30 Bible Verses about Commendation
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But Jesus observed this and said to them, "Why do you bother the woman? It is a fine thing that she has done to me.
When Jesus heard this, he was astonished at him, and turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such faith as this even in Israel!"
Then Jesus answered, "You have great faith! You shall have what you want." And her daughter was cured from that time.
Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.
And he said, "I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all the rest.
Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.
Faith caused Enoch to be taken up from the earth without experiencing death; he could not be found, because God had taken him up. For before he was taken up there is evidence that he pleased God,
Faith means the assurance of what we hope for; it is our conviction about things that we cannot see. For it was by it that the men of old gained God's approval.
Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.
Whoever serves Christ in that way pleases God and gains the approval of men.
I am sending with him his brother, who is famous in all the churches for his work in spreading the good news.
Yet though they all gained God's approval by their faith, they none of them received what he had promised,
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.
For God approves a man if from a sense of duty he endures suffering unjustly inflicted??20 for what credit is there in your enduring being beaten for doing wrong? But if you endure suffering for doing what is right, you have God's approval.
For it is not the man who approves of himself who is really approved; it is the man of whom the Lord approves.
And his master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their relation to their own age than the sons of the light.
As he wanted to cross to Greece, the brothers wrote to the disciples there, urging them to welcome him. On his arrival there he was of great service to those who through God's favor had become believers,
For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external.
The man who does right has nothing to fear from the magistrates, as the wrongdoer has. If you want to have no fear of the authorities, do right, and they will commend you for it,
I want to introduce to you our sister Phoebe, who is a helper in the church at Cenchreae.
I appreciate your always remembering me, and your standing by the things I passed on to you, just as you received them.
Am I falling into self-recommendation again? Do I, like some people, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?
I have been making a fool of myself, but you forced me to do it, when you ought to have been expressing your approval of me. For I am not a bit inferior to your superfine apostles, even if I am nobody!
We never sought praise from men, either from you or anyone else, though as Christ's apostles we might have stood on our dignity.
and to governors, as sent by him to punish evil-doers, and to encourage those who do right.
I am not trying to recommend myself to you again. I am giving you cause to be proud of me, to use in answering men who pride themselves on external advantages and not on sincerity of heart.
On the contrary, as a servant of God I try in every way to commend myself to them, through my great endurance in troubles, difficulties, hardships, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, and hunger, through my purity of life, my knowledge, my patience, my kindness, my holiness of spirit, my genuine love,read more.
the truth of my teaching, and the power of God; with the weapons of uprightness for the right hand and the left, in honor or dishonor, in praise or blame; considered an imposter, when I am true, obscure, when I am well known, at the point of death, yet here I am alive, punished, but not dead yet, pained, when I am always glad, poor, when I make many others rich, penniless, when really I own everything.
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