Keeping The Faith

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

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall 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 a crown of life.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: — read the full passage →

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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, — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

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

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. — read the full passage →

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. — read the full passage →

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: — read the full passage →

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; — read the full passage →

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. — read the full passage →

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. — read the full passage →

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, — read the full passage →

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. — read the full passage →

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. — read the full passage →

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

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

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. — read the full passage →

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →