The best Bible verses for evangelism (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for evangelism (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"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
"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
"For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit."1 Peter 4:6
"Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you."1 Thessalonians 2:9
"Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,"2 Corinthians 2:12
"so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man’s territory."2 Corinthians 10:16
"Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?"2 Corinthians 11:7
"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!"Galatians 1:8
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for evangelism (NIV) are Isaiah 52:7, Luke 8:1, Mark 1:14. 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 (NIV) 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 (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.