47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ

And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

And Jesus said to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax-office, and He saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him.

And passing by, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him.

And, after these things, He went forth, and beheld a tax-collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax-office; and He said to him, "Follow Me."

Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me." But the young man, having heard this saying, went away grieved; for he was one who had large possessions.

On the morrow, He wished to go forth into Galilee; and He findeth Philip, and saith to him, "Follow Me."

Now this He spake, signifying by what manner of death he would glorify God. And, having spoken this, He saith to him, "Follow Me."

Now the God of patience and of consolation grant you to be of the same mind one with 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 that loves father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me; and he that loves son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me. And whosoever does not take up his cross, and follow Me, is not worthy of Me.

"If any one comes to Me, and hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and, further, his own soul also, he cannot be My disciple. And whosoever does not bear his own cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.

Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me;

And, calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

And He said to all, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

He who loves his soul loses it; and he who hates his soul in this world will keep it unto life eternal. If any one serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am there will also My servant be. If anyone serve Me, him will My Father honor.

But Jesus saith to him, "Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

"He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it.

For whosoever would save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his soul for My sake and the Gospel's, shall save it.

Whosoever shall seek to gain his soul shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose it, will preserve it.

Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me."

And Jesus, looking on him, loved him, and said to him, "One thing is wanting to you: go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven, and come, follow Me."

And Jesus, hearing it said to him, "Yet one thing is lacking to you; sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven, and come, follow Me."

For who of you, wishing to build a tower, does not, first, sitting down, calculate the expense, whether he has enough for its completion? lest, perhaps, having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish it, all who behold begin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish!'read more.
"Or what king, going on to engage another king in war, does not, sitting down, first take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand? And, if not by any means, while he is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he asks conditions of peace. "So, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his own goods, cannot be My disciple.

For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;

And He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, permit me, going away, first to bury my father."

And another said, "I will follow Thee, Lord; but first permit me to bid adieu to those within my house."

And a great multitude was following Him, because they were beholding the signs which He was doing on the sick.

From this time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.

And, immediately leaving their nets, they followed Him.

And straightway, leaving the nets, they followed Him.

and they, having immediately left the boat and their father, followed Him.

And straightway He called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the boat, with the hired servants, they went away after Him.

And, having forsaken all, rising up, he followed Him.

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard it from John, and followed Him.

Yet, however, even from among the rulers, many believed on Him; but, because of the Pharisees, they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night, and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that Thou hast come, as a Teacher, from God; for no one can do the signs which Thou art doing, unless God be with Him."

He who has My commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves Me; and he that loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him."

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

Jesus, therefore, said to those Jews who had believed on Him, "If ye abide in My word, ye are truly My disciples;

"If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments;

Become imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

If anyone loves not the Lord, let him be accursed, when the Lord cometh!

Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

And in this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments.

and whatsoever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments, and do the things that are pleasing before Him. And this is the commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment. And he that keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him; and in this we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit Whom He gave to us.

These are those who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.