1:1 Verses – 14 A Life of Obedience
Memory verse
Romans 12:1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ROM.12.1.NIV
Luke 9:23
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.9.23.NIV
Main passages
Matthew 4:19
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MAT.4.19.NIV
Luke 5:1–11
Jesus stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, seeing two boats… he got into one of them, Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from shore.
When he had finished speaking, he said, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
… So they put out and caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”
Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; you will fish for people.”
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.5.1-11.NIV
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MAT.28.18.NIV
Luke 14:26–27
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.14.26-27.NIV
Luke 14:33
“In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.14.33.NIV
Mark 10:17–22
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him… “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus answered, “You know the commandments…”
“You have kept all these since I was a boy,” he said.
Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said… “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor… Come, follow me.”
At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MRK.10.17-22.NIV
Ecclesiastes 7:14
When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ECC.7.14.NIV
Philippians 1:29
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/PHP.1.29.NIV
Romans 8:17–18
Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co‑heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ROM.8.17-18.NIV
John 12:24
Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.12.24.NIV
Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/EPH.5.22.NIV
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/EPH.5.25.NIV
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/EPH.6.1.NIV
1 Peter 5:5
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1PE.5.5.NIV
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/COL.3.22.NIV
Romans 13:1
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ROM.13.1.NIV
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ACT.4.19.NIV
Genesis 12:1–4
The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”
… So Abram went, as the Lord had told him.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/GEN.12.1-4.NIV
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/HEB.11.8.NIV
Genesis 22:1–3, 9–10, 12, 17–18
Some time later God tested Abraham… “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering.”
Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey…
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it…
He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Then the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham!… Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him… I now know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
… I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/GEN.22.1-3,9-10,12,17-18.NIV
1 Samuel 15:18–23
“The Lord sent you on a mission… to completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.
But why did you not obey the Lord?… You took plunder and did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”
Saul answered, “I did obey the Lord… but the army took livestock…”
Samuel replied, “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord?
… To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1SA.15.18-23.NIV
Romans 5:19
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ROM.5.19.NIV
Hebrews 5:8–9
Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered
and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/HEB.5.8-9.NIV
1 Peter 1:22
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1PE.1.22.NIV
1 John 3:22
We receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1JN.3.22.NIV
Acts 5:32
“We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ACT.5.32.NIV
John 14:23
Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.14.23.NIV
John 15:10
If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.15.10.NIV
John 15:14
You are my friends if you do what I command.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.15.14.NIV
1 John 2:5
But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him.
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1JN.2.5.NIV