Bible Verses About Responsibility

Those who reject me and don’t accept what I say have a judge — the word which I have spoken will judge them on the Last Day.

“If I had not come and spoken to them, they wouldn’t be guilty of sin; but now, they have no excuse for their sin.

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

If I had not done in their presence works which no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now, they have seen them and have hated both me and my Father.

“In the past, God overlooked such ignorance; but now he is commanding all people everywhere to turn to him from their sins.

For he has set a Day when he will judge the inhabited world, and do it justly, by means of a man whom he has designated. And he has given public proof of it by resurrecting this man from the dead.”

For I am telling every single one of you, through the grace that has been given to me, not to have exaggerated ideas about your own importance. Instead, develop a sober estimate of yourself based on the standard which God has given to each of you, namely, trust.

But we have gifts that differ and which are meant to be used according to the grace that has been given to us. If your gift is prophecy, use it to the extent of your trust;

if it is serving, use it to serve; if you are a teacher, use your gift in teaching;

if you are a counselor, use your gift to comfort and exhort; if you are someone who gives, do it simply and generously; if you are in a position of leadership, lead with diligence and zeal; if you are one who does acts of mercy, do them cheerfully.

planter and waterer are the same. However, each will be rewarded according to his work.

But each one’s work will be shown for what it is; the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire — the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.

If the work someone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward;

if it is burned up, he will have to bear the loss: he will still escape with his life, but it will be like escaping through a fire.

for each person will carry his own load.

Each one of us, however, has been given grace to be measured by the Messiah’s bounty.

Oh, Timothy! Keep safe what has been entrusted to you. Turn away from the ungodly babblings and the argumentative opposition of what is falsely called “knowledge.”

and I will strike her children dead! Then all the Messianic communities will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and that I will give to each of you what your deeds deserve.