Bible Verses About Being a Good Christian
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being a good christian, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,604 votes, led by Ephesians 2:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being a Good Christian
Ephesians 2:8114 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Matthew 16:2495 votes
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Hebrews 10:2587 votes
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
John 3:1680 votes
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.
Luke 18:1975 votes
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Romans 8:1-3975 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
John 14:665 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 13:34-3552 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
2 Timothy 3:1648 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Matthew 25:31-4644 votes
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
1 Corinthians 2:1442 votes
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Philippians 3:1037 votes
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Exodus 20:533 votes
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Isaiah 4:1-632 votes
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Matthew 7:429 votes
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Ephesians 1:1329 votes
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ecclesiastes 1:1-1827 votes
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Mark 2:2726 votes
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Galatians 6:126 votes
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
1 Timothy 4:1226 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Psalms 7:4-625 votes
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Romans 12:224 votes
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.
James 2:1-2623 votes
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
John 15:1321 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 1:1-5120 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
What does the Bible say about being a good christian?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 2:8 on the subject of being a good christian. Across 1,604 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 16:24, Hebrews 10:25, John 3:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.