What Does the Bible Say About Our Faith Must Bring Pleasing To God?

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

James 2:14-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ...

Romans 14:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

1 John 5:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

1 John 3:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

1 Thessalonians 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.

Colossians 1:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 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.

Galatians 5:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Romans 4:20-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”

John 6:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

Luke 17:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

15 Bible Verses about Our Faith Must Bring Pleasing To God

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:14-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 14:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 5:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 3:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 1:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 5:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 4:20-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 6:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 17:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:14-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 14:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 5:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 3:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 1:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 5:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 4:20-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 6:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 17:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes