1 Thessalonians 2:12

Paul's Approach To Ministry In Thessalonica

¹¹ As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children, ¹² exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory. ¹³ And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

Pleasing to God

Walk Worthy of God

With God

O God

Ephesians 4:1

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

1 Thessalonians 5:24

He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.

1 Peter 5:10

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Romans 8:28

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

Romans 8:30

And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

Romans 9:23-24

And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory --

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Galatians 5:16

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

Ephesians 5:2

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Ephesians 5:8

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --

Philippians 1:27

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Colossians 1:10

so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects -- bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 2:6

Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

2 Timothy 1:9

He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

1 Peter 1:15-16

but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

1 John 1:6-7

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

1 John 2:6

The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.