Bible Verses about βconsecrationβ
The Bible contains 43 verses about consecration across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
βAnd 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.β
βFor ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.β
βΒΆ 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.β
βLove not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.β
βFor all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.β
βAnd the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.β
βBut ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:β
βHe that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.β
βHe that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.β
βBut the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.β
βΒΆ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.β
βHe that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.β
βΒΆ Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.β
βAnd he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.β
βBut he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.β
βΒΆ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:β
βΒΆ But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.β
βThey went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.β
βBut whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.β
βHe that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.β
βWho is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.β
βI have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.β
βThese [things] have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.β
βΒΆ And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.β
βCreate in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.β
βLet that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.β
βWhosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.]β
βIf ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.β
βΒΆ Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.β
βAgain, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.β
βI have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.β
βΒΆ I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.β
βI write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.β
βAnd this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life.β
βKnow ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?β
βNeither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.β
βThe sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.β
βIf a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, [and] prepared unto every good work.β
βI speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.β
βFor I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:β
βAnd Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.β
βBut in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.β
βAnd [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.β
