47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ

And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will appoint you to be fishers of men:

And Jesus passing from thence, saw a man sitting at the custom house, called Matthew: and saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the custom-house, and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him

And after these things he went out, and saw a farmer of the taxes, named Levi, sitting at the custom-house: and he said unto him, Follow me.

Jesus said to him, If thou art desirous to be perfect, go, sell all thy substance, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. Now when the young man heard this speech, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

The next day Jesus resolved to go into Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, Follow me.

This he told him, to intimate by what kind of death he should glorify God. And having thus spoken, he said to him, Follow me.

Now the God of patience and consolation give you to be like-minded among each other, according to Christ Jesus:

Now this I observe, that one and another of you saith, I am indeed of Paul; but I of Apollos; but I of Cephas; but I am of Christ.

He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

If any man cometh after me, and hateth not father, and mother, and wife and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, he cannot be my disciple.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Then calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal. If a man will be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: and if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

And Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their own dead.

He that preserveth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it.

For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake and the Gospel, he shall preserve it.

Whosoever seeketh to preserve his life shall lose it; and whosoever would lose it, shall preserve it.

Jesus said to him, If thou art desirous to be perfect, go, sell all thy substance, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Then Jesus looking upon him, loved him, and said to him, In one thing thou art defective: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up thy cross, and follow me.

Then Jesus hearing this, said to him, Yet one thing thou lackest: sell all whatsoever thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

For what man of you designing to erect a tower, doth not first sitting down calculate the expence, if he have sufficient to complete the work? lest haply, after having laid the foundation, and being unable to finish it, all who look upon it begin to ridicule him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.read more.
Or what king, going forth to encounter another king in battle, doth not sit down first, and consult if he is able with ten thousand men to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand? and if he be not, whilst he is still at a distance, he sendeth an embassy, and desires terms of peace. So then, every one of you who will not part with all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.

For hereunto have ye been called, because Christ also hath suffered for you, leaving you a pattern, that ye should follow his steps;

And he said to another, Follow me. And he said, Lord, permit me first to return home, and put my father in his grave.

Then said another, I will follow thee, Lord, but give me leave first to bid adieu to those at my house.

And a vast multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he performed on those who were diseased.

From that [discourse] many of his disciples went away back, and no more followed him about.

Then immediately quitting their nets they followed him.

and immediately leaving their nets, they followed him.

Then they instantly quitting the ship and their father, followed him.

And immediately he called them: and leaving their father Zebedee in the vessel with the hirelings, they went after him.

And leaving all behind, he rose, and followed him.

One of the two, who had heard from John mention of Jesus, and had followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

However, notwithstanding, many even of the rulers believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees they did not make open profession, lest they should be put out of the synagogues:

NOW there was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: this man came to Jesus in the night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be with him.

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

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always been obedient, not only during my presence with you, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation.

Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye abide in my word, assuredly ye are my disciples;

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

BE ye imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema, Maranatha.

Servants, be obedient to your masters after the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul;

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

And whatsoever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things which are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him; and by this we know that he abideth in us, from the Spirit which he hath given us.

These are they who have not defiled themselves with women; for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth: these have been redeemed among men, as first-fruits to God, and to the Lamb.