Quotes About Commitment

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”

Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”

He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.

But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”