47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ

"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."

so Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

As he was passing by he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office; and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.

After this he went forth and noticed a tax-gatherer, named Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

"If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." But when the young man heard this teaching, he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had much property.

Next day Jesus decided to go into Galilee; and he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

This he said to show by what kind of death Peter was to glorify God. After speaking thus, he said to him, "Follow me."

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be in full sympathy with one another, in accordance with the example of Jesus Christ;

I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ."

"He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; "and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine. "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.

Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

Then summoning the crowd to him, with his disciples. he said: "If any man wishes to follow me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and so follow me.

And he said to all. "If any man wills to follow me, Let him renounce self and take up his cross daily and follow me.

He who loves his life loses it; and he who regards not his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life. If any one is ready to serve me, let him follow me; and where I am there shall my servant be also. If any man is ready to serve me, him will my Father honor.

"Follow me," Jesus said to him, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

"He who has saved his life shall lose it; and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever, for my sake and the gospel's, loses his life will save it.

"Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it; but whoever loses it shall preserve it.

"If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Jesus loved him as he looked at him, and said: "One thing you lack. Go, sell all you have and give to the poor; and you shall have wealth in heaven; and come, follow me."

And receiving this reply, Jesus said to him. "One thing you are still lacking. Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me."

"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it? "Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying, "'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'read more.
"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand? "If he cannot, while the other king is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy to ask conditions of peace. "Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

For this is your calling; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps;

To another he said, "Follow me!" But he replied, "Permit me first to go and bury my father."

And another man also said to him. "I will follow you, Lord; but first permit me to bid farewell to those who are in my house."

A great crowd were following him, because they witnessed the signs which he was continually performing among those who were ill.

Therefore many of his disciples drew back and no longer companied with him.

And they dropped their nets at once, and followed him.

At once they left their nets and followed him.

They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Straightway he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him.

He rose, left everything, and followed him.

One of the two men who heard what John said and followed Jesus, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.

Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed on him, but did not confess in on account of the Pharisees, for fear lest they be put out of the Synagogue.

Now there was one of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler among the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these signs which you are continually doing, unless God is with him."

"It is he who has my commands and obeys them that loves me; and he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him."

And so, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with reverence and self-distrust work out your own salvation;

So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments,

Be imitators of me, as I am an imitator of Christ.

If any one does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord is coming.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with reverence and humility, in singleness of heart as if to Christ himself; not with eye service, as men-pleasers, but as the slaves of Christ, doing the will of God;

This is how we may know that we have come to know Him, by always keeping his commandments.

and whatever we ask we are receiving from him, because we are keeping his commandments and doing those things that are pleasing in his sight. His commandment is this, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do. He who keeps his commandments is abiding in Him, and Christ in him. By this we know that Christ is abiding in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are celibates. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among men to be the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.