45 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ

He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for men!"

Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."

Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

After this he went out, and he saw a tax-collector named Levi sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!"

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine." But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter was to honor God; and after he had said it he said to Peter, "Follow me!"

May God, from whom steadfastness and encouragement come, give you such harmony with one another, in following the example of Christ Jesus,

What I mean is this, that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," another, "And I, of Apollos," another, "And I, of Cephas," and another, "And I, of Christ!"

No one who loves father or mother more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who loves son or daughter more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who will not take up his cross and follow me is worthy of me.

"If anyone comes to me without hating his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his very life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine. For no one who does not take up his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.

And he called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross and follow me.

And he said to everyone, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross day after day and follow me.

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and wherever I am found, my servant must be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!"

Whoever gains his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will gain it.

For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me and for the good news will preserve it.

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

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."

And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

What man among you if he wishes to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost of it, to see whether he has enough to complete it? Or else when he has laid his foundation and cannot finish the building, everyone who sees it will begin to ridicule him, and say, 'This man started to erect a building, and could not finish it!'read more.
Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand? And if he cannot, while the other is still far away, he sends envoys to him and asks on what terms he will make peace. In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.

That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps.

He said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go and bury my father."

Yet another man said to him, "Master, I am going to follow you, but let me first say goodbye to my people at home."

because they could see the signs he showed in what he did for the sick.

In consequence of this many of his disciples drew back and would not go about with him any longer.

They immediately dropped their nets and went with him.

They immediately abandoned their nets and followed him.

And they immediately left the boat and their father, and went with him.

He immediately called them. And they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went off after him.

And he left everything and got up and followed him.

Yet for all that, even among the leading men, many came to believe in him, but on account of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge it, for fear of being excluded from the synagogues,

Among the Pharisees there was a man named Nicodemus, a leader among the Jews. This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

It is he who has my commands and observes them that really loves me, and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and show myself to him."

So, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient, with reverence and awe make every effort to insure your salvation, not simply as though I were with you, but all the more because I am away.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide by what I teach, you are really disciples of mine,

"If you really love me, you will observe my commands.

You must follow my example in this, as I am following Christ's.

A curse upon anyone who has no love for the Lord. Lord, come quickly!

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but like slaves of Christ, carrying out the will of God.

This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands.

and we obtain from him whatever we ask for, because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him. His command is this??hat we are to believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us to do. All who obey his commands keep in union with him, and he does with them; and this is how we know that he keeps in union with us??y the Spirit which he has given us.

They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed from among men as the first-fruits for God and the Lamb,