Bible Verses about “living by example”

“Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”

“Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.”

“doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;”

“Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.”

“each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.”

“I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.”

“I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.”

“Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.”

“For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,”

“And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,”

“and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?”

“Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.”

“Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.”

“Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,”

“For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,”

“What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?”

“For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.”

“in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,”

“neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.”

“You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.”

“that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,”

“You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.”

“Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.”

“And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.”

“and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

“Do all things without murmurings and disputes,”

“The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.”

“but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.”

“But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?”

“who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,”

“Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;”

“For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."”

“and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.”

“For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.”

“Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?”

“You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;”

“make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;”

“In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?”

“that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,”

“If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,”

“So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

“holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.”

“For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.”

“Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.”

“But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.”

“For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.”

“But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.”

“Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.”

“But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.”

“In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.”