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Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

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.

Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

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.

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. — read the full passage →

I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name.

I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

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

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

This is the day which Jehovah hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be made holy still.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

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

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:

That good thing which was committed unto thee guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.

By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; — read the full passage →

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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.

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;

Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.

But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.

Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah.

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and them that come off victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having harps of God.

He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.

He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy.

And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:

Nevertheless that which ye have, hold fast till I come.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name’s sake, and hast not grown weary.

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;

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; — read the full passage →

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end. — read the full passage →

And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.

Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. — read the full passage →

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

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

for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

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.

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

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

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: — read the full passage →

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

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

Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, even he that cometh into the world.