1 Thessalonians 1:3

Thanksgiving For The Thessalonian Believers

² We always thank God for all of you when we mention you in our prayers. ³ In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah is enduring. ⁴ Brothers whom God loves, we know that he has chosen you,

Before God

By Faith

In the Faith

In the Sight of God

Jesus Christ

Labor of Love

Lord Jesus Christ

God Is Our Witness

Never Fail

Remembering You

Christ

Jesus

Messiah

2 Thessalonians 1:11

With this in mind, we always pray for you, asking that our God might make you worthy of his calling and that through his power he might help you accomplish every good desire and faithful action.

Romans 15:4

For everything that was written long ago was written to instruct us, so that we might have hope through the endurance and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.

1 Corinthians 13:13

Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Galatians 5:6

for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Brothers, at all times we are obligated to thank God for you. It is right to do this because your faith is growing all the time and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.

Revelation 2:19

"I know what you've been doing your love, faithfulness, service, and endurance and that your last actions are greater than the first.

Genesis 29:20

Jacob served seven years for Rachel, but it seemed like only a few days because of his love for her.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

After all, to the person who is good in God's sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner he gives the troublesome task of acquiring and accumulating in order to leave it to someone who is good in the sight of God. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.

Song of Songs 8:7

Mighty bodies of water cannot extinguish love, rivers cannot put it out. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, he would surely be viewed with contempt.

John 6:27-29

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."

John 14:15

"If you love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21-23

The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him."

John 15:10

If you keep my commandments, you'll abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

John 21:15-17

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."

Acts 3:19

Therefore, repent and turn to him to have your sins blotted out,

Acts 10:31

and said, "Cornelius, your prayer has been heard. God has remembered your gifts to the poor,

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;

Romans 5:3-5

Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 8:24-25

For we were saved with this hope in mind. Now a hope that can be observed is not really hope, for who hopes for what can be seen?

Romans 12:12

Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.

Romans 15:13

Now may God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace as you believe, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 16:6

Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

Romans 16:26

but now has been made known through the prophets to all the gentiles, in keeping with the decree of the eternal God to bring them to the obedience that springs from faith

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride. Nor is she conceited,

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

2 Corinthians 2:17

At least we are not commercializing God's word like so many others. Instead, we speak with sincerity in the Messiah's name, like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died.

2 Corinthians 8:7-9

Indeed, the more your faith, speech, knowledge, enthusiasm, and love for us increase, the more we want you to be rich in this work of kindness.

Galatians 1:4

He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity to gratify your flesh, but through love make it your habit to serve one another.

Galatians 6:9

Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God's word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

But Timothy has just now returned from visiting you and has told us the good news about your faith and love. He also told us that you always have fond memories of us and want to see us, just as we want to see you.

1 Timothy 2:3

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

2 Timothy 1:3-5

I constantly thank my God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did when I remember you in my prayers night and day,

Hebrews 4:11

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

Hebrews 6:10-11

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.

Hebrews 6:15

And so he obtained what he had been promised, because he patiently waited for it.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.

Hebrews 11:7-8

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, reverently prepared an ark to save his family, and by faith he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac he who had received the promises was about to offer his unique son in sacrifice,

Hebrews 11:24-34

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter,

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with everything good to do his will, accomplishing in us what pleases him through Jesus, the Messiah. To him be glory forever and ever! Amen.

James 1:3-4

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

James 2:17-26

In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not prove itself with actions, is dead.

James 5:7-8

So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains.

1 Peter 3:4

Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope based on him keeps himself pure, just as the Messiah is pure.

1 John 3:18

Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God.

1 John 5:3

For this demonstrates our love for God: We keep his commandments, and his commandments are not difficult,

Revelation 2:2-4

"I know what you've been doing, your toil, and your endurance. I also know that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles, but are not, and have found them to be false.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have obeyed my command to endure, I will keep you from the hour of testing that is coming to the whole world to test those living on the earth.