22 "Tell me," Samuel said. "Does the Lord really want sacrifices and offerings? No! He doesn’t want your sacrifices. He wants you to obey him.

29 Peter and the apostles replied:

We don’t obey people. We obey God.

32 We are here to tell you about all this, and so is the Holy Spirit, who is God’s gift to everyone who obeys God.

8 Jesus is God’s own Son, but still he had to suffer before he could learn what it really means to obey God. 9 Suffering made Jesus perfect, and now he can save forever all who obey him.

15 *Jesus said to his disciples:

If you love me, you will do as I command.

23 Jesus replied:

If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them.

3 *We show our love for God by obeying his commandments, and they are not hard to follow.

21 Dear friends, if we feel at ease in the presence of God, we will have the courage to come near him. 22 He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey him and do what pleases him.

46 Why do you keep on saying that I am your Lord, when you refuse to do what I say?

23 *Then Jesus said to all the people:

If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross every day and follow me.

22 Obey God’s message! Don’t fool yourselves by just listening to it.

22 Obey God’s message! Don’t fool yourselves by just listening to it.

7 Surrender to God! Resist the devil, and he will run from you.

6-8 *Long ago I promised the ancestors of Israel that I would give this land to their descendants. So be strong and brave! Be careful to do everything my servant Moses taught you. Never stop reading The Book of the Law* he gave you. Day and night you must think about what it says. If you obey it completely, you and Israel will be able to take this land.

6-8 *Long ago I promised the ancestors of Israel that I would give this land to their descendants. So be strong and brave! Be careful to do everything my servant Moses taught you. Never stop reading The Book of the Law* he gave you. Day and night you must think about what it says. If you obey it completely, you and Israel will be able to take this land.

20 Obey the teaching

of your parents—

17 Accept correction,

and you will find life;

reject correction,

and you will miss the road.

1,2 *Today I am giving you the laws and teachings of the Lord your God. Always obey them, and the Lord will make Israel the most famous and important nation on earth, and he will bless you in many ways.

29 I wish they would always worship me with fear and trembling and be this willing to obey me! Then they and their children would always enjoy a successful life.

33 Follow them, because they make a path that will lead to a long successful life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

19 If you reject even the least important command in the Law and teach others to do the same, you will be the least important person in the kingdom of heaven. But if you obey and teach others its commands, you will have an important place in the kingdom.

58 My dear friends, stand firm and don’t be shaken. Always keep busy working for the Lord. You know that everything you do for him is worthwhile.

19 Adam disobeyed God and caused many others to be sinners. But Jesus obeyed him and will make many people acceptable to God.

20 The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God’s gift of undeserved grace was even more powerful.

1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That’s the most sensible way to serve God.

2 Don’t be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.

11 Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord.

14 Only those people who are led by God’s Spirit are his children.

1 *Obey the rulers who have authority over you. Only God can give authority to anyone, and he puts these rulers in their places of power.

1 *Obey the rulers who have authority over you. Only God can give authority to anyone, and he puts these rulers in their places of power. 2 People who oppose the authorities are opposing what God has done, and they will be punished.

32 Ask God to let me come to you and have a pleasant and refreshing visit.

11 And to the glory

of God the Father

everyone will openly agree,

"Jesus Christ is Lord!"

14 Behave like obedient children. Don’t let your lives be controlled by your desires, as they used to be.

27 *The man replied, "The Scriptures say, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind.’ They also say, ‘Love your neighbors as much as you love yourself.’ "

27 This is what I say to all who will listen to me:

Love your enemies, and be good to everyone who hates you. 28 Ask God to bless anyone who curses you, and pray for everyone who is cruel to you.

3 Do what the Lord your God commands and follow his teachings. Obey everything written in the Law of Moses. Then you will be a success, no matter what you do or where you go.

44 They obey and come crawling.

16 You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit, the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name.*

2 You had better take seriously the need to honor my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven’t taken to heart your duties as priests.