2 Thessalonians 2:16

Stand Firm And Hold Fast

¹⁵ So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that ye were taught, whether by word or by letter from us. ¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father who loved us and gave eternal encouragement and good hope through grace, ¹⁷ encourage your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

By Grace

For Us

Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ

Christ

Jesus

Messiah

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and washed us from our sins by his blood

Psalm 103:17

But the loving kindness of LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to son's sons,

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion. And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11

And the ransomed of LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy, [and] sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 60:19-20

The sun shall no more be thy light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to thee, but LORD will be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Isaiah 61:7

Instead of your shame [ye shall have] double, and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double. Everlasting joy shall be to them.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will, no, not thirst into the age. But the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.

John 13:1

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, having seen that his hour has come that he would depart out of this world to his Father, having loved his own 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 helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age,

John 15:9

As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Dwell ye in my love.

John 15:13

Greater love has no man than this, that some man lay down his life for his friends.

John 16:22

And now therefore indeed ye have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no man takes your joy away from you.

Acts 15:11

But through the grace of the Lord Jesus, we believe to be saved, in the same way as those men also.

Acts 18:27

And when he intended to pass through into Achaia, the brothers wrote, having encouraged the disciples to receive him, who, when he arrived, assisted much those who believed through the grace.

Romans 1:7

To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, to the called, to the sanctified: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 4:4

Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation.

Romans 4:16

Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all

Romans 5:2-5

through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:8

But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 8:24-25

For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that?

Romans 11:5-6

So then also at this present time there has become a remnant according to the selection of grace.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,

Ephesians 2:4-5

But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us,

Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your own wives even as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope being reserved for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good-news

Colossians 1:23

If ye truly continue in the faith, founded, and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good-news that ye heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I Paul became a helper.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

2 Thessalonians 1:1-2

Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the congregation of Thessalonians in God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we are indebted to express thanks to God always about you, brothers, beloved by Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which the non-lying God promised before times eternal,

Titus 2:13

Awaiting the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Titus 3:4-7

But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared,

Hebrews 6:11-12

And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end,

Hebrews 6:18-19

So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing fully perfect), and an introduction of a better hope, through which we approach God.

1 Peter 1:3-8

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:2-3

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet made known what we will be. But we know that whenever he is made known we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:16

By this we know love, because that man laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 John 4:9-10

By this the love of God was made known in us, because God sent his Son, the only begotten, into the world so that we might live through him.

Revelation 3:9

Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them so that they will come and bow down before thy feet, and may know that I have loved thee.

Revelation 7:16-17

They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst any more. The sun will, no, not fall upon them, nor any heat.

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no night there, and they have no need of a lamp and the light of sun, because Lord God will illuminate them. And they will reign into the ages of the ages.