20 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
Be not backward in zeal; be fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.
Persevere in prayer, being watchful therein with thanksgiving;
And this I say for your own profit; not to cast a noose over you, but with a view to what is becoming, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Clothe yourselves, therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, with compassionate affections, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is a gift [to God],
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any one hath to not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer.
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, give each other the preference.
And I exhort you, brethren,ye know the family of Stephanas, that they are the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the holy,
whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, whose mind is on earthly things.
And Jesus answering said to him, It is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."
For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lords freeman. In like manner the freeman, who is called, is Christs slave.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
But ye say, If a man say to his father or mother, Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is Corban, that is, a gift to God, [he is not bound by the command. Thus]
Be not carried aside with various and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with meats, in which those who walked were not profited.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judged, that if one died for all, then all died;
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Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Giving up all for Christ
Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
And Jesus said to them, Truly do I say to you, that, in the renovation when the Son of man sitteth on the throne of his glory, ye who have followed me shall also yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who hath left brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, or houses, for the sake of my name, will receive many fold more, and will inherit everlasting life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For to this end was the gospel preached also to the dead, that they might indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but might live according to God in the spirit.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, wellpleasing to God, which is your spiritual worship;
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Whether then we live or die, we are the Lords.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
Be not backward in zeal; be fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
And he answering said "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Let not then sin reign in your mortal body, bringing you into subjection to its lusts, nor yield up your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but yield up yourselves to God, as being alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
that ye may no longer live the remaining time in the flesh after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own? For ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
that ye should walk in a manner worthy of God, who is calling you to his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
that ye should walk in a manner worthy of God, who is calling you to his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
And Jesus said to him, No one who looketh back after putting his hand to the plough is fit for the kingdom of God.
to grant to us, that being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we might worship him without fear,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I know your state. For I have no one likeminded, who will have a true concern for your state; for all of them are seeking their own things, not those of Christ Jesus. read more.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son serves a father, he served with me for the gospel.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Furthermore then, brethren, we beseech you, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye are walking, ye would abound still more;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for their sakes, and rose again.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for their sakes, and rose again.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
because he was near to death on account of the work, hazarding his life to supply what was wanting on your part in the ministration to me.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
So then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, wellpleasing to God, which is your spiritual worship;
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And calling the multitude to him with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever chooseth to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
And calling the multitude to him with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever chooseth to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herods steward, and Susanna, and many others, who afforded them aid from their substance.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, wellpleasing to God, which is your spiritual worship;