47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ

and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

and Jesus said to them, 'Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, 'Be following me;'

Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.' And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, 'Be following me.'

and this he said, signifying by what death he shall glorify God; and having said this, he saith to him, 'Be following me.'

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

and I say this, that each one of you saith, 'I, indeed, am of Paul' -- 'and I of Apollos,' -- 'and I of Cephas,' -- 'and I of Christ.'

'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple; and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

And he said unto all, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it; if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me -- honour him will the Father.

and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, 'One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, 'Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing? lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him, saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.read more.
'Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him? and if not so -- he being yet a long way off -- having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace. 'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

And another also said, 'I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'

and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

From this time many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,

and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.

and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him;

Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue,

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, this one came unto him by night, and said to him, 'Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come -- a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, 'If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

'If ye love me, my commands keep,

Followers of me become ye, as I also am of Christ.

if any one doth not love the Lord Jesus Christ -- let him be anathema! The Lord hath come!

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ; not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do, and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us, and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.

these are they who with women were not defiled, for they are virgin; these are they who are following the Lamb whithersoever he may go; these were bought from among men -- a first-fruit to God and to the Lamb --