What Does the Bible Say About Getting To Know Jesus?

John 14:6 ESV / 10 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.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 6 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 / 5 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.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 3:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

John 14:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ...

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.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8 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,

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

John 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

John 14:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

John 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

24 Bible Verses about Getting To Know Jesus

John 14:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 3:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:1-51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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24 Bible Verses about Getting To Know Jesus

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John 14:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 3:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:1-51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes