The best Bible verses for evangelism for today include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for evangelism for today, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"When they had testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages."Acts 8:25
"When they had testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages."Acts 8:25
"Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people."Matthew 4:23
"Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness."Matthew 9:35
"The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor."Matthew 11:5
"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”"Isaiah 52:7
"After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,"Luke 8:1
"For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power."1 Corinthians 1:17
"In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel."1 Corinthians 9:14
"Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!"1 Corinthians 9:16
"What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it."1 Corinthians 9:18
"Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand."1 Corinthians 15:1
"By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain."1 Corinthians 15:2
A verse used for evangelism for today works differently from one you read once. It gets returned to, repeated, and sat with — so it needs enough depth to reward a second and tenth reading, and enough clarity that you are not decoding it every time.
The 15 passages here hold up to repetition. Each is short enough to carry from memory and substantial enough that it does not wear out.
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The most-cited Bible verses for evangelism for today are Acts 8:25, Luke 3:18, Mark 16:15. 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 evangelism for today 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 evangelism for today, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.