20 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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and has become divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that is married is anxious for the things of the world, that she may please her husband.
in diligence, not slothful; in spirit, fervent, serving the Lord;
Persevere in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for that which is seemly, and compatible with constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.
Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;
But ye say, 'Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That by which you might be profited by me is an offering,'
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if, indeed, the Spirit of God is dwelling in you. And, if any one has not the spirit of Christ, he is not His.
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; persevering in prayer;
"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.
in brotherly love being tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor, preferring one another;
Now I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruit of Achaia, and that they appointed themselves for ministry to the saints),
whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who are thinking of earthly things.
And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"
For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freedman: likewise, he that was called, being free, is Christ's slave.
For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge;
But ye say, 'If a man say to his father or mother, That wherewith you might be profited by me is Corban,' that is, 'an offering to God,'
Be not carried away by manifold and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who occupied themselves were not profited.
God is faithful, through Whom ye were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
to walk worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God;
For the love of Christ is constraining us; having judged this, that One died for all; consequently, they 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 wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me."
And Jesus said to them, "Verily I say to you, that ye who followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit upon the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive manifold more and shall inherit eternal life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For to this end was the Gospel proclaimed even to the dead, that they might, indeed, be judged according to men in flesh, but live according to God in spirit.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, through the mercies of God, to present, your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your rational service;
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall in nothing be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life, or through death.
For, if we live, we live to the Lord; and, if we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
in diligence, not slothful; in spirit, fervent, serving the Lord;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
And he, answering, said, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey its desires; neither present 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.
that ye no longer live the rest of your time in the flesh to the desires of men, but 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 either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.
"So, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his own goods, cannot be My disciple.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, Who is in you, Whom ye have from God, and that ye are not your own? For ye were bought with a price; glorify God, therefore, in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
that ye should walk worthily of God, Who is calling you into His own Kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
that ye should walk worthily of God, Who is calling you into His own Kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
And Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to a plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus saith to them, "My food is to do the will of Him Who sent Me, and to finish His work.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God,
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus shortly to send Timothy to you, that I also may be cheerful, when having known the things concerning you. For I have no one like-minded, who, indeed, will sincerely care for your interests; for all are seeking their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. read more.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child with a father, he served with me in furtherance of the Gospel.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk, and to please God??ven as ye also are walking??hat ye 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 longer live to themselves, but to 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 longer live to themselves, but to Him Who died for them, and rose again.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
because, for the work of Christ, he came near to death; imperiling his soul, that he might fill up your lack of ministry toward 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, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew 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, through the mercies of God, to present, your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your rational service;
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And, calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
And, calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown 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 wife of Chuzas Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to them of their substance.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, through the mercies of God, to present, your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your rational service;