What Does the Bible Say About Being Like Jesus?

1 John 4:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

1 John 3:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

1 Peter 2:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. ...

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Hebrews 10:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

2 Timothy 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ...

1 John 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

1 John 1:1-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ...

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

18 Bible Verses about Being Like Jesus

1 John 4:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 3:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 3:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:1-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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18 Bible Verses about Being Like Jesus

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1 John 4:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 3:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 3:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:1-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote