115 Bible Verses about discipleship, nature of

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one therefore having heard and learned of the Father, comes to me.

And all thy sons taught of Jehovah; and much the peace of thy sons.

For I am Jehovah, your God, and ye were consecrated and ye were holy, for I am holy: and ye shall not make your souls unclean by any creeping thing creeping upon the earth. For I am Jehovah bringing up from the land of Egypt, to be to you for God: and ye shall be holy, for I am holy.

And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go and inter my father. But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead inter the dead.

Speak to the assembly of the sons of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy, for I Jehovah your God am holy.

And they instantly having let go their nets, followed him.

And ye were consecrated and ye were holy: for I Jehovah your God.

And quickly having left their nets, they followed him.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children; And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.

And let ours also learn to excel in good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

But according to the holy one calling you, also should ye yourselves be holy in all turning back; For it has been written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

And they having instantly let go the ship and their father,. followed him.

Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace and pursue it

Lift up my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and humble in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls.

And quickly he called them: and having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hirelings; they went after him.

Depart from evil and do good, and dwell forever.

For I have given you a pattern, as I have done to you, also should ye do.

And having brought down the ship upon the land, having let go all things, they followed him.

Learn to do good; seek out judgment, lead right the oppressor, judge the orphan, contend for the widow.

And ye have not so learned Christ; If ye heard him, and were taught in him, as is the truth in Jesus:

And he died for all, that the living no more live to themselves, but o him having died for them, and having risen.

My soul desired thee in the night; also my spirit in the midst of me I will seek thee: for when thy judgments to the earth, those dwelling in the habitable globe will learn justice.

For let this be in mind among you, which also in Christ Jesus;

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. For whether we live, to the Lord we live: and whether we die, to the Lord we die: therefore whether we live, and whether we die, we are of the Lord.

And he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you the fishermen of men.

For to this were ye called: for also Christ suffered for you, leaving behind to you an underwriting, that ye should follow upon his footsteps:

That no more to the eager desires of men, but to the will of God, should he live the remaining time in the flesh.

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men.

He saying he remains in him ought, as he walked about, so also he to walk about.

When therefore he washed their feet; and took his garments, going to recline again, he said to them, Knew ye what I have done to you? Ye call one Teacher and Lord: and ye say well; for I am. If therefore, I washed your feet, the Lord and Teacher; ye also ought to wash the feet of one another:read more.
For I have given you a pattern, as I have done to you, also should ye do. Truly, truly I say to you The servant is not greater than his Lord; neither the sent greater than he having sent him. If ye know these, happy are ye if ye do them.

And having proceeded thence, he saw other two brethren, James him of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, adjusting their nets; and he called them.

But the Intercessor, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, the same shall teach you all things, and he shall remind you of all things which I spake to you.

As the Father loved me, I also loved you: remain in my love. If ye keep my commands, ye shall remain in my love; as I have kept my Father's commands, and remain in his love. These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be completed.read more.
This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you. Greater love than this has none, that any lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you.

For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what ye must say.

And when he should come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he should hear, shall he speak: and he shall announce to you the things coming.

He loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me; and he loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me. And whoever takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me. He finding his soul shall lose it; and he having lost his soul for my sake shall find it.

And he said to another, Follow me. And he said, Lord, permit me having gone, first to inter my father. And Jesus said to him, Permit the dead to inter their own. dead; and thou, having gone, announce the kingdom of God.

Which also we speak, not in words taught of man's wisdom, but in them taught of the Holy Spirit; examining spiritual things by spiritual.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me. For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it.

And Jesus, passing away from thence, saw a man sitting by the custom-house, being called Matthew, and he says to him, Follow me; and having risen he followed him.

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, might give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in his knowledge:

And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wills to come after me, let him absolutely deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever should lose his life for my sake and the good news, the same shall save it.

And passing by, he saw Levi, him of Alpheus, sitting by the customhouse, and he says to him, Follow me. And having risen, he followed him.

That he might give to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the interior man; For Christ to dwell by faith in your hearts; in love being rendered firm, and the foundation laid, That ye might be fully able to comprehend with all the holy what the length, and breadth, and depth, and height;read more.
To know also the love of Christ, surpassing knowledge, that ye might be filled in all the fulness of God.

And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me. For whoever would wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whoever should lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it.

To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were serving these things, which now have been again proclaimed to you by them having announced the good news in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; into which angels eagerly desire to stoop and creep.

And after these, he went out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting by the custom-house; and he said to him, Follow me.

And enjoined them, that they take nothing for the way, except a rod only; no travelling-sack, no bread, no brass in the purse:

Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And what things ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

If any come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, and yet also his own life, he cannot be my disciple. And whoever lifts not his cross, and comes after me, cannot be my disciple.

And Jesus having looked upon him, loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee retire; whatever thou hast, sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, having taken up the cross.

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

The day thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, in Jehovah saying to me, Gather to me the people and I will cause them to hear my word, that they shall be taught to fear me all the days which they live upon the land; and they shall teach their sons.

And Jesus having heard these, said to him, Yet one thing fails thee: all whatever thou hast, sell and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

He loving his soul shall lose it; but he hating his soul in this world, shall guard it for life eternal.

And Moses will call to all Israel, and say, Hear, thou Israel, the laws and the judgments which I speak in your ears this day, and learn them, and watch to do them.

The morrow Jesus wished to go forth to Galilee, and he finds Philip, and he says to him, Follow me.

For you to put away according to the former mode of life the old man, corrupted according to the eager desires of deceit; And to be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And to put on the new man, created according to God in justice and sanctity of truth.

Gather the people, the men and the women and the little ones and thy stranger which is in thy gates, so that they shall hear, and so that they shall learn and fear Jehovah your God, and watch to do all the words of this law:

And this he said, signifying by what death he shall honour God. And having said this, he says to him, Follow me.

And these things, brethren, I transformed to myself and to Apollos for you; that ye might learn in us not to think above what has been written, lest ye be puffed up one above one against the other.

Therefore, be ye perfected, as your Father which is in the heavens is perfected.

And whoever takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me.

For the learner is not above his teacher: and every one set in order shall be as his teacher.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me.

Be ye imitators of me, as I also of Christ.

For whom he before knew, he also before determined of the form of the image of his Son, for him to be first born in many brethren.

Be ye imitators together of me, brethren, and observe narrowly those walking thus, as ye have us for a type.

And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wills to come after me, let him absolutely deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, your reasonable service. And be ye not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, for you to prove what the good, and the pleasing, and the perfected will of God.

And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me.

For ye yourselves know that ye ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;

And whoever lifts not his cross, and comes after me, cannot be my disciple.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not consideration for the flesh, for the passions.

Let the woman, in freedom from care, learn in all subjection.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

And we all, shown as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, with the face uncovered, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Spirit of the Lord.

And if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious to their own house, and to return recompenses to their progenitors: for this is good and acceptable before God.

And remain thou in what things thou bast learned and hast been convinced of, knowing of whom thou hast learned;

Therefore having these declarations, dearly let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

If any one would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be my servant: and if any one serve me, him will the Father honour.

As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and blameless before him in love:

There are they who were not contaminated by women; for they are virgins. These are they following the Lamb wherever he should lead. These were purchased from men, first fruits to God and the Lamb.

Whom we announce, reminding every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfected in Christ jesus:

Knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Put on therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassions, kindnesses, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

But Jesus, having called them, said, Ye know that the rulers rule over their nations, and the great exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever should wish to be great among you, let him be your attendant; And whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant:read more.
As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.

That the man of God might be perfect, finished for every good work.

And Jesus having called them, says to them, Ye know that they thinking to be first of the nations rule over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. And it shall not be so among you: but whoever should wish to be great among you, shall be your attendant: And whoever of you should wish to be the first, he shall be the servant of all.read more.
For also the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.

As children of obedience, not as formerly conforming yourselves to eager desire in your ignorance: But according to the holy one calling you, also should ye yourselves be holy in all turning back;

In study not slothful; boiling in the spirit; serving the Lord;

And also this same, having brought in at the side all earnestness, furnish in addition in your faith fitness; and In fitness knowledge; And in knowledge self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience devotion; And in devotion brotherly love; and in brotherly love, love.

For they themselves proclaim of us what entrance we have to you, and how ye turned to God from images to serve the living and true God;

Dearly beloved, now are we the children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we shall be: and we know that, if he be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every one having this hope in him purifies himself, as he himself is pure.

Then said Jesus to the Jews having believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples.

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus the name to him, a ruler of the Jews: He came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God: for none can do these signs which thou doest, except God be with him.

He having my commands, and keeping them, the same is he loving me: and he loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him.

Nicodemus says to them, (he having come to him by night, being one of them,)

If ye keep my commands, ye shall remain in my love; as I have kept my Father's commands, and remain in his love.

And in this we know that we have known him, if we should keep his commands.

And whatever we ask, we receive of him, for we keep his commands, and do things pleasing before him.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commands: and his commands are not heavy.

And Jesus, having come near, spake to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth: Therefore, having gone, disciple all nations; immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Teaching them to keep all things whatever I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you all the days, even to the end of time. Amen.

Ye are the light of the world. A city cannot be hid, set on a mountain. Neither do they burn a light, and set it under a basket, but upon a chandelier: and it shines to all in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they see your good works, and praise your Father, him in the heavens.

And what thou hast heard from me by many witnesses, these things lay by for faithful men, who will be sufficient to teach others also.

And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers; For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ: Until we all arrive to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the perfect man, to the measure of age of the filling up of Christ.read more.
That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit; And speaking the truth in love, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, Christ: From whom all the body fitted together and joined together by every touch of the expenditure, according to the energy in measure of one of each part, makes the increase of the body to the building up of itself in love. Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind,

And they were persevering in the teaching of the sent, and in mutual participation, and breaking of bread, and prayers.

Then said Jesus to the Jews having believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me not bearing fruit he takes away: and every one bearing fruit, he cleanses it, that it might bear more fruit. Already are ye clean, through the word which I have spoken to you.read more.
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it remain not in the vine; so neither ye, if ye remain not in me. I am the vine, ye the branches: he remaining in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If any remain not in me, he was cast forth as the branch, and was dried up; and they gather them together, and cast into the fire, and they are burned. If ye remain in me, and my words remain in you, ye shall ask whatever ye wish, and it shall be to you. In this was my Father honoured, that ye should bear much fruit: and ye shall be disciples to me. As the Father loved me, I also loved you: remain in my love. If ye keep my commands, ye shall remain in my love; as I have kept my Father's commands, and remain in his love. These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be completed. This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you. Greater love than this has none, that any lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. I no more call you servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: and I have called you friends; for all which I heard of my Father I made known to you. Ye chose not me, but I chose you, and I have set you, that ye might retire and bear fruit, and your fruit remain: that whatever ye ask the Father in my name, he might give you. These things I command you, that ye love one another.

A new command give I to you, That ye love one another: as I loved you, that ye also love one another. In this all shall know that ye are disciples to me, if ye have love in one another.

If any come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, and yet also his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

So then, every one of you, who renounces not all of his possessions, cannot be my disciple.

And do thou speak what becomes sound doctrine: The aged men to be sober, grave, of sound mind, sound in the faith, in love, in patience. The aged women likewise, becoming holy in a serene state of mind, not accusers, not slaves to much wine, teachers of good;read more.
That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children, Of sound mind chaste, remaining at home, good subordinates to their own husbands, that the word of God be not defamed. The younger men likewise beseech to be of sound mind. Concerning all things hold thyself a type of good works: in doctrine, integrity, gravity, incorruptibility, The word sound, not to be condemned; that he from the opposite may be changed, having nothing bad to say of you.

And it was, they going in the way, a certain one said to him, I will follow thee wherever thou shouldest go forth, Lord. And Jesus said to him, Foxes have dens, and fowls of heaven encampments; but the Son of man has not where he might lay down the head. And he said to another, Follow me. And he said, Lord, permit me having gone, first to inter my father.read more.
And Jesus said to him, Permit the dead to inter their own. dead; and thou, having gone, announce the kingdom of God. And another said, I will follow thee, Lord; and first permit me to take leave of those in my house. And Jesus said to him, No one putting his hand upon the plough, and looking back, is adapted to the kingdom of God.