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Being Thankful

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1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

Ephesians 5:20

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

Colossians 3:15–17

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. — read the full passage →

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

2 Corinthians 9:15

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

Colossians 4:2

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

Colossians 3:15

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

Colossians 3:17

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

Romans 1:21

Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Philemon 1:4

I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

Ephesians 2:8

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

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 5:16–18

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

John 14:1

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 4:4–5

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving. — read the full passage →

Romans 5:1

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

2 Corinthians 4:15

For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 9:11

you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

1 Corinthians 1:4

I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

Philippians 4:6–7

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Philippians 1:3

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

Romans 10:10

For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Revelation 11:17

saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Romans 1:8

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Romans 10:9

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

1 Thessalonians 1:2

We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,

Hebrews 12:28–29

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, — read the full passage →

John 10:10

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Colossians 2:6–7

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, — read the full passage →

Romans 10:13

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

2 Corinthians 9:6

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Thessalonians 3:9

For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Matthew 7:21–23

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

Ephesians 1:16

don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

James 1:1–27

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 2:14

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

John 1:12

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

1 Timothy 2:1

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

1 Thessalonians 5:1–28

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 13:15

Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

Romans 9:1–33

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

James 4:6–12

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” — read the full passage →

Ephesians 1:11

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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