Bible Passages

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
1 Corinthians 1:17 [view]
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18 [view]
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
1 Corinthians 15:14,17 [view]
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:2 [view]
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
1 Corinthians 3:6-8 [view]
For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:10 [view]
I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
1 Corinthians 9:23 [view]
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:10 [view]
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect
1 Peter 3:15 [view]
For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.
1 Peter 4:6 [view]
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 [view]
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 [view]
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 [view]
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20 [view]
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 [view]
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:5 [view]
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Acts 1:8 [view]
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
Acts 11:21 [view]
For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 13:47 [view]
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
Acts 17:30-31 [view]
When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.
Acts 18:21b [view]
And there is salvation bin no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men3 by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12 [view]
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished.
Acts 4:13 [view]
So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?”
Acts 8:30-31 [view]
Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.
Acts 8:35 [view]
Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 8:40 [view]
At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
Colossians 4:3-4 [view]
He has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 [view]
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 11:19-20 [view]
Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezekiel 3:17b-18 [view]
But you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities. I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 4:24-25 [view]
Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
Isaiah 40:9 [view]
Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
Isaiah 45:22 [view]
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation.
Isaiah 52:7 [view]
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
James 5:19-20 [view]
“John [the Baptist] did no sign, but everything that John said about this man [Jesus] was true.”
John 10:41 [view]
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6 [view]
I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
John 17:26 [view]
for unless you believe that I AM He you will die in your sins.
John 8:24 [view]
Have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
Jude 22-23 [view]
And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
Luke 10:2 [view]
And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke 14:23 [view]
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Luke 19:10 [view]
But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”
Luke 4:43 [view]
Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.
Luke 9:60 [view]
“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Mark 1:15 [view]
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
Mark 1:17 [view]
And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."
Mark 16:15 [view]
And proclaim as you go, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Matthew 10:7 [view]
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:28-29 [view]
And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
Matthew 11:6 [view]
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:49-50 [view]
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Matthew 16:26 [view]
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20 [view]
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 3:2 [view]
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance
Matthew 3:8 [view]
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:20 [view]
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Matthew 7:13-14 [view]
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:37-38 [view]
I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.
Philemon 1:6 [view]
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Proverbs 11:30 [view]
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 [view]
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
Proverbs 21:2 [view]
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord, but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death.
Proverbs 8:35-36 [view]
Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
Psalm 105:1 [view]
My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.
Psalm 119:81 [view]
From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2 [view]
He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:6 [view]
Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre! For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
Psalm 149:3-4 [view]
They shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
Psalm 22:31 [view]
Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.
Psalm 51:13 [view]
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
Psalm 95:7-9 [view]
And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
Revelation 22:17 [view]
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16 [view]
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20 [view]
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:13 [view]
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Romans 10:14 [view]
I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation
Romans 15:20 [view]
God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance.
Romans 2:4 [view]
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
Romans 3:20 [view]
Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.
Romans 4:7-8 [view]