What Does the Bible Say About Why We Need Jesus?

John 14:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

John 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Luke 15:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Mark 16:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Romans 13:8-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 8:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:6-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Romans 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Numbers 1:1-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; ...

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

1 John 5:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

2 Peter 3:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, ...

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

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,

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

1 Corinthians 6:1-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, ...

Romans 10:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 10:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Mark 16:9-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. ...

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? ...

32 Bible Verses about Why We Need Jesus

John 14:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 15:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 16:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 13:8-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:6-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 1:1-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 5:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Peter 3:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:1-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Mark 16:9-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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32 Bible Verses about Why We Need Jesus

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John 14:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 15:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 16:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 13:8-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:6-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 1:1-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 5:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Peter 3:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 7:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:1-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Mark 16:9-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 1 helpful vote