12 Bible Verses about Abiding With God

John also bore this testimony, saying. "I saw the Spirit like a dove descend from heaven and rest upon him.

And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

"He who feeds upon my flesh abides in me and I in him.

So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;

"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

"I am the Vine you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing.

"If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire and burned.

"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever your will is, and it shall be yours.

"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.

"If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and abide in his love.

"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Fix your gaze, therefore, on the goodness and the severity of God; towards those who fell, severity, but towards you, God's goodness, if you continue stedfast in his goodness; otherwise you, too, will be cut off.