57 Bible Verses about Gospel, Requirements Of

And apart from faith it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is, and becomes a rewarder of those who search for him.

But if I am doing them, even though ye do not believe me, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the him.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live. And every man who lives and believes in me will, no, not die, into the age. Do thou believe this? She says to him, Yes, Lord, I have believed that thou are the Christ, the Son of God who comes into the world.

Philip says to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. Jesus says to him, Have I been so long a time with you, and thou do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. And how can thou say, Show us the Father? Do thou not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The sayings that I speak to you I speak not from myself, but the Father who dwells in me, he does the works.read more.
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. But if not, believe me because of the works themselves.

And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but may have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life.

But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were begotten, not from blood, nor from a will of flesh, nor from a will of man, but from God.

He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus had stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water. But he spoke this about the Spirit that those who believe in him were going to receive, for Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

But these are written, so that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.

Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you. And from all things of which ye could not be make righteous by the Law of Moses, in this man every man who believes is made righteous.

And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou will be saved, thou and thy household.

And the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is for all and upon all those who believe, for there is no distinction.

And now, brothers, I know that ye did it from ignorance, as also your rulers. But this way God fulfilled what things were foretold, through the mouth of all his prophets, the Christ was to endure. Repent ye therefore, and be converted in order to wipe away your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.read more.
And he may send Christ Jesus who has been pre-ordained for you,

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.

Thus says LORD, Stand ye in the ways and see. And ask for the old paths where is the good way. And walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk.

But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man. I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

Indeed therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands for all men everywhere to repent.

Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

And he who redeems will come to Zion, and to those who turn from transgression in Jacob, says LORD.

And LORD has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear), saying, Return ye now each one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that LORD has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore. And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands. And I will do you no hurt.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

But from there ye shall seek LORD thy God. And thou shall find him when thou search after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou are in tribulation, and all these things have come upon thee, in the latter days thou shall return to LORD thy God, and hearken to his voice. For LORD thy God is a merciful God. He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore to them.

And thou shall return and obey the voice of LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. And LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good. For LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoic if thou shall obey the voice of LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn to LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou are my servant. I have formed thee. Thou are my servant, O Israel, thou shall not be forgotten by me. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed thee.

Seek ye LORD while he may be found. Call ye upon him while he is near. Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

O Israel, return to LORD thy God, for thou have fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and return to LORD. Say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good. So we will render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips.

Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded. Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look. Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

And Peter said to them, Repent ye, and be immersed each of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me. After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

But when they believed Philip preaching good news, the things about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women.

Can any man forbid the water for these not to be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also? And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to remain some days.

And it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, for Paul, having passed through the upper regions, to come to Ephesus. And having found some disciples, he said to them, Did ye receive Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said to him, But we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit. And he said to them, Into what then were ye immersed? And they said, Into John's immersion.read more.
And Paul said, John indeed immersed an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus, the Christ. And when they heard this, they were immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

that if thou will confess with thy mouth, Lord Jesus, and will believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou will be saved. For a man believes in the heart for righteousness, and he confesses with the mouth for salvation.

Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens.

And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God, but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the agents of God.

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is befitting, and my burden is light.

If I then, the Lord and the teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash each other's feet. For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you ye also should do.

Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,

For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

He who has my commandments, and keeps them, that man it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

If ye keep my commandments, ye will dwell in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments, and dwell in his love.

And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man. But whoever keeps his word, truly in this man the love of God is fully perfected. By this we know that we are in him.read more.
He who claims to abide in him he also ought so to walk just as that man walked.

Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God, and whatever we may ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do things pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other, just as he gave command.read more.
And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, from the Spirit that he gave us.

For this is the love of God, that we may keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And having called in the multitude with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wants to follow behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And having preached the good-news to that city, and having made considerable disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that it was necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.

Because to you it was granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

But thou have closely followed my doctrine, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, persecutions, sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra. I endured such persecutions, and the Lord rescued me out of them all. And also all those who want to live devoutly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials,

But even if ye should suffer because of righteousness, ye are blessed. But do not fear their terror nor be shaken,

Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you. But rejoice in so far as ye are partakers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that also at the revealing of his glory ye may rejoice, having exceeding joy. Blessed are ye if ye are reviled for the name of Christ, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. From them he is indeed blasphemed, but from you he is glorified.read more.
For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody. But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard. Because the time to begin judgment is from the house of God, and if first from us, what is the end of those who disobey the good-news of God? And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the irreverent and sinful man appear? Therefore also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls as to a faithful Creator by well-doing.