47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ

And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me.”

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He *found Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me.”

Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He *said to him, “Follow Me!”

Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.”

“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

But Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’read more.
Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,

And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”

Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home.”

A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick.

As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.

And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.

One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.