Being Steadfast

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — read the full passage →

And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. — read the full passage →

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until these calamities be overpast.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about. — read the full passage →

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times;

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;

These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.

and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch. — read the full passage →

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.