Bible Verses About Religious Zeal

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.

So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.

Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;

in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;

in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;

as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;

sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.

Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.

For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God.

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.