70 Bible Verses about Spiritual Vitality

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;

The righteous also shall hold to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.

Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your progress may appear to all.

And for this reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge self control; and to self control patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:

For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.

Be followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

And you became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit:

For even to this were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps:

He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Deprive not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your lack of self-control.

There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain.

For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted.

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience.

Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.

If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not? But if you be without chastisement, of which all are partakers, then are you illegitimate children, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?read more.
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them who are trained by it.

I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white clothing, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

Be you strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the LORD, and work: for I am with you, says the LORD of hosts:

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be men, be strong.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would. But if you be led of the Spirit, you are not under the law.

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be diligent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they draw to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

And the child Samuel grew, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.

And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, self-control: against such there is no law.

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:read more.
That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if indeed I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor; Not in the lust of passion, even as the Gentiles who know not God:read more.
That no man transgress and wrong his brother in any matter: because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.

Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have to all the saints, For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.read more.
And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

But let all those that put their trust in you rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them: let them also that love your name be joyful in you.

But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

And when he had brought them into his house, he sat food before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.

That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity: he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.