2 Thessalonians 2:16

Stand Firm And Hold Fast

¹⁵ Therefore, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our epistle; ¹⁶ and our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us eternal consolation and a good hope by grace, ¹⁷ comfort and confirm your hearts in every good work and word.

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 Son, that every one believing in him may not perish but have eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

And may God himself, even our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you;

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his blood,

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in pain.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water which I will give him shall never thirst; but the water which I will give him shall be in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.

John 13:1

AND before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own in the world he loved them to the end.

John 14:16-18

and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you forever,

John 15:9

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

John 15:13

No man has greater love than this, that one should give his life for his friends.

John 16:22

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

Acts 15:11

But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same manner as they.

Acts 18:27

And he wishing to go into Achaia, the brothers sent him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. And when he came he helped those much who had believed through the grace;

Romans 4:4

But to one that works the reward is not accounted by grace but by debt.

Romans 4:16

Therefore it is by faith that it may be by grace, that the promise may be sure to all the posterity, not to that of the law only but to that of the faith of Abraham, who is a father of us all,

Romans 5:2-5

through whom also we have been introduced into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:8

but God commends his love to us, that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us;

Romans 8:24-25

For we are saved by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what he sees?

Romans 11:5-6

So then also at the present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace;

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

For the light affliction which is for a moment, works out for us more abundantly an eternal weight of glory,

Ephesians 2:4-5

but God who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,??5 even when we were dead in sins he made us alive with Christ,??y grace are you saved,

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God of good odor.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it,

Colossians 1:5

on account of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the true word of the gospel

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue founded and established in the faith, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all the creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God even our Father,

2 Thessalonians 1:1-2

PAUL and Silvanus [Silas] and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to salvation by purification of spirit, and belief of the truth,

Titus 1:2

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

Titus 2:13

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ,

Titus 3:4-7

but when the goodness and philanthropy of the Saviour our God appeared,

Hebrews 6:11-12

But we desire each of you to show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end,

Hebrews 6:18-19

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

Hebrews 7:19

for the law made nothing perfect, but was the introduction of a better hope through which we draw nigh 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 to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:2-3

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:16

By this we have known love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 John 4:9-10

The love of God was manifested to us in this; that God has sent his only Son into the world that we may live through him.

Revelation 3:9

Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them come and worship at your feet, and they shall know that I have loved you.

Revelation 7:16-17

And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them nor any heat,

Revelation 22:5

And there shall be no night, and they shall have no need of a lamp and light, for the Lord God shall shed light on them, and they shall reign forever and ever.