20 Bible Verses About Motivation, and Why Scripture Starts With What Was Already Done

The Bible’s motivation for doing good usually starts with what God has already done and then asks what follows from it. Paul writes that “Christ’s love compels us” (2 Corinthians 5:14). The Greek verb means to press or hold in on every side; Luke uses it for the crowd pressing around Jesus (Luke 8:45). The passages below follow that order: what was already done, what it asks, how the work is to be done, what keeps people going, and what…