When I was a new believer, I errantly thought that I’d have to go around telling literally EVERYONE I met about Christ.
I was SO scared, to say the least! I was new. I didn’t know what to say, or what to do. What if I was asked a question I didn’t know the answer to? I’d harm the gospel and look stupid, all at the same time.
The problem with that thinking is two-fold.
First, I was thinking way too highly of myself, as if one person’s salvation rested on my shoulders alone and if I messed it up, they’d never be saved.
Wow, talk about an ego factory!
God doesn’t need us to witness to anyone! He doesn’t need us at all (He is independent). He can witness or save that person in any way He wants to, but sometimes He CHOOSES us to partner with Him, to complete His will. He does this for our benefit and theirs.
Second, while there is a time and place for directly speaking about God to someone, most of the Christian experience is found witnessing to others without a word.
It reminds me of the Bible verse about winning our husbands over without a word (1 Peter 3:1). We do this by our actions, by being different from the world, by loving God with our whole heart and letting others see that love.
It’s about our daily testimony, our walk with Jesus Christ, and our example on display to a broken and hurting world.
Right now, the world seems so compassionless. So, as a believer in Christ, we can do something as simple as be compassionate toward someone and that is our witness to them that there is a God and He cares not only about me, but about you as well.
Going about our daily business with Christ on our minds and other people in our hearts is the perfect recipe for being a great witness for God to others, and it’s SO simple!!
Let’s see what else the Bible tells us about witnessing in these 30 Bible verses about witnessing.
30 Bible Verses About Witnessing: Sharing Your Faith Verses
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1) Matthew 5:16
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
Sometimes, as believers, we are tempted to hide Christ from the world. We don’t go out of our way to share with others what WE believe. We tend to hide our light, whether due to fear of man, persecution, or just the busyness of life, but the Bible is clear, we should LET our light shine.
That doesn’t mean to hit people over the head with it, but it means being okay with others knowing you’re a Christian and different than the world. Letting your light shine is key here, not purposely pushing it in people’s faces, but allowing them to see you’re different.
2) 1 Peter 3:15
“But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,”
We should always be prepared to give an account as to why we are a Christian, why we believe what we do, and what we believe. The transforming work of the Holy Spirit in our lives is evidence and making that known, when asked, is expected by God. In order to do that though, we must be walking in the spirit, guarding our hearts and keeping our minds focused on Him (Matthew 12:34)
3) Matthew 28:19-20
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Paul took this command incredibly serious as he lived his whole life to that point, going out to all the different places, telling them about Jesus, starting church plants like the one in Ephesus, discipling them, training them, teaching them, and then moving on to other places to teach more people.
We do not have to physically go to all the different places in our day and age. Scripture doesn’t say we are forced to, but the internet, for example, gives us much more ground we can cover than they had in the Bible times. 💯 We literally have more opportunities to help build up other believers than even Jesus Himself did when He walked the earth and yet, most people do not care. That is sad! That should not be our hearts. We should use the tools and gifts given to us to help edify the saints and we are to continue doing this until the end of the age. 🙏
4) Mark 16:17-20
“And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover. So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.”
This was talking about the people in the Bible times, not in our day and age, however, it makes me think of how the poisonous snake came and fastened itself to Paul’s hand (bit him) when he was shipwrecked (Acts 28:3-5).
One Pastor I trust says, “The term for fastening on the hand is a term that is used in extra Bible literature, particularly by a Greek physician by the name of Dioscorides to speak of poisonous matter invading the body. So we know it was a poisonous snake beginning to inject its venom into Paul’s hand.”
The people of the island KNEW the snake well and how it killed its victims and yet Paul did not die from that and so they then knew, he was of God, for no one could have lived through that.
I think it’s safe to assume that Paul WAS in fact bitten, because the people of Malta wouldn’t have just been standing around waiting for him to die if he wasn’t bitten and the snake had just came to pay Paul a little visit. 😆
But those are the kinds of testimonies to the people that were being displayed. Not all that fun for Paul (being bitten by a snake after already going through so much emotionally and physically of being shipwrecked), but it did help the people believe.
5) Acts 1:8
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Any true and genuine witnessing always comes from the Lord, whether it’s opportunity He created for us to share, the exact words we say, or the other person’s openness to hearing it. It is the work of the Holy Spirit and because it IS of Him, we don’t have to be afraid that we won’t know what to say when witnessing. He gives us the words when the time is right. 💖
6) Isaiah 43:10
“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.”
7) Mark 16:15-16
“And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
8) Luke 24:46-49
“And said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
9) Colossians 4:2-6
“Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison — that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.”
10) Romans 1:16
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
11) John 3:17
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
12) 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
“For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.”
13) Romans 15:13
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
14) Galatians 6:9
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”
15) 2 Timothy 1:8-9
“Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,”
16) Acts 2:37-38
“Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
17) Romans 10:14-15
“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
18) Proverbs 31:8-9
“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
19) Acts 26:18
“To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”
20) Philippians 2:14-16
“Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.”
21) Proverbs 11:30
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.”
22) Acts 4:20
“For we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”
23) 2 Corinthians 5:20
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.”
24) Ephesians 6:19-20
“And also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.”
25) Romans 10:14
“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?”
26) Acts 5:42
“And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.”
27) Luke 8:39
‘”Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.’
28) Acts 22:15
“For you will be a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard.”
29) Psalm 96:3
“Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!”
30) Luke 21:13-15
“This will be your opportunity to bear witness. Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer, for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.”
What Does the Bible Say About Witnessing?
Witnessing is giving testimony to who Christ is and what He has done in our lives as a believer, both through what we say and how we live. Scripture shows Christians witnessing through their words, personal testimony, conduct, good works, courage, and dependence on the Holy Spirit.
Witnessing vs. Evangelism: What’s the Difference?
Evangelism: More generic and focused on them. Verbally proclaiming the facts of the gospel.
Witnessing: More personalized and focusing on what the Lord has done for you. Your testimony, conduct, words, actions, character, response to suffering, love toward others, etc.
