Quotes about Duty
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
— 1 Corinthians 9:16
“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
— Ephesians 6:2
And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
— Ephesians 6:6
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
— Colossians 3:18
Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”
— Colossians 4:17
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
— 2 Timothy 2:4
That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
— Hebrews 5:3
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
— James 4:17
Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.
— Martin Luther
What-e're thou art, Act well thy part.
— David O. McKay
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
— Cicero
Viewed properly, there is only one duty, that of love, which is the fulfillment of the law (Romans 13:10). And there actually is only one object of that law- namely, God. Everything else- people, angels, nature, art, and so forth-may and must be only in God and for God. The sole end of all things, ourselves, our neighbors, the state, and the like- is God's glory. Pg. 101
— Herman Bavinck