47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ
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And he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you the fishermen of men.
And Jesus, passing away from thence, saw a man sitting by the custom-house, being called Matthew, and he says to him, Follow me; and having risen he followed him.
And passing by, he saw Levi, him of Alpheus, sitting by the customhouse, and he says to him, Follow me. And having risen, he followed him.
And after these, he went out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting by the custom-house; and he said to him, Follow me.
Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. And the young man having heard the word, departed, being grieved: for he was holding many possessions.
The morrow Jesus wished to go forth to Galilee, and he finds Philip, and he says to him, Follow me.
And this he said, signifying by what death he shall honour God. And having said this, he says to him, Follow me.
And may the God of patience and his consolation give you to mind the same in one another according to Christ Jesus:
And this I say, that each of you says, I truly am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
He loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me; and he loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me. And whoever takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me.
If any come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, and yet also his own life, he cannot be my disciple. And whoever lifts not his cross, and comes after me, cannot be my disciple.
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me.
And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wills to come after me, let him absolutely deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me.
He loving his soul shall lose it; but he hating his soul in this world, shall guard it for life eternal. If any one would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be my servant: and if any one serve me, him will the Father honour.
He finding his soul shall lose it; and he having lost his soul for my sake shall find it.
For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever should lose his life for my sake and the good news, the same shall save it.
Whoever should seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose it, shall preserve it alive.
Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
And Jesus having looked upon him, loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee retire; whatever thou hast, sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, having taken up the cross.
And Jesus having heard these, said to him, Yet one thing fails thee: all whatever thou hast, sell and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
For which of you, wishing to build a tower, not first, having sat down, calculates the expense, if he have things for completion? That lest, having set the foundation, and not able to finish, all seeing begin to mock him, Saying, That this man began to build, and was not able to finish.read more.
Or what king, going to fight with another king in war, not, having sat down first, consults, if he be able with ten thousand to meet him coming with twenty thousand against him? And if he, yet being far off, having sent an embassy, asks things for peace. So then, every one of you, who renounces not all of his possessions, cannot be my disciple.
For to this were ye called: for also Christ suffered for you, leaving behind to you an underwriting, that ye should follow upon his footsteps:
And he said to another, Follow me. And he said, Lord, permit me having gone, first to inter my father.
And another said, I will follow thee, Lord; and first permit me to take leave of those in my house.
And they having instantly let go the ship and their father,. followed him.
And quickly he called them: and having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hirelings; they went after him.
It was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, one of the two having heard of John, and followed him.
Yet nevertheless also many of the rulers believed in him; but on account of the Pharisees they did not acknowledge, lest they should be excluded from the synagogue:
And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus the name to him, a ruler of the Jews: He came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God: for none can do these signs which thou doest, except God be with him.
He having my commands, and keeping them, the same is he loving me: and he loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him.
Therefore, my beloved, as ye have always listened, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and tremor effect your own salvation.
Then said Jesus to the Jews having believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples.
Be ye imitators of me, as I also of Christ.
Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ; Not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul:
And whatever we ask, we receive of him, for we keep his commands, and do things pleasing before him. And this is his command, That we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us command. And he keeping his commands remains in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit he gave us.
There are they who were not contaminated by women; for they are virgins. These are they following the Lamb wherever he should lead. These were purchased from men, first fruits to God and the Lamb.
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