30 Bible Verses about Commendation

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

When Jesus heard this he marvelled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed he said, "I tell you, I have never met faith like this anywhere even in Israel."

At that Jesus replied, "O woman, you have great faith; your prayer is granted as you wish." And from that hour her daughter was cured.

Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you. Now I tell you, Peter is your name and on this rock I will build my church; the powers of Hades shall not succeed against it.

He said, "I tell you plainly, this poor widow has put in more than them all;

It was by faith that Abel offered God a richer sacrifice than Cain did, and thus won from God the record of being 'just,' on the score of what he gave; he died, but by his faith he is speaking to us still.

It was by faith that Enoch was taken to heaven, so that he never died (he was not overtaken by death, for God had taken him away). For before he was taken to heaven, his record was that he had satisfied God;

Now faith means we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see. It was for this that the men of old won their record.

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

he who serves Christ on these lines, is acceptable to God and esteemed by men.

Along with him I am sending that brother whose services to the gospel are praised by all the churches;

They all won their record for faith, but the Promise they did not obtain.

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

See, we call the stedfast happy; you have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen that the Lord is very compassionate and pitiful.

Where is the credit in standing punishment for having done wrong? No, if you stand suffering for having done right, that is what God counts a merit.

for it is not the self-praiser with his own recommendations who is accepted, it is the man whom the Lord recommends.

Well, the master praised the dishonest factor for looking ahead; for the children of this world look further ahead in dealing with their own generation than the children of Light.

I accept no credit from men,

are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them.

As he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers wrote and urged the disciples there to give him a welcome. And on his arrival he proved of great service to those who by God's grace had believed,

He is no Jew who is merely a Jew outwardly, nor is circumcision something outward in the flesh;

Magistrates are no terror to an honest man, though they are to a bad man. If you want to avoid being alarmed at the government-authorities, lead an honest life and you will be commended for it;

Let me introduce our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae;

I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you.

Am I beginning again to 'commend' myself? Do I need, like some people, to be commended by written certificates either to you or from you?

Now this is playing the fool! But you forced me to it, instead of coming forward yourselves and vouching for me. That was what I deserved; for, 'nobody' as I am, I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles.'

we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;

and to governors as deputed by him for the punishment of wrongdoers and the encouragement of honest people ??15 for it is the will of God that by your honest lives you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish persons.

This is not 'recommending myself to you again'; it is giving you an incentive to be proud of me, which you can use against men who are proud of externals instead of the inward reality.

I prove myself at all points a true minister of God, by great endurance, by suffering, by troubles, by calamities, by lashes, by imprisonment; mobbed, toiling, sleepless, starving; with innocence, insight, patience, kindness, the holy Spirit, unaffected love,read more.
true words, the power of God; with the weapons of integrity for attack or for defence, amid honour and dishonour, amid evil report and good report, an 'impostor' but honest, 'unknown' but well-known, dying but here I am alive, chastened but not killed, grieved but always glad, a 'pauper', but the means of wealth to many, without a penny but possessed of all.