The best Bible verses for authority for young adults include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for authority for young adults, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?"Jeremiah 5:31
"The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?"Jeremiah 5:31
"Then the Jews demanded of him, “What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”"John 2:18
"No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”"John 10:18
"For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him."John 17:2
"And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to."Luke 4:6
"All the people were amazed and said to each other, “What is this teaching? With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits and they come out!”"Luke 4:36
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”"Luke 5:24
"For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”"Luke 7:8
"When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,"Luke 9:1
"I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you."Luke 10:19
"“Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”"Luke 20:2
"Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor."Luke 20:20
Scripture does not change for its audience, but which passages land does. The 15 verses below were chosen because they are accessible to authority for young adults without being condescending — plain in their language, concrete in their imagery, and short enough to hold in mind.
The point is not a simplified Bible. It is picking the passages that already speak clearly, so the reader meets the text itself rather than a paraphrase of it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for authority for young adults are Jeremiah 5:31, John 2:18, John 5:27. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to authority for young adults across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for authority for young adults, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.