The best Bible verses for faith (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for faith (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"Isaiah 53:1
"And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend."James 2:23
"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—"John 1:12
"After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken."John 2:22
"Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name."John 2:23
"Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”"John 4:39
"Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and all his household believed."John 4:53
"By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified."John 7:39
"To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples."John 8:31
"Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”"John 11:40
"This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”"John 12:38
"No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God."John 16:27
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 faith (NIV) are Isaiah 53:1, James 2:23, John 1:12. 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 faith (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 faith (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.