32 Bible Verses about Responsibility

For every man will have to carry his own load.

For what business of mine is it to judge outsiders? Is it not for you to judge those who are within the Church

in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving--for the building up of Christ's body--

See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.

He ought not to be a new convert, for fear he should be blinded with pride and come under the same condemnation as the Devil.

So the Twelve called together the general body of the disciples and said, "It does not seem fitting that we Apostles should neglect the delivery of God's Message and minister at tables.

I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--

"His blood," replied all the people, "be on us and on our children!"

Let a man pay his wife her due, and let a woman also pay her husband his.

Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.

As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.

Do not ordain any one hastily; and do not be a partaker in the sins of others; keep *yourself* pure.

My brethren, if one of you strays from the truth and some one brings him back,

As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us--we are Christ's officers, and stewards of God's secret truths.

You well know that whatever right thing any one does, he will receive a requital for it from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free man.

There is a difference too between a married and an unmarried woman. She who is unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's business--that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman concerns herself with the business of the world--how she shall please her husband.

But he who had not been told it and yet did what deserved the scourge, will receive but few lashes. To whomsoever much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him a larger amount will be demanded.

Obey your leaders and be submissive to them. For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give account; that they may do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage to you.

Therefore, brethren, pick out from among yourselves seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them to undertake this duty.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn first to show piety towards their own homes and to prove their gratitude to their parents; for this is well pleasing in the sight of God.

And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.

Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I hope that you, in your hearts, recognize them too.

so that the blood of all the Prophets, that is being shed from the creation of the world onwards, may be required from the present generation.