New Testament Scriptures Compelling Believers to BELIEVE (1995 NASB)

The Gospel of Matthew

Matthew 9:28-29: "When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, 'Do you believe that I am able to do this?' They *said to Him, 'Yes, Lord.' Then He touched their eyes, saying, 'It shall be done to you according to your faith.'"

Matthew 18:6: "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea."

Matthew 21:22: "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

The Gospel of Mark

Mark 1:15: "And saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent and believe in the gospel.'"

Mark 5:36: "But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, 'Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.'"

Mark 9:23: "And Jesus said to him, ''If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes.'"

Mark 11:22-24: "And Jesus *answered saying to them, 'Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, "Be taken up and cast into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.'"

Mark 16:16: "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned."

The Gospel of Luke

Luke 8:12: "Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved."

Luke 8:50: "But when Jesus heard this, He answered him, 'Do not be afraid any longer; only believe, and she will be made well.'"

The Gospel of John

John 1:7: "He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him."

John 1:12: "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name."

John 3:15-18: "So that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

John 3:36: "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

John 4:21: "Jesus *said to her, 'Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.'"

John 5:24: "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."

John 6:29: "Jesus answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.'"

John 6:35: "Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.'"

John 6:40: "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."

John 6:47: "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life."

John 7:38: "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'"

John 8:24: "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

John 9:35-38: "Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, 'Do you believe in the Son of Man?' He answered, 'Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?' Jesus said to him, 'You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you.' And he said, 'Lord, I believe.' And he worshiped Him."

John 10:42: "Many believed in Him there."

John 11:25-26: "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?'"

John 11:40: "Jesus *said to her, 'Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?'"

John 12:36: "While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light."

John 12:44: "And Jesus cried out and said, 'He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.'"

John 12:46: "I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness."

John 14:1: "Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me."

John 14:11: "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves."

John 14:12: "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father."

John 16:27: "For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father."

John 16:30-31: "Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God. Jesus answered them, 'Do you now believe?'"

John 17:20: "I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word."

John 20:27: "Then He *said to Thomas, 'Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.'"

John 20:29: "Jesus *said to him, 'Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.'"

John 20:31: "But these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name."

The Book of Acts

Acts 8:12: "But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike."

Acts 8:37: "And Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' And he answered and said, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'"

Acts 10:43: "Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins."

Acts 13:39: "And through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses."

Acts 13:48: "When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed."

Acts 14:1: "In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks."

Acts 15:7: "After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, 'Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.'"

Acts 16:31: "They said, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.'"

Acts 18:8: "Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized."

Acts 19:4: "Paul said, 'John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.'"

The Epistle to the Romans

Romans 1:16: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."

Romans 3:22: "Even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction."

Romans 4:5: "But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness."

Romans 4:11: "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them."

Romans 4:16: "For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all."

Romans 4:24: "But for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead."

Romans 6:8: "Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him."

Romans 9:33: "Just as it is written, 'Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.'"

Romans 10:9: "That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."

Romans 10:10: "For with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."

Romans 10:11: "For the Scripture says, 'Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.'"

Romans 10:14: "How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?"

Romans 13:11: "Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed."

Romans 15:13: "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

First Corinthians

1 Corinthians 1:21: "For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe."

1 Corinthians 3:5: "What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one."

1 Corinthians 4:17: "For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church."

1 Corinthians 9:2: "If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord."

1 Corinthians 14:22: "So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers but to those who believe."

1 Corinthians 15:2: "By which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain."

1 Corinthians 15:11: "Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed."

Second Corinthians

2 Corinthians 4:13: "But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, 'I believed, therefore I spoke,' we also believe, therefore we also speak."

Galatians

Galatians 2:16: "Nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified."

Galatians 3:2: "This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?"

Galatians 3:6: "Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."

Galatians 3:22: "But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe."

Ephesians

Ephesians 1:13: "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise."

Ephesians 1:19: "And what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might."

Ephesians 3:12: "In whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him."

Ephesians 6:23: "Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."

Philippians

Philippians 1:29: "For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake."

Colossians

Colossians 1:23: "If indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister."

Colossians 2:12: "Having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead."

First Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:7: "So that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia."

1 Thessalonians 2:4: "But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts."

1 Thessalonians 2:10: "You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers."

1 Thessalonians 2:13: "For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe."

Second Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians 1:10: "When He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our testimony to you was believed."

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12: "For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness."

First Timothy

1 Timothy 1:16: "Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life."

1 Timothy 3:16: "By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, was vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory."

1 Timothy 4:3: "Men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth."

1 Timothy 4:10: "For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers."

1 Timothy 4:12: "Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe."

Second Timothy

2 Timothy 1:12: "For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day."

Titus

Titus 1:3: "But at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior."

Titus 3:8: "This is a trustworthy statement; and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and profitable for men."

Hebrews

Hebrews 4:3: "For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, 'As I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter My rest,' although His works were finished from the foundation of the world."

Hebrews 10:39: "But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul."

Hebrews 11:6: "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."

James

James 1:6: "But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind."

James 2:19: "You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder."

James 2:23: "And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, 'And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,' and he was called the friend of God."

First Peter

1 Peter 1:8: "And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory."

1 Peter 1:21: "Who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God."

1 Peter 2:6: "For this is contained in Scripture: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, and he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.'"

1 Peter 2:7: "This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this became the very corner stone.'"

Second Peter

2 Peter 1:1: "Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ."

First John

1 John 3:23: "This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us."

1 John 4:1: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world."

1 John 4:16: "We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him."

1 John 5:1: "Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him."

1 John 5:5: "Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"

1 John 5:10: "The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son."

1 John 5:13: "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life."

Jude

Jude 1:5: "Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe."

Revelation

Revelation 21:8: "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."