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In the context of the Bible, the term "committing" often refers to the act of entrusting, dedicating, or engaging in a particular action or behavior. This can encompass both positive and negative connotations, depending on the context in which it is used. The concept of committing is integral to understanding the nature of human actions and their spiritual implications as presented in the Scriptures.

Positive Aspects of Committing

1. Commitment to God: The Bible frequently emphasizes the importance of committing oneself to God and His ways. This involves a wholehearted dedication to following His commandments and living according to His will. In Proverbs 16:3, it is written, "Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be achieved." This verse highlights the belief that entrusting one's actions to God leads to success and fulfillment.

2. Commitment to Righteousness: Believers are called to commit themselves to a life of righteousness and holiness. Romans 6:13 states, "Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness." This passage encourages Christians to dedicate their lives to serving God and living in accordance with His standards.

3. Commitment in Relationships: The Bible also speaks to the importance of commitment in human relationships, particularly in marriage. Ephesians 5:25 instructs, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her." This verse underscores the sacrificial and unwavering commitment expected in the marital relationship, reflecting the love Christ has for the church.

Negative Aspects of Committing

1. Committing Sin: The Bible warns against committing acts of sin, which separate individuals from God and lead to spiritual death. In 1 John 3:4, it is stated, "Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness." This highlights the gravity of committing sin and the need for repentance and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.

2. Committing Idolatry: One of the most serious offenses in the Bible is the act of committing idolatry, which involves worshiping false gods or placing anything above God. Exodus 20:3-4 commands, "You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath." This commandment underscores the exclusive devotion that God requires from His people.

3. Committing Adultery: Adultery is another grave sin mentioned in the Bible, violating the sanctity of marriage. In Matthew 5:27-28, Jesus teaches, "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." This passage expands the understanding of adultery to include not only physical acts but also the intentions of the heart.

Commitment to the Gospel

The New Testament frequently speaks of committing to the Gospel and the mission of spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. In 2 Timothy 2:2, Paul instructs Timothy, "And the things you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others." This verse emphasizes the importance of committing to the faithful transmission of the Gospel message to future generations.

In summary, the concept of committing in the Bible encompasses a range of actions and attitudes, from dedicating oneself to God and His purposes to the serious consequences of committing sin. The Scriptures call believers to a life of commitment to righteousness, faithfulness in relationships, and the proclamation of the Gospel.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commit.

Greek

3431. moicheuo -- to commit adultery
... from moichos Definition to commit adultery NASB Word Usage adultery (1), commit
adultery (11), commits adultery (2), committed adultery (1), committing (1). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3431.htm - 7k

5406. phoneus -- a murderer
... Definition: a murderer. Cognate: 5406 -- a murderer, committing unjustified,
intentional homicide. See 5407 (). Word Origin from ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5406.htm - 7k

2038b. ergazomai -- to work, labor
... Word Origin from ergon Definition to work, labor NASB Word Usage accomplish (1),
accomplished (1), accomplishing (1), achieve (1), committing (1), do (1), do ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2038b.htm - 6k

2716. katergazomai -- to work out
... Word Origin from kata and ergazomai Definition to work out NASB Word Usage accomplished
(1), brings about (2), carried (1), committed (1), committing (1), does ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2716.htm - 8k

264. hamartano -- to miss the mark, do wrong, sin
... Word Origin from an early root hamart- Definition to miss the mark, do wrong, sin
NASB Word Usage commit sin (1), committed...offense (1), committing (1), sin ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5003. naaph -- to commit adultery
... 3), adulteresses (2), adulteries (1), adulterous (1), adultery (1), commit adultery
(6), commits adultery (3), committed adultery (5), committing of adultery (1 ...
/hebrew/5003.htm - 6k

4603. maal -- to act unfaithfully or treacherously
... 1), acting unfaithfully (1), acts (2), became...unfaithful (1), been (1), been
unfaithful (5), broke faith (1), committed (6), committing unfaithfulness (1 ...
/hebrew/4603.htm - 6k

5753b. avah -- to commit iniquity, do wrong
... Origin denominative verb from avon Definition to commit iniquity, do wrong NASB
Word Usage commits iniquity (1), committed iniquity (4), committing iniquity (1 ...
/hebrew/5753b.htm - 5k

6213a. asah -- do, make
... makes (1), certainly perform (2), commit (8), commits (7), commits and does (1),
committed (35), committed and practices (1), committing (6), construct (3 ...
/hebrew/6213a.htm - 8k

Library

Whether Marriage is Annulled by the Husband Committing Incest with ...
... IMPEDIMENTS OF IMPOTENCE, SPELL, FRENZY OR MADNESS, INCEST AND DEFECTIVE AGE (FIVE
ARTICLES) Whether marriage is annulled by the husband committing incest with ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether marriage is annulled by.htm

Twenty-Eighth Day. Committing Our Way to God.
... Twenty-eighth Day. COMMITTING OUR WAY TO GOD. ... How many a perplexity should we save
ourselves by thus implicitly "committing ourselves," as He did, to God! ...
/.../macduff/the mind of jesus/twenty-eighth day committing our way.htm

Whether Since Christ's Passion the Legal Ceremonies Can be ...
... Whether since Christ's Passion the legal ceremonies can be observed without
committing mortal sin? Objection 1: It would seem that ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether since christs passion the.htm

That Christians have no Authority for Committing Suicide in any ...
... The City of God.Book I. Chapter 20."That Christians Have No Authority
for Committing Suicide in Any Circumstances Whatever. It ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 20 that christians have no.htm

'Into Thy Hands'
... Further, the Psalmist meant, by committing himself to God, trusting Him in
reference to daily life, and all its difficulties and duties. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/into thy hands.htm

Whether Ingratitude is Always a Mortal Sin?
... For one ought to be grateful to God above all. But one is not ungrateful to God
by committing a venial sin: else every man would be guilty of ingratitude. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether ingratitude is always a 2.htm

Whether Venial Sin Can be in Anyone with Original Sin Alone?
... But an unbeliever in the state of original sin, can commit one mortal sin
without committing another. Therefore he can also commit ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether venial sin can be 2.htm

"Woe unto You, Because Ye Build the Tombs of the Prophets, and ...
... For He showeth that they are committing greater crimes, both by their committing
them after those others, and by their doing much more grievous things than they ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxiv woe unto you.htm

Sanctification.
... enemies, and carried away captive, which was the general punishment of idolatry,
and what is called, [verse 47,] acting perversely and committing wickedness. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/finney/systematic theology/lecture xl sanctification.htm

But if no Authority for Lying Can be Alleged...
... that one should refuse to tell a lie, and thereby slay his own soul in order that
another may grow old in the flesh; what if by our committing theft, what if ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 9 but if no.htm

Thesaurus

Committing (30 Occurrences)
...Committing (30 Occurrences). ... John 8:3 and was teaching them when the Scribes and
the Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery. ...
/c/committing.htm - 15k

Murdering (5 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 7:9 Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood,
and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not. ...
/m/murdering.htm - 8k

Stealing (8 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 7:9 Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood,
and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not. ...
/s/stealing.htm - 9k

Swearing (17 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 7:9 Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood,
and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not. ...
/s/swearing.htm - 12k

Commit (142 Occurrences)
... practice"; compare Romans 2:2). In 1 John 3:4, 8 "doeth sin" (poieo, the King James
Version "committeth sin") shows that it is not committing a single sin that ...
/c/commit.htm - 39k

Committeth (22 Occurrences)

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Murder (41 Occurrences)
... Hosea 4:2 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they
break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed. (WEB YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
/m/murder.htm - 24k

Follows (65 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 33:15 if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken
by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall ...
/f/follows.htm - 25k

Crime (45 Occurrences)
... Found only in Matthew 5:33 in the sense of committing perjury (epiorkeo). Harlotry.
The avocational or at least habitual, notorious practice of unchastity. ...
/c/crime.htm - 51k

Unerring (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure
certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God. ...
/u/unerring.htm - 6k

Resources

What does the Bible say about adultery? | GotQuestions.org

Did God divorce Israel? | GotQuestions.org

Why is "You shall not commit adultery" in the Ten Commandments? | GotQuestions.org

Committing: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Committing (30 Occurrences)

Mark 10:12
and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'
(See NAS)

John 8:3
and was teaching them when the Scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery. They made her stand in the centre of the court, and they put the case to Him.
(WEY)

John 8:4
"Rabbi," they said, "this woman has been found in the very act of committing adultery.
(WEY DBY YLT)

John 8:34
Jesus answered them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,
(YLT)

Acts 27:40
and the anchors having taken up, they were committing 'it' to the sea, at the same time -- having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind -- they were making for the shore,
(YLT)

Romans 1:27
and in like manner also the males having left the natural use of the female, did burn in their longing toward one another; males with males working shame, and the recompense of their error that was fit, in themselves receiving.
(See NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 6:18
flee the whoredom; every sin -- whatever a man may commit -- is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.
(YLT)

2 Timothy 2:2
and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;
(YLT)

James 2:9
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
(See NAS)

1 Peter 2:23
who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,
(YLT)

1 John 5:16
If any one sees a brother man committing a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask and God shall give him life--for those who do not sin unto death. There is such a thing as sin unto death; for that I do not bid him make request.
(WEY NAS RSV)

Jude 1:7
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.
(DBY)

Revelation 2:14
But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;
(See NIV)

Revelation 2:22
lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation -- if they may not repent of their works,
(YLT)

Numbers 5:6
Speak unto the sons of Israel, Man or woman, when they do any of the sins of man, by committing a trespass against Jehovah, and that person 'is' guilty,
(YLT)

Jeremiah 3:9
and it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks;
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 7:9
Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 9:5
And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 23:14
And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me -- all of them -- as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
(YLT NAS)

Jeremiah 26:19
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn't he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 8:6
And He said unto me: 'Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from My sanctuary? but thou shalt again see yet greater abominations.'
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 8:9
He said to me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 8:12
Then said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 8:13
He said also to me, You shall again see yet other great abominations which they do.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;
(WEB ASV NAS)

Ezekiel 20:27
Therefore, speak unto the house of Israel, son of man, and thou hast said unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Still in this have your fathers reviled Me, In their committing against Me a trespass.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 33:15
if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Hosea 4:2
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-law for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruin.
(DBY)

Hosea 6:9
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Committing

Committing Adultery

Committing Suicide

Related Terms

Murdering (5 Occurrences)

Stealing (8 Occurrences)

Swearing (17 Occurrences)

Commit (142 Occurrences)

Committeth (22 Occurrences)

Murder (41 Occurrences)