16 Bible Verses about disciples, characteristics of

Be imitators of me, in so far as I in turn am an imitator of Christ.

And it is to this you were called; because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow in His steps.

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

"Let not your hearts be troubled. Trust in God: trust in me also.

and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.

No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors; that so you may become true sons of your Father in Heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked as well as the good, and sends rain upon those who do right and those who do wrong.

Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

"*You* are the salt of the earth; but if salt has become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away and trodden on by the passers by.

Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations; baptize them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth."