal to people or [to] God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.

Ephesians 5:1-2

Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,

Colossians 3:24

[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always.

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith equal in value to ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

Jude 1:1

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to [those who are] called, loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

Revelation 14:4

These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These [are] the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from humanity [as] first fruits to God and to the Lamb,