53 Bible Verses about Commands, in NT

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind. This is the first and great commandment.read more.
And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.

And one of the scribes came, and heard them reasoning together; and perceiving that he had answered them well, he asked him: Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. And you shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind, and with your whole strength. This is the first commandment.read more.
And the second, which is like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as your self. There is no other commandment greater than these.

But he answered and said to them: And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

And he said to them: Well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

For, neglecting the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the immersion of pitchers and cups; and many other things like these you do.

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly, said: It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to tho Gentiles. For thus has the Lord given us commandment: I have placed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be for salvation to the most distant part of the earth.

Yet the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now, he commands all men everywhere to repent:

who, acknowledging the judgment of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but approve those who practice them.

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the appointment of God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me ac cording to the commandment of God our Savior;

And this is his commandment: That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one an other, as he gave us commandment.

And this commandment we have from him: That he that loves God, must love his brother also.

A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

And he said to them: Why are you fearful, you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea: and there was a great calm. But the men were astonished, and said: What man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said to them: Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith? And they were greatly afraid, and said one to another: Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying: Master, master, we perish. But he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there was a calm. And he said to them: "Where is your faith? And being afraid, they wondered, and said one to another: "Who, then, is this, that he commands even the wind and the water, and they obey him?

Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations, immersing them (the disciples) into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and lo; I am with you all the days, even to the end of the age.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Be silent, and come out of him. And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, and cried with a loud voice, and came out of him. And all were amazed, so that they questioned one another, saying: What means this? What new teaching is this, that with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him?

And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Be silent, and come out of him. And the demon threw him into the midst, and came out of him, and hurt him not. And amazement came upon all, and they spoke one to another, saying: "What teaching is this? for with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And he charged them strictly that no one should know this. And he commanded that something should be given her to eat.

And her parents were amazed. But he charged them to tell no one what had been done.

When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to it: Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more.

This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.

So, also, the Lord has ordained that those who preach the gospel should live by the gospel.

And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that this is he who has been appointed by God as the judge of the living and the dead.

But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband: but if she leave him, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and, let not the husband put away his wife.

If any one has the reputation of being a prophet, or spiritual man, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

For you know what commandments we gave you by our Lord Jesus.

that you may be mindful of the words formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word, which you have heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I do write to you, which is true as it respects him and you; because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then they besought him to remain some days.

And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees that had been resolved on by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, that they might keep them.

And this she continued to do for many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit: I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

And we have confidence in the Lord with respect to you, that you both do, and will continue to do, the things which we command you.

As, on going into Macedonia, I besought you to remain in Ephesus, that you might charge some that they teach no other thing, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which produce disputes rather than godly edification, which is in faith; (Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and out of a good conscience, and out of faith unfeigned:

These things command and teach.

Charge those who are rich in this age, that they be not proud, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us all things richly for our enjoyment, that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, liberal,

I charge you, in the sight of God, who makes all things alive, and before Christ Jesus, who, before Pontius Pilate, confessed a good confession, that you keep this commandment, so that you may be spotless and blameless till the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And some in the multitude cried out one thing, and some an other. But not being able to obtain any certain knowledge on account of the tumult, he commanded him. to be led into the fortress.

And when there arose a great dissension, the officer, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the fortress.

And he remained among them not more than eight or ten days, and then went down to Caesarea And, on the next day, he sat upon the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders, that, if any one knew where he was, he should inform them, that they might take him.

But, having commanded them to go aside out of the Sanhedrin, they consulted with one another,

saying: Did we not strictly charge you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

And the chief priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by to smite him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him: God will smite you, you whitened wall! for do you sit to judge me according to the law, and yet violate the law by commanding me to be smitten?

For when Moses had spoken to all the people every commandment of the law, lie took the blood of calves and of goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying: This is the blood of the covenant which God enjoins on you:

And Jesus said to him: See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

and said to him: See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

They said to him: Why, then, did Moses command us to give a bill of divorce and put her away? He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

He answered and said to them: What commandment did Moses give you? They replied: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and put her away.

Now Moses, in his law, commanded us, that such should be stoned; but what say you?

But sin, taking occasion through the commandment, rendered active within me every evil desire. For without the law, sin was dead. Indeed, I was alive with out the law, once; but when the commandment came, sin be came alive, and I died: and the commandment, which was given for life, I found to be for death.read more.
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Therefore, the law is holy, and the commandment, holy and just and good. Has, then, that which is good become death to me? It can not be. But sin, that it, might appear sin, was causing death to me through that which is good, in order that sin, through the commandment, might become exceedingly sinful.

For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and that burns with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, and to the sound of a trumpet, and to the utterance of words, the hearing of which utterance caused the people to entreat that the word might not be spoken to them again; for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned:read more.
and so terrible was the sight, that even Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble.