2 Thessalonians 2:16

Stand Firm And Hold Fast

¹⁵ So then, brethren, stand your ground, and hold fast to the teachings which you have received from us, whether by word of mouth or by letter. ¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself--and God our Father who has loved us and has given us in His grace eternal consolation and a bright hope-- ¹⁷ comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.

By Grace

For Us

Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ

Christ

Jesus

Messiah

John 3:16

For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

But may our God and Father Himself--and our Lord Jesus--guide us on our way to you;

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the truthful witness, the first of the dead to be born to Life, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins with His own blood,

Luke 16:25

"'Remember, my child,' said Abraham, 'that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks any of the water that I shall give him will never, never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become a fountain within him of water springing up for the Life of the Ages."

John 13:1

Now just before the Feast of the Passover this incident took place. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father; and having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 14:16-18

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be for ever with you--the Spirit of truth.

John 15:9

As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love.

John 15:13

No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends.

John 16:22

So you also now have sorrow; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and your gladness no one will take away from you.

Acts 15:11

On the contrary, we believe that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we, as well as they, shall be saved."

Acts 18:27

Then, as he had made up his mind to cross over into Greece, the brethren wrote to the disciples in Corinth begging them to give him a kindly welcome. Upon his arrival he rendered valuable help to those who through grace had believed;

Romans 1:7

To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 4:4

But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;

Romans 4:16

All depends on faith, and for this reason--that acceptance with God might be an act of pure grace,

Romans 5:2-5

through whom also, as the result of faith, we have obtained an introduction into that state of favour with God in which we stand, and we exult in hope of some day sharing in God's glory.

Romans 5:8

But God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us while we were still sinners.

Romans 8:24-25

It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?

Romans 11:5-6

In the same way also at the present time there has come to be a remnant whom God in His grace has selected.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

Ephesians 2:4-5

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us,

Ephesians 5:2

And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.

Ephesians 5:25

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

Colossians 1:5

on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.

Colossians 1:23

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

2 Thessalonians 1:1-2

Paul, Silas, and Timothy: To the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth.

Titus 1:2

in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages.

Titus 2:13

in expectation of the fulfilment of our blessed hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

Titus 3:4-7

But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we,

Hebrews 6:11-12

But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End;

Hebrews 6:18-19

He added an oath, in order that, through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for Him to prove false, we may possess mighty encouragement--we who, for safety, have hastened to lay hold of the hope set before us.

Hebrews 7:19

for the Law brought no perfect blessing--but on the other hand we have the bringing in of a new and better hope by means of which we draw near to God.

1 Peter 1:3-8

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:2-3

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 3:16

We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.

1 John 4:9-10

God's love for us has been manifested in that He has sent His only Son into the world so that we may have Life through Him.

Revelation 3:9

I will cause some belonging to Satan's synagogue who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but are liars--I will make them come and fall at your feet and know for certain that I have loved you.

Revelation 7:16-17

They will never again be hungry or thirsty, and never again will the sun or any scorching heat trouble them.

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no night there; and they have no need of lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will shine upon them, and they will be kings until the Ages of the Ages."