2 Thessalonians 2:16

Stand Firm And Hold Fast

¹⁵ Therefore, brethren, stand fast and retain the doctrine which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. ¹⁶ Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, ¹⁷ comfort your hearts and confirm 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, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

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

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus, the Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his own blood

Psalm 103:17

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children's children,

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall retain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11

Therefore the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head; they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isaiah 60:19-20

The sun shall no longer be thy light by day; nor shall the moon give light unto thee for brightness; but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light and thy God thy glory.

Isaiah 61:7

Instead of your double shame, and your dishonour, they shall praise you in your inheritance; therefore in your land ye shall possess double, and ye shall have everlasting joy.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime didst receive thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted here, and thou art tormented.

John 4:14

but whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.

John 13:1

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

John 14:16-18

and I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever,

John 15:9

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

John 15:13

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his soul for his friends.

John 16:22

And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and no one shall take your joy from you.

Acts 15:11

For we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Acts 18:27

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the exhorted brethren wrote the disciples to receive him, who, when he was come, was very helpful through grace unto those who had believed;

Romans 1:7

to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints; ye have grace and peace of God our Father and of the Lord Jesus, the Christ.

Romans 4:4

But unto him that works, the reward is not reckoned as grace, but as debt.

Romans 4:16

Therefore by faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to that which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Romans 5:2-5

by whom we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand and glory in hope of the glory of the sons of God.

Romans 5:8

But God increased the price of his charity toward us in that while we were yet sinners the Christ died for us.

Romans 8:24-25

For in hope we are saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man sees, he does not wait for.

Romans 11:5-6

Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant by the gracious election of God.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

For our tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepares an exceeding and eternal weight of glory unto us;

Ephesians 2:4-5

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great charity with which he loved us,

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in charity even as the Christ also has loved us and has given himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself for her,

Colossians 1:5

for the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye have already heard by the word of the truth of the gospel,

Colossians 1:23

if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard and which is preached to every creature which is under heaven, of which I Paul am made a minister,

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing the work of your faith and labour and charity and of waiting with the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

2 Thessalonians 1:1-2

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

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to saving health through the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,

Titus 1:2

for the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the times of the ages

Titus 2:13

waiting for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

Titus 3:4-7

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

Hebrews 6:11-12

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope,

Hebrews 6:18-19

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us,

Hebrews 7:19

for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did, by which we draw near unto God.

1 Peter 1:3-8

Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, from the dead,

1 John 3:2-3

Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be; but we know that if he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:16

In this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 4:9-10

In this was the charity of God demonstrated in us, in that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Revelation 3:9

Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but do lie; behold, I will constrain them to come and worship before thy feet and to know that I have loved thee.

Revelation 7:16-17

They shall hunger no more neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun be thrust upon them nor any other heat.

Revelation 22:5

And there shall be no night there; and they need no lamp neither light of the sun; for the Lord God shall give them light; and they shall reign for ever and ever.