40 Bible Verses about importance

For just as we have many parts united in our physical bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,

For I passed on to you, among the primary principles of the good news, what I had received, that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures,

Your life is worth more than food, and your body more than clothes.

What difference then does it make? In one way or another, whether in pretense or in sincerity, Christ is being preached, and that is the thing that makes me glad; yes, more too, I will continue to be glad of it,

One man rates one day above another, another rates them all alike. Let every man be fully convinced in his own mind.

A curse on you Pharisees, because you like to have the front seats in synagogues, and to be greeted with honor in public places!

Those who were looked upon as leaders -- what they were makes no difference to me -- God pays no attention to outward appearances these leaders added nothing new to me.

But I want you to realize the fact that Christ is the Head of every man, that the husband is the head of the wife, and that God is the Head of Christ.

He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less."

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they tried to name him Zechariah, after his father.

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding supper, never take the best place, for someone of greater distinction than you may have been invited,

This is the greatest command, and is first in importance.

If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body.

Then He said to them, "You are the men who exhibit your uprightness before the public, but God knows your hearts. For what stands high in the sight of men is detestable in the sight of God.

Being circumcised or not being circumcised has no value, but keeping God's commands is important.

to be seated in the front seats in the synagogues, to occupy the places of honor at banquets --

If the ear says, "Since I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body.

Have you never read this passage of Scripture: "'That stone which the builders threw away has now become the cornerstone;

For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.

But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.

for your cooperation in spreading the good news, from the first day you heard it until now.

and they like the places of honor at feasts and the front seats in synagogues,

and the parts of it we deem devoid of honor we dress with special honor, and our ill-shaped parts receive more careful attention,

For I belong to the lowest rank of the apostles, and am not fit to bear the title apostle, because I once persecuted the church of God.

And so there are those now last who will be first then, and there are those now first who will then be last."

And over all these qualities put on love, which is the tie of perfection that binds us together.

The second is like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'

Then one of the scribes, on hearing them arguing, came up, and since he saw that Jesus had answered them properly, he asked Him, "What sort of command is the first of all commands?"

Then Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: 'That stone which the builders threw away has become the cornerstone; this is the work of the Lord and seems wonderful to us!'

You blind men! which is greater, the offering, or the altar that makes the offering sacred?

You are observing days, months, seasons, years.

what the world calls of low degree, yea, what it counts as nothing and what it thinks does not exist, God chose to put a stop to what it thinks exists,