55 Bible Verses about Faith, As A Body Of Beliefs
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And only they had heard, That he then driving us out, now announces the good news, the faith which he then felt the absence of.
For which I was placed a herald, and the sent, (I speak truth in Christ, I lie not;) a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.
And the word of God increased: and the number of disciples was multiplied greatly in Jerusalem; and a great crowd of priests listened to the faith.
To Timothy, genuine child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.
All they with me greet thee. Greet them loving us in the faith. Grace with you all. Amen.
Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, except by me.
And if I delay, that thou shouldest know how thou must be occupied in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
I wonder that so quickly are ye transferred from him having called you by the grace of Christ to another good news: Which is not another; except some are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of Christ. But also if we, or a messenger from heaven, announce good news to you, more than what: we have announced to you, let him be anathema.read more.
As we said before, also now say I again, If any announce to you good news above what ye received, let him be anathema.
As it is just for me to think this concerning you all, for my having you in the heart; both in my bonds, and in the justification and confirmation of the good news, ye all being partakers of grace with me.
Hold the model of sound words, which thou didst hear of me, in the faith and love which in Christ Jesus. Watch the good deposit by the Holy Spirit dwelling in us.
Men, Israelites, bear these words; Jesus the Nazarite, a man elected by God for you by powers and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, (as also ye yourselves know:) This one, surrendered by the fixed counsel and foreknowledge of God, having taken by lawless hands, having fastened, ye slew: Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death: as it was not possible for him to be holden of it.
And I make known to you, brethren, the good news which I announced to you, which also ye received, and in which ye stood; By which also ye are saved, to which word I announced to you if ye hold, unless ye believed to no purpose. For I delivered to you among the first, what I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the writings;read more.
And that he was buried, and that he was raised the third day, according to the writings.
For let this be in mind among you, which also in Christ Jesus; Who, being in the form of God, thought not robbery to be equal to God But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, born in the likeness of men:read more.
And found in fashion as man, he humbled himself, being obedient until death, and the death of the cross. Wherefore God has also exceedingly exalted him, and favored him as a gift with a name above every name: That in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of the heavenlies, and of terrestrial things, and things under earth And every tongue should avow that the Lord is Jesus Christ, to the glory of the Father.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: For by him were all things created, things in the heavens, and things upon earth, things visible and invisible, whether thrones, whether dominions, whether beginnings, whether authorities: all were created by him, and for him: And he is before all, and all things have been established by him.read more.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that he might be the first in all For in him was he pleased that all fulness should dwell: And by him to reconcile all things anew to himself; having made peace by the blood of his cross, by him, whether things upon earth, whether things in the heavens.
Faithful the word, and worthy of all acceptance, for Christ Jesus came into the world to save the sinful; of whom I am first.
And manifestly great is the mystery of devotion: God was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed in the nations, was believed on in the world, was received up in glory.
Faithful the word: For if we died together, we shall also live together: If we endure, we shall also reign together: if we deny, he will also deny us: If we believe not, he remains faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, we should go on to perfection; not again laying down the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the teaching of immersions, and placing upon of hands, and of the rising up of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
But I make known to you, brethren, the good news announced by me that it is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, neither was I taught, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
And now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus, in the night which he was delivered up, took bread:
All writing divinely inspired, and profitable for doctrine, for refutation, for correction, for instruction in justice:
For prophecy was not once brought by the will of man: but holy men of God spake, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
Holding firmly the faithful word according to instruction, that he may be able also to beseech in sound doctrine, and to refute those opposing.
Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
And what thou hast heard from me by many witnesses, these things lay by for faithful men, who will be sufficient to teach others also.
For not having followed ingeniously contrived fictions, we made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been spectators of his majesty.
And having announced that city the good news, and made disciples sufficient, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch, And supporting the souls of the disciples, beseeching to remain in the faith, that through many pressures we must come into the kingdom of God.
Watch ye, stand in the faith, be manly, be strengthened..
Having therefore a great chief priest, passed to the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold firmly the assent. For we have not a chief priest unable to suffer with our weaknesses; but tried in all things as a resemblance, without sin. We should therefore go with freedom of speech to the throne of grace, that we receive mercy, and find grace for timely assistance.
And confident in this, I know that I shall remain, and shall remain near together with you all for your advancement and joy of faith:
Therefore as ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him: Being rooted and built up in him, and rendered firm in the faith, as ye were taught, abounding in it with gratitude.
And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers; For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ: Until we all arrive to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the perfect man, to the measure of age of the filling up of Christ.
And then shall many be offended, and they shall deliver up one another, and they shall hate one another.
And having fallen, again to renew to repentance; crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and exposing to ignominy.
And Elymas the magician withstood them, (for so was his name interpreted,) seeking to turn the proconsul from the faith.
Try yourselves, if ye are in the faith; prove yourselves. Or know ye not yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless ye are not tried? And I hope that ye shall know that we are not untried.
And if any for his own, and chiefly for his own household provide not, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbelieving.
For the root of all evils is the love of money: which some striving for, have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many pains.
See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in removing away from the living God.
See that ye refuse not him speaking. For if they escaped not, having refused him giving an intimation of the divine will on earth, much more we, who having turned back from him from the heavens:
Only live as citizens worthy of the good news of Christ: that whether coming and seeing you, whether being absent, I shall bear the things concerning you, that ye stand in one spirit, one soul, fighting together in faith of the good news;
And the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some shall be removed from the faith, holding to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of evil spirits; In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness; Hindering to marry, to keep from victuals which God created for participation, with thanks, for the faithful and them knowing the truth.read more.
For every created thing of God good, and nothing thrown away, received with thanks: For it is consecrated by the word of God and entreaty. These having laid down to the brethren, thou shalt be a good servant of Jesus Christ, brought up in the words of faith and good doctrine, which thou bast closely followed.
For of these are they going into houses, and taking captive little women heaped up with sins, led away with various eager desires, Always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. And as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these have withstood the truth: men corrupted in mind, not tried concerning the faith.
For many also are disorderly, vain talkers and infatuates, especially they of the circumcision: Who must be restrained, who subvert whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain. A certain of them said, their own prophet, The Cretians always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.read more.
This testimony is true. For this cause reprove them severely, that they may be sound in the faith;
And consecrate the Lord God in your hearts: and being ready always for a justification to every one asking you the word of the hope in you with meekness and fear:
I have contended earnestly the good contest, I have completed the course, I have kept the faith:
Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction;
Contend earnestly the good contest of faith, take hold upon eternal life, into which thou wert also called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.
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