57 Bible Verses about Preaching, Content Of

Therefore I witness to you this clay, that I am pure from the blood of all men; for I did not shrink to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

After that John was cast into prison, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, That the time is fulfilled: the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of the heavens draweth nigh.

And Jesus was going round all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the people.

And it came to pass consecutively, that He was going through city and village, proclaiming and preaching the gospel of God, and the twelve along with Him.

And having come into the synagogue, he preached boldly three months, expounding and persuading them as to the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I came preaching the gospel of the kingdom, shall see my face no more.

Israelitish men, hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man having been demonstrated unto you from God by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did through Him in your midst, as yourselves know;

the word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ: he is Lord of all. This word you know, which was throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; Jesus, the one from Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost and power: who went about doing good, and healing all oppressed by the devil: because God is with Him.

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things concerning the Lord Jesus, with all boldness, uninterruptedly.

For Christ Jesus, the Son of God, the one being preached by us, through me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but it was yes in him.

Him by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, having been delivered, you having nailed up, slew through the hand of lawless men; whom God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was impossible that he should be held by it.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you have slain, hanging him on the wood;

And we are witnesses in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they even slew, hanging him on the wood. God raised him on the third day, and gave him to be made manifest; not to all the people, but to the witnesses having been chosen of God, to us, who ate and drank along with him after He arose from the dead:read more.
and He commanded us to preach to the people, and to witness that He is the One ordained of God the Judge of the living and the dead.

fulfilled the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath; and having found no cause of death, asked Pilate that he should be executed; and when they perfected all the things which had been written concerning him, taking him down from the cross, placed him in a sepulchre. And God raised him from the dead;read more.
who appeared to those coming up with him to Jerusalem from Galilee many days, who are now his witnesses to the people.

Since indeed the Jews ask for miracles, and the Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ having been crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and to the Gentiles foolishness; but to you who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

But if Christ is preached that he is risen from the dead, how do certain ones among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? but if there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ is not risen: but if Christ is not risen, then indeed is our preaching vain, and your faith is vain.read more.
And we are indeed found false witnesses of God; because we testified according to God that he raised Christ: whom he did not raise, if then the dead rise not. But if the dead rise not, neither is Christ risen. But if Christ is not risen, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins.

Therefore on the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, has poured out this which you both see and hear. For David hath not ascended into the heavens, but he says, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I may make thy enemies the footstool of thy feet.

Him hath God exalted at His own right hand, a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

Because Christ indeed once died for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in spirit: by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison; who at one time were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, the ark being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through the water.read more.
Which antitype baptism does even now save you, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the seeking after a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ: who is on the right hand of God, having gone up into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being subordinated unto him.

Then let all the house of Israel assuredly know that God hath made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

And all day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

and Philip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them,

and immediately he was preaching Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. And all those hearing were astonished, and continued to say, Is not this the one laying waste those calling on this name in Jerusalem? and has come hither for this, that he may lead them bound to the chief priests. And Saul continued to be the more filled up with dynamite, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that Jesus is the Christ.

the word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ: he is Lord of all.

And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was straitened with the word, witnessing to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Then indeed God winking at the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent:

and saying, That the time is fulfilled: the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

And Peter said to them, Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Repent, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that seasons of soul-renewing may come from the presence of the Lord,

but first to those in Damascus, and also in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was preaching that they should repent and turn to God, doing things worthy of repentance.

Then let it be known unto you, men brethren, that through this one remission of sins is preached:

And He said to them, As it has been written, That Christ must suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day; and repentance unto remission of sins is to be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

And to Him give all the prophets witness, that every one believing on him receives the remission of sins through His name.

and they were persevering in the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables.

And he went away to Tarsus, to hunt up Saul: and having found him, led him to Antioch. And it happened unto them, a whole year indeed they assembled in the church, and taught a great multitude: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

And Paul and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, also along with many others.

And a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came into Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures. And he was instructed in the way of the Lord, and zealous in spirit, was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John; and he began to preach boldly in the synagogue. But Priscilla and Aquila, having heard him, took him to themselves, and expounded unto him the way of the Lord more perfectly.

how I omitted nothing of those things which are profitable, that I should not declare unto you and teach you publicly and from house to house,

And he spent a year and six months teaching the word of God among them.

Going, disciple all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, unto the end of the age.

But you did not so learn Christ: if indeed ye have heard him, and been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus: that with reference to your former life, you are to lay aside the old man, who is corrupt in the lusts of deception;read more.
and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and to put on the new man, who has been created in harmony with God in the righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Finally therefore, brethren, we pray you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how it behooves you to walk about and to please God, as you do indeed walk about, in order that you may abound more and more. For you know what promises we gave unto you through our Lord Jesus.

But speak you those things which become healthy teaching. That the elderly men be sober, grave, prudent, sound in faith, in divine love, in patience: likewise that the elderly women be reverent in demeanor, not tattlers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;read more.
in order that they instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be prudent, chaste, domestic, good, submissive to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be blasphemed. Likewise exhort the young men to be prudent: concerning all things exhibiting yourself an example of good works; in teaching; purity, gravity, the sound word, irrefutable, in order that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning us. That servants submit to their own masters, that they be obedient in all things; not speaking back; not purloining, but exhibiting all good faith, that they may adorn the teaching of God our Saviour in all things. For the grace of God, that brings salvation to all men, has appeared, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we must live prudently and righteously and holily in this present age; looking for the blessed hope even the appearing of the glory of our great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Speak these things and exhort and convict with all authority; let no one despise thee.

preach the word: be instant in season and out of season; convict, exhort, rebuke, with all longsuffering and teaching.

And they going out, they continued to entreat them that these words should be spoken to them on the next Sabbath. And the synagogue having been adjourned, many of the Jews and pious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking with them, continued to persuade them to abide in the grace of God.

and preaching the gospel to that city, and making many disciples, they returned into Lystra, and into Iconium, and into Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and it behooves them through many tribulations to enter into the kingdom of God.

And having come through those regions, and exhorted them with much speaking, he came into Greece;

Then what is it, brethren? When you may come together, each one has a psalm, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to edification. If one speaks with a tongue, let it he by twos, or at most by threes, and separately; and let one interpret; but if there may be no interpreter, let him keep silent in the church; but let him speak to himself, and to God.read more.
But let two or three prophets speak, and let the others give audience; but if something may be revealed to another sitting down, let the first be silent. For you are all able to prophesy one by one, in order that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

and whatsoever things thou hast heard with me through many witnesses, commit thou the same to faithful men, who will be able also to teach others.

But I praise you because you remember me in all things, and hold fast the commandments, as I delivered them unto you.

Then therefore, brethren, stand, and hold fast the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or by our epistle:

Hold fast the form of sound words which you heard with me, in the faith and divine love which is in Christ Jesus: stand guard over the beautiful deposit through the Holy Ghost who dwells in us.

As I exhorted you to remain in Ephesus, I going into Macedonia, in order that you may command certain ones not to teach heterodoxy, nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which present questions, rather than the economy of God which is in faith:

I am astonished that you are so quickly removed from him who called you in the grace of Christ into another gospel; which is not another: but there are certain ones who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the gospel of Christ. But indeed if we, or an angel from heaven, may preach unto you any other gospel except that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.read more.
As we have before said, and now again I tell you, If any one preaches to you a gospel except that which you have received, let him be accursed.

But the Spirit says positively, that in the last times certain ones will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and to the teachings of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having been cauterized as to their own conscience, forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from meats, which God created for reception with thanksgiving to the faithful and to those perfectly knowing the truth.read more.
Because every creature of God is good, and nothing rejected, being received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer. Submitting these things to the brethren, you will be a beautiful minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of faith, and the beautiful teaching which you have followed; but reject the unsanctified and silly stories: but exercise yourself unto godliness.