26 Bible Verses about Faith, Necessity Of

then said they to him, what shall we do, that our works may he agreeable to God? Jesus answered them, the work which God requires is to believe on him whom he hath sent.

"the time, said he, is accomplish'd, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."

and bringing them out, he said, sirs, what must I do to be saved? believe, said they, on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you, and your family.

upon which Paul said, John indeed administer'd the baptism of repentance, but with this admonition, that they should believe in him, who was to come after, that is, in Jesus the Messias.

remonstrating both to Jews and Gentiles the advantages of a sincere repentance, and of believing

by whose favour I have received the office of an apostle to bring the Gentiles every where to the obedience of faith preached in his name:

now this is his commandment, that we believe in his son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, as he commanded us.

Philip said to him, Lord shew us the father, and we are satisfied. Jesus said to him, have I been with you so long, and don't you know me yet? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the father; why then do you say, shew us the father? don't you believe that I am in the father, and the father in me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak indeed, tho' not from my self; but as to the works, the father, who dwells in me, he is the agent.read more.
believe me, I am in the father, and the father in me: at least believe me upon account of the very works.

but all do not obey the gospel. for Esaias saith, "Lord, who hath believed our report?" I reply, have they not heard? on the contrary, "their voice spread thro' all the earth, and their words to the remotest inhabitants thereof ."

he was in the world, even the world that had been made by him, but the world knew him not. he came unto his own, and his own received him not. but to as many as received him, and believed on him, he granted the privilege of being the sons of God.

there the divine wrath is revealed from heaven against all impiety, and injustice of men, who wickedly suppress the truth. because what should be known of God they are acquainted with; for God hath manifested it unto them. for ever since the creation of the world, his eternal power and divinity, things in themselves invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived by the things that are made; so that they are without excuse:read more.
because when they knew God, they did not with gratitude glorify him as God, but their reasoning became extravagance, and their minds, void of judgment, were involv'd in darkness.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what benefit is there from circumcision? much every way: chiefly, because they were intrusted with the oracles of God. for what if some betrayed their trust? shall their unfaithfulness renderread more.
the faithfulness of God of no effect? by no means; yea, let God be acknowledged to be true, tho' men should be all deceivers; as it is written, " that you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged."

Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, conformable to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from antient times, but now is laid open, and by the writings of the prophets (according to the commandment of the eternal God) made known to all the Gentiles, to induce them to obey the faith: to God, I say, who is only wise, be glory thro' Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

Let not your heart be troubled: you trust in God, trust also in me.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy spirit.

Simon Peter the servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who equally share with us in the advantages of faith, thro' the veracity of our God, and of Jesus Christ. may the divine favour and felicity be poured upon you, by the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ.

now without faith it is impossible to be acceptable to him: for he that presents himself to God, cannot but believe he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who make their addresses to him.

I declare unto you, he that heareth my doctrine, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

he that believeth on the son, hath a right to everlasting life: and he that disobeys the son, shall not enjoy life; but be expos'd to divine wrath.

he that believeth on him, shall not be condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the only begotten son of God.

to the condemnation of all those, who instead of embracing the gospel, had pleasure in iniquity.

wherefore it is said in the scripture, I lay in Sion the principal stone of the angle, a choice one of great value: he that trusts thereon shall not be confounded. it will prove an honour to you, who believe; but to the incredulous, the same stone, which is the chief of the angle, and which the architects rejected, will be an occasion to the incredulous of their stumbling, and bruising themselves thereby:

for he that makes a difference, is self-condemn'd, if he eats against his own persuasion: for every action of that kind is sin .

one man thinks one day fitter for religious worship than another: another thinks every day alike. let every man follow the persuasion of his own mind. he that observes a day, and he that obobserves it not, act both from a sense of duty. he that eats, consisiders it as the bounty of his Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that forbeareth to eat, considers his forbearance as enjoined by his Lord, and giveth God thanks for the rest. for we neither live, nor die, as if we were our own masters.read more.
if we live, our life is appropriated to the Lord; and if we die, we die as his servants: whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's.

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you such incredulity as to make you desert the living God. but exhort one another daily while the day lasts, lest any of you be hardned through the deceitfulness of sin. for we were receiv'd into the communion of Christ, upon condition of inviolably maintaining the hope we had at the beginning even unto the end,read more.
which is imply'd by, "to-day since ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as at Meriba." for some when they had heard his voice, did provoke him: however, not all that were brought out of Egypt by Moses did so. but with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with those that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the desert? and who were they, who, he sware, should not enter into his rest, but those that did not believe? so we see that they could not enter in,

afterwards he appear'd to the eleven, as they were all sitting at table, and he reproved them for their incredulity and obstinacy in not giving credit to those, who had seen him after his resurrection.