Bible Verses about “true religion is”

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”

“Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.”

“Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.”

“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.”

“holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.”

“The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.”

“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

“If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.”

“Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.”

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:”

“for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

“But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”

“Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.”

“One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.”

“as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.”

“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.”

“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."”

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

“who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.”

“He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”

“He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.”

“As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.”

“Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”

“This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.”

“he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.”

“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.”

“Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.”

“Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.”

“And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.”

“This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.”

“But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”

“But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.”

“My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.”

“Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.”

“Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;”

“You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.”

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.”

“They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.”

“You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

“For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:”

“as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,”

“But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:”

“For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.”

“Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.”

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

“He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.”

“Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.”

“or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.”

“I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”