'Command' in the Bible

For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

“Lord, if it’s You,” Peter answered Him, “command me to come to You on the water.”

“Why then,” they asked Him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away?”

When the young man heard that command, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men.”

He also said to them, “You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain your tradition!

When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly coming together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you: come out of him and never enter him again!”

He replied to them, “What did Moses command you?”

For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father.”

For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a command as to what I should say and what I should speak.

I know that His command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you.

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

This is what I command you: Love one another.

But some of the believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses!”

And she did this for many days.But Paul was greatly aggravated and turning to the spirit, said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out right away.

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium with the commanders and prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.

So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves.

but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all nations—

I say the following as a concession, not as a command.

I command the married—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to leave her husband.

However, each one must live his life in the situation the Lord assigned when God called him. This is what I command in all the churches.

About virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, he should recognize that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.

We have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do what we command.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.

Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ that quietly working, they may eat their own food.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope:

As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach different doctrine

Command and teach these things.

Command this also, so they won’t be blamed.

In His own time He has revealed His message in the proclamation that I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior:

For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the message you have heard.

Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.

And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother.

I was very glad to find some of your children walking in the truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.

So now I urge you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.

Because you have kept My command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is going to come over the whole world to test those who live on the earth.