1 Peter 5:9

Instructions For Christians

⁸ Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour. ⁹ Withstand him, firm in your faith; knowing that your brethren in other parts of the world are passing through just the same experiences. ¹⁰ And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.

Be Strong

Body of Christ

In the Faith

In the World

Of the World

Stand Firm

Stand Fast

Acts 14:22

Everywhere they strengthened the disciples by encouraging them to hold fast to the faith, and warned them saying, "It is through many afflictions that we must make our way into the Kingdom of God."

James 4:7

Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

Colossians 2:5

For although, as you say, I am absent from you in body, yet in spirit I am present with you and am delighted to witness your good discipline and the solid front presented by your faith in Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot.

2 Timothy 3:12

And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Luke 4:3-12

Then the Devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become bread."

Luke 22:32

But *I* have prayed for *you* that your faith may not fail, and you, when at last you have come back to your true self, must strengthen your brethren."

John 16:33

"I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: *I* have won the victory over the world."

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has you in its power but such as is common to human nature; and God is faithful and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. But, when the temptation comes, He will also provide the way of escape; so that you may be able to bear it.

Ephesians 4:27

and do not leave room for the Devil.

Ephesians 6:11-13

Put on the complete armour of God, so as to be able to stand firm against all the stratagems of the Devil.

Ephesians 6:16

And besides all these take the great shield of faith, on which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the Wicked one;

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind;

1 Timothy 6:12

Exert all your strength in the honourable struggle for the faith; lay hold of the Life of the Ages, to which you were called, when you made your noble profession of faith before many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have gone through the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have guarded the faith.

Hebrews 11:33

men who, as the result of faith, conquered whole kingdoms, brought about true justice, obtained promises from God, stopped lions' mouths,

1 Peter 1:6

Rejoice triumphantly in the prospect of this, even if now, for a short time, you are compelled to sorrow amid various trials.

1 Peter 2:21

And it is to this you were called; because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow in His steps.

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are to be envied. So do not be alarmed by their threats, nor troubled;

1 Peter 4:13

On the contrary, in the degree that you share in the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice, so that at the unveiling of His glory you may also rejoice with triumphant gladness.

Revelation 1:9

I John, your brother, and a sharer with you in the sorrows and Kingship and patient endurance of Jesus, found myself in the island of Patmos, on account of the Word of God and the truth told us by Jesus.

Revelation 6:11

And there was given to each of them a long white robe, and they were bidden to wait patiently for a short time longer, until the full number of their fellow bondservants should also complete--namely of their brethren who were soon to be killed just as they had been.

Revelation 7:14

"My lord, you know," I replied. "They are those," he said, "who have just passed through the great distress, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.