20 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit; but she that is married, is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
in what requires diligence, be not slothful; in spirit, be fervent; in service, be devoted to the Lord;
Persevere in prayer, and be watchful in the same with thanksgiving;
I speak this for your own profit; not that I would entangle you, but that you may decorously and devotedly wait upon the Lord, without distraction.
Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a merciful disposition, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering:
But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever of mine might profit you, is a gift, he must in no way honor his father or his mother;
But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
in hope, be joyful; in affliction, be patient; in prayer, be per severing;
No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.
in love to the brotherhood, be kindly affectionate one to another; in showing honor, be examples one to another;
I beseech you, brethren, (you know the house of Stephanas, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
And Jesus answered and said to him: Get behind me, Satan; it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.
For he that is in the Lord, having been called when a servant, is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, also, the freeman who has been called, is Christ's servant.
For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, What ever of mine might benefit you, is Corban, (which means, a gift,)
Be not carried away by various and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with meats, which have not profited those who were occupied with them.
God is faithful, by whom you have been called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, and increasing in the knowledge, of God,
For the love of Christ constrains us, because we have this judgment that if one died for all, then have all died:
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Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Giving up all for Christ
Jesus said to him: If you would be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, That, in the restoration, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For this cause, indeed, even those who have died had the gospel preached to them, that though they might be judged according to the will of men in the flesh, yet they might live according to the will of God in the spirit.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be ashamed, but with all boldness, as at all times, so even now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
For if we live, we live to the Lord; or if we die, we die to the Lord. "Whether, therefore, we live or die, we are the Lord s.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
in what requires diligence, be not slothful; in spirit, be fervent; in service, be devoted to the Lord;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
He answered and said: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole strength, and with your whole understanding, and your neighbor as yourself.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Therefore, let not sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey it; and present not your members to sin, as instruments of unrighteousness: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead; and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness.
so that he no longer lives the rest of his time in the flesh, according to the desires of men, but according to the will of God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
Jesus said to him: No one that puts his hand to the plow, and looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
that he would grant to us, that being delivered from the hands of our enemies, we might serve him without fear,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus said to them: My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
Whether, therefore, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
But I trust in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be refreshed by knowing your condition; for I have no one of a kindred spirit who will sincerely care for your condition: for all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. read more.
But you know his approved character, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for them selves, but for him who died for them, and rose again.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for them selves, but for him who died for them, and rose again.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
because for the work of the Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he might supply that which was lacking in your service to me.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
So, then, because you are luke-warm, and neither cold, nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them: Whoever determines to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them: Whoever determines to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him from their means.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.