Being Obedient

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Who will render to every man according to his deeds: — read the full passage →

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. — read the full passage →

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

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. — read the full passage →

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.