What Does the Bible Say About Walking by Faith?
Here are 12 Bible verses about Walking by Faith, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #12 Corinthians 5:7
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
BSBFor we walk by faith, not by sight.
- #2Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
BSBAnd without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
- #3Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
BSBNow faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
- #4Romans 1:17
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
BSBFor the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- #5Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
BSBTrust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- #6Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
BSBFor it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.
- #7Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
BSBConsequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
- #8Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
BSBI have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- #92 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
BSBSo we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
- #10Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
BSBBut My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- #112 Corinthians 4:16-18
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
BSBTherefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
- #12Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
BSBLook at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith—
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