Colossians 1:23

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

²² But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless, ²³ If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister. ²⁴ Now at last I can rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and in my own person I supplement the afflictions endured by the Christ, for the sake of his Body, the Church;

Continue in the Faith

Good News

Hope of the Gospel

In Christ

In the Faith

Paul

Ephesians 3:17

So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,

Mark 16:15

Then he said to them: "Go into all the world, and proclaim the Good News to all creation.

Acts 2:5

Now there were then staying in Jerusalem religious Jews from every country in the world;

Colossians 1:5-6

On account of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in Heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true Message of the Good News which reached you--

Colossians 2:7

Rooted in him, building up your characters through union with him, growing stronger through your faith, as you were taught, overflowing with faith and thanksgiving.

Romans 10:18

But I ask 'Is it possible that men have never heard?' No, indeed, for--'Their voices spread through all the earth, and their Message to the very ends of the world.'

2 Corinthians 3:6

Our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life.

Colossians 1:25

Of which I myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the Message of God in all its fulness--

Matthew 7:24-25

Everyone, therefore, that listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it may be compared to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock.

Matthew 24:13-14

Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.

Luke 6:48

He may be compared to a man building a house, who dug, and went deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock. Then, when a flood came, the river swept down upon that house, but had no power to shake it, because it had been built well.

Luke 8:13-15

By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.

Luke 22:32

But I prayed for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. And you, when you have returned to me, are to strengthen your Brothers."

John 8:30-32

While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.

John 15:6

If any one does not remain united to me, he is thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.

John 15:9-10

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; remain in my love.

Acts 1:17

For he was one of our number and had his part allotted him in this work of ours."

Acts 1:25

To take the place in this apostolic work, which Judas has abandoned, to go to his proper place."

Acts 4:12

And Salvation is in him alone; for there is no other Name in the whole world, given to men, to which we must look for our Salvation."

Acts 11:23

On coming there he saw to his great joy these tokens of the loving-kindness of God, and encouraged them all to make up their minds to be faithful to the Lord--

Acts 14:22

Reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the Faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the Kingdom of God.

Acts 20:24

But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus--which was to declare the Good News of the Love of God.

Acts 26:16

But get up and stand upright; for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you a servant and a witness of those revelations of me which you have already had, and of those in which I shall yet appear to you,

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 5:5

And that 'hope never disappoints.' For the love of God has filled our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given us;

Romans 15:16

Because of the charge with which God has entrusted me, that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to go to the Gentiles--that I should act as a priest of God's Good News, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What, I ask, is Apollos? or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the Faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.

1 Corinthians 4:1-3

Let men look upon us as Christ's servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.

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 4:1

Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

2 Corinthians 5:18-20

But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation--

2 Corinthians 6:1

Therefore, as God's fellow-workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving-kindness in vain.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they 'Servants of Christ'? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death's door.

Galatians 4:11

You make me fear that the labor which I have spent on you may have been wasted.

Galatians 5:5

For we, by the help of the Spirit, are eagerly waiting for the fulfillment of our hope--that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.

Galatians 5:7

You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the Truth?

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.

Ephesians 1:18

That your minds may be so enlightened that you may realize the hope given by God's Call, the wealth of the glory of his heritage among Christ's People,

Ephesians 2:21

United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a Temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord.

Ephesians 3:7-8

Of this Good News I became a minister, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power--

Ephesians 4:16

For from him the whole Body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigor of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

So that none of you should be shaken by the troubles through which you are passing. You yourselves know that we are destined to meet with such things.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let us, who belong to the Day, control ourselves, and put on faith and love as a breast plate, and the hope of Salvation as a helmet.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving-kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope,

1 Timothy 1:12

I am thankful to Christ Jesus, our Lord, who has been my strength, for showing that he thought me worthy of trust by appointing me to his ministry,

1 Timothy 2:7

and it was for this that I was myself appointed a Herald and an Apostle (I am telling the simple truth and no lie)--a Teacher of the Gentiles in the Faith and Truth.

2 Timothy 1:11-12

of which I was myself appointed a Herald and Apostle, and Teacher.

2 Timothy 4:5-6

But you, Timothy, must always be temperate. Face hardships; do the work of a Missionary; discharge all the duties of your Office.

Titus 3:7

that, having been pronounced righteous through his loving-kindness, we might enter on our inheritance with the hope of Immortal Life.

Hebrews 3:6

the faithfulness of Christ was that of a Son set over the House of God. And we are his House--if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope.

Hebrews 3:14

For we now all share in the Christ, if indeed we retain, unshaken to the end, the confidence that we had at the first.

Hebrews 4:14

We have, then, in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into the highest Heaven; let us, therefore, hold fast to the Faith which we have professed.

Hebrews 6:19

This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it 'reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,'

Hebrews 10:38

And through faith the Righteous man shall find his Life, But, if a man draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in him.'

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:5

for you who, through faith, are being guarded by the power of God, awaiting a Salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last days.

2 Peter 2:18-22

With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of man's lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the men who live such misguided lives.

1 John 2:27

But you--you still retain in your hears that consecration which you received from the Christ, and are not in need of any one to teach you; but, since his consecration of you teaches you about everything, and since it is a real consecration, and no lie, then, as it has taught you, maintain your union with him.

1 John 3:1-3

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

Revelation 2:10

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The Devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tempted, and may undergo persecution for ten days. Be faithful even to death, and I will give you the Crown of Life.