Top Verses Bible (http://www.topverses.com/) has done extensive research, to determine which Bible verses are most often used in books, sermons, magazines, etc. Here are the top 10 verses:
1. John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)
2. John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (NIV)
3. John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (NIV)
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (NIV)
5. Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (NIV)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – (NIV)
7. Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (NIV)
8. Acts 1:8
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (NIV)
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (NIV)
10. Romans 10:9
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (NIV)
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