47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ
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And he saith to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
And as Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
And after these things he went out, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the customhouse; and he said to him, Follow me.
Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. But the young man, on hearing this went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.
On the morrow he determined to go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip. And Jesus saith to him, Follow me.
This he said, signifying by what manner of death he was to glorify God. And having thus spoken, he saith to him, Follow me.
And may the God of patience and consolation grant that ye may be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus;
What I mean is this, that each of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that doth not take his cross, and follow me, is not worthy of me.
If any one cometh to me, and hateth not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever doth not bear his own cross and follow me, cannot be my disciple.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one chooseth to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And calling the multitude to him with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever chooseth to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And he said to all, If any one chooseth to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world will keep it unto everlasting life. If any one be a servant to me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also will my servant be; if any one serve me, the Father will honor him.
He that findeth his life will lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake will find it.
For whoever chooseth to save his life, will lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for the sake of me and of the glad tidings, will save it.
Whoever shall seek to save his life will lose it; and whoever shall lose it will preserve it.
Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
And Jesus looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lackest; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
And Jesus hearing this said to him, One thing thou still lackest: sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
For which of you, intending to build a tower, doth not sit down first and count the cost, whether he hath the means to finish it? lest haply when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to make sport of him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.read more.
Or what king, setting out to give battle to another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an embassy, and asketh conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you doth not forsake all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.
For to this ye were called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;
And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Suffer me first to go and bury my father.
And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to those who are in my house.
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought on the diseased.
and immediately he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they went after him.
One of the two who heard what John said, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peters brother.
Yet even of the rulers many believed in him; but on account of the Pharisees they did not acknowledge him, lest they should be put of the synagogue;
And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come as a teacher from God; for no one can do these signs which thou doest, unless God be with him.
He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me will be loved by my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
So then, my beloved, as ye always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments;
Follow my example, as I do that of Christ.
Bondservants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as serving Christ; not with eyeservice as menpleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
and whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and should love one another, as he gave commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him; and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit, which he gave us.
These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, a firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
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