Obeying God

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

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

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

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

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 unto him.

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 who is in heaven.

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

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

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

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

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 who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

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

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

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

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

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

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. — read the full passage →

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

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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

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

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

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; — read the full passage →

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; — read the full passage →

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments. — read the full passage →

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

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

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

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead. — read the full passage →

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God. — read the full passage →

For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: — read the full passage →

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

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

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: — read the full passage →

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →