30 Bible Verses about Commendation

But when Jesus understood it he said to them. "Why are you annoying the woman? This is a beautiful deed she has done for me;

But when Jesus heard this he was astonished and he turned and said to the crowd that was following him, "I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that."

Then Jesus answered her. "O woman, great is your faith. It shall be for you even as you desire." And from that hour her daughter was healed.

"Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah," said Jesus; "for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven! "Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.

And he said: "Of truth I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than they all;

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice more acceptable than that of Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it he, although he is dead, still speaks.

By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. Before his translation he had witness borne to him that he pleased God.

Now faith is the title-deed of things hoped for; the putting to the proof of things not seen. For by it men of old times had witness borne to them.

"Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.

And I am sending with him that brother whose fame in the service of the gospel is spread through all the churches.

Yet, though these all had witness borne to them by their faith, they received not the promise;

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Remember we count those that were stedfast happy. You have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen how the Lord is full of tenderness.

For it is an acceptable thing to God, if from a sense of duty to him, a man endures a wrong, even suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you are struck for a fault, you take it patiently? But if when you are doing well and suffer for it, you always take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

For a man is proved worthy, not by his self-commendation, but when he is commended by the Lord.

"And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

"I am not receiving honor from men, but I know you,

For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

When he wished to cross over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples in Corinth to receive him. On his arrival he mightily helped those who through grace had believed,

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not outward in the flesh;

For rulers are no terror to good deeds, but to evil. Would you be fearless of the ruler's authority? Do what is good, and you will have his praise.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a minister of the church at Cenchrae.

Indeed I praise you for remembering me in everything, and because you are holding fast to the traditions just as you received them.

Am I beginning again to "recommend" myself? Or do I need, as some do, letters of commendation either to you or from you?

I am become a fool??ou have forced me to; for you yourselves ought to have been my vindicators. In no respect am I inferior to these superapostolic apostles, even though I am nothing.

Now was I seeking glory from men, either yourselves or others, although I might have exercised authority as Christ's apostle.

or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the encouragement of well-doers.

I am not "commending myself to you again," but I am giving you an occasion of boasting on my behalf, so that you may have an answer ready for those who boast in externals, and not in the heart.

but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God's minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses, by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst; with purity, understanding, patience, and kindness; by the Holy Spirit, by love sincere,read more.
by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense, amid honor or dishonor, amid evil report and good report; as a deceiver and yet true; as unknown and yet well known; as at death's door, yet, strange to tell, I live on; as chastened, but not killed; as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.