Christianity quotes

Nature of God

  • Matthew 6:9–13: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”

  • Exodus 20:1–4: “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above…”

  • John 3:16–18: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

God as Trinity

  • Matthew 5:48: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

  • John 14:16–17: “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth.”

  • Apostles’ Creed: “I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord… I believe in the Holy Spirit.”

Biblical Accounts of Creation

  • Genesis 1:1–2: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty… and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.”

  • John 1:1–3: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.”

  • Romans 1:20: “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made…”

Problem of Evil and Suffering

  • Genesis 3:1–19: “…‘You will not surely die,’ the serpent said to the woman…”

  • Job 1:21: “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”

Jesus Christ

  • Matthew 22:36–39: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart… And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself.’”

  • Luke 10:25–37: “…But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.”

  • Matthew 8:1–3: “…Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.”

Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension

  • Luke 1:26–35: “…The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.”

  • Mark 15:21–41: “…Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.”

  • Matthew 28:1–10: “…He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.”

  • Acts 1:9–11: “…This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Salvation and Atonement

  • Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

  • Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

  • Ephesians 2:8–9: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”

  • 1 Corinthians 15:3–4: “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures… that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.”

Eschatological Beliefs

  • Matthew 25:31–46: “…He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”

  • 1 Corinthians 15:12: “Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?”

  • John 14:1–3: “…I am going there to prepare a place for you.”

  • Apostles’ Creed: “I believe in the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.”