26 Bible Verses about Faith, Necessity Of

Therefore said they unto Him, What should we do, that we may work the works approved of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him, whom He hath sent.

and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

and bringing them out, he said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thine house.

Then said Paul, John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people, that they should believe in Him that was coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.

testifying both to the Jews and Greeks, repentance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

by whom we have received grace and apostleship to preach the obedience of faith for his name's sake, to all nations;

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He hath given us a charge to do.

Philip saith unto Him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long with you, and dost thou not know me? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the Father: and how then dost thou say, Shew us the Father? Dost thou not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? as to the words which I speak to you, I speak them not of my self; and the Father who abideth in me, doth the works.read more.
Believe me therefore that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: at lest, believe me for the very works.

So that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Verily their sound is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and yet the world knew Him not: yea, He came to his own peculiar right, and even his own people received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them granted He the privilege to become the children of God, even to them that believe on his name;

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who withhold the truth in unrighteousness; for what is to be known of God is manifest among them, for God hath manifested it to them. Inasmuch as from the first creation of the world, the invisible things of Him, even his eternal power and Godhead, are, if attended to, clearly seen in his works:read more.
so that they are inexcusable; because having thus known God they glorified Him not as God, neither were they thankful; but were infatuated by their own reasonings, and their heart being void of understanding was darkened.

What then is the advantage of the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? Much, every way: chiefly, because they were intrusted with the oracles of God. For what if some did not believe? shall their incredulity make the faithfulness of God of no effect?read more.
God forbid: yea, let God be acknowledged true, though every man be a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome, when thou judgest.

Now to Him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (conformable to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret in former times, but is now manifested, and made known to all nations by the writings of the prophets, according to the appointment of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith) to the only wise God be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Spirit.

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us, in the righteousness of our God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ: grace and peace be multiplied unto you, in the acknowledgement of God, and of Jesus our Lord;

whereas without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe, that He is, and is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

Verily, verily I say unto you, he, that heareth my word, and believeth in Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death to life.

wherefore he that believeth on the Son, hath eternal life; and he that obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is already condemned; because he hath not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

that they may all be condemned, who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in iniquity.

Whence also it is said in scripture, Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, choice and precious: and he that confideth on it shall not be ashamed. To you therefore who believe it is precious: but to them that are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence. These stumble at the word through unbelief, unto which also they were appointed.

But he that hath any scruple, is condemned if he eat; because he doth it not with faith: and whatsoever is not of faith, is sin.

One preferreth some days to others; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every one be fully satisfied in his own mind. He that regardeth a day regardeth it to the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, in deference to the Lord he doth not regard it. So he, that eateth all sorts of food, eateth to the Lord; for he giveth God thanks for it; and he that eateth not of some kinds of food, in deference to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks for the rest. For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself:read more.
but if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

Take heed, my brethren, least there be in any of you a wicked heart of unbelief in departing from the living God: but exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day; that none of you may be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin: for we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold fast our first confidence firm unto the end; inasmuch as it is said,read more.
"To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." For some that heard did provoke; but not all that came out of Egypt with Moses. But with whom was He provoked forty years? was it not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? and to whom did He swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those that were disobedient?

At last he appeared to the eleven as they were sitting at table, and upbraided them with their unbelief, and hardness of heart; because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He was risen.