1 Thessalonians 1:3
Recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:11
With this in view, our constant prayer for you is that our God may count you worthy of the Call that you have received, and by his power make perfect your delight in all goodness and the efforts that have resulted from your faith.
Romans 15:4
Whatever was written in the Scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the Scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Meanwhile Faith, Hope, and Love endure-these three, but the greatest of these is Love.
Galatians 5:6
If a man is in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
Brothers, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.
Revelation 2:19
I know your life, your love, faith, service, and endurance; and I know that your life of late has been better than it was at first.
John 6:27-29
Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."
John 14:15
If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,
John 14:21-23
It is he who has my commands and lays them to heart that loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."
John 15:10
If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father's commands to heart and remain in his love.
John 21:15-17
When breakfast was over, Jesus said to Simon Peter: "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others?" "Yes, Master," he answered, "you know that I am your friend." "Feed my lambs," said Jesus.
Acts 3:19
Therefore, repent and turn, that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,
Acts 10:31
'Cornelius,' he said, 'your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been accepted, by God.
Romans 2:7
To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;
Romans 5:3-5
And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;
Romans 8:24-25
By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?
Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in your hope; steadfast under persecution; persevering in prayer;
Romans 15:13
May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, till you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 16:6
To Mary, who worked hard for you;
Romans 16:26
And, in obedience to the command of the Immortal God, made known through the writings of the Prophets to all nations, to secure submission to the Faith--
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is long-suffering, and kind; Love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.
2 Corinthians 2:17
Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died;
2 Corinthians 8:7-9
And, remembering how you excel in everything--in faith, in teaching, in knowledge, in unfailing earnestness, and in the affection that we have awakened in you--I ask you to excel also in this expression of your love.
Galatians 1:4
Gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God and Father,
Galatians 5:13
Remember, Brothers, to you the Call came to give you freedom. Only do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence, but serve one another in a loving spirit.
Galatians 6:9
Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.
1 Thessalonians 2:13-14
This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God--because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of man, but as what it really is--the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:6
But, when Timothy recently returned to us from you with good news of your faith and love, and told us how kindly you think of us--always longing, he said, to see us, just as we are longing to see you--
1 Timothy 2:3
This will be good and acceptable in the eyes of God, our Savior,
2 Timothy 1:3-5
I am thankful to God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, when I remember you, as I never fail to do, in my prayers--night and day alike,
Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter upon that Rest, so that none of us fall through such disbelief as that of which we have had an example.
Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians--as you are still doing.
Hebrews 6:15
And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfillment of God's promise.
Hebrews 10:36
You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.
Hebrews 11:7-8
It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.
Hebrews 11:17
It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice--he who had received the promises offering up his only son,
Hebrews 11:24-34
It was faith that caused Moses, when he was grown up, to refuse the title of 'Son of a Daughter of Pharaoh.'
Hebrews 13:21
may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever and ever. Amen.
James 1:3-4
Knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance.
James 2:17-26
In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.
James 5:7-8
Be patient, then, Brothers, till the Coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, till it has had the spring and summer rains.
1 Peter 3:4
but the inner life with the imperishable beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit; for this is very precious in God's sight.
1 John 3:3
And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure--as Christ is pure.
1 John 3:18
My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.
1 John 3:21
Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,
1 John 5:3
For to love God is to lay his commands to heart; and his commands are not burdensome,
Revelation 2:2-4
I know your life, your toil and endurance, and I know that you cannot tolerate evil-doers. I know, too, how you tested those who declare that they are Apostles, though they are not, and how you proved them false.
Revelation 3:10
Because you kept in mind the story of my endurance, I will keep you in the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole world, the hour that will test all who are living upon earth.