Bible Verses About Living a Christian Life
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for living a christian life, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 14,639 votes, led by Romans 12:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Living a Christian Life
Romans 12:2907 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.
Colossians 3:5-10526 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
2 Corinthians 5:17478 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
James 1:26436 votes
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Matthew 7:21-23392 votes
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 which is in heaven.
Ephesians 4:32381 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
James 1:22-27341 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Romans 12:1327 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
James 1:19-20325 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Hebrews 13:5300 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Ephesians 4:1-6284 votes
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
James 2:14-24276 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Matthew 6:24233 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Proverbs 28:20222 votes
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
John 3:16190 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.
Romans 6:23183 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
James 4:11-12177 votes
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Philippians 4:8-9175 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Ephesians 4:26167 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
James 4:1166 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
John 14:6165 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Romans 12:17-21156 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Ephesians 5:5156 votes
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Romans 14:1150 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Philippians 3:18-19136 votes
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
What does the Bible say about living a christian life?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:2 on the subject of living a christian life. Across 14,639 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:5-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17, James 1:26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.