Colossians 1:23
if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
Ephesians 3:17
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,
Mark 16:15
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Acts 2:5
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.
Colossians 1:5-6
Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Romans 10:18
But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
2 Corinthians 3:6
who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Colossians 1:25
I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God -- given to me for you -- in order to complete the word of God,
Deuteronomy 2:25
This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach."
Deuteronomy 4:19
When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars -- the whole heavenly creation -- you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the Lord your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.
Psalm 92:13-14
Planted in the Lord's house, they grow in the courts of our God.
Psalm 125:5
As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!
Lamentations 3:66
Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the Lord's heaven.
Ezekiel 18:26
When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.
Hosea 6:3-4
So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."
Zephaniah 1:6
and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord's help or guidance."
Matthew 7:24-25
"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
Matthew 24:13-14
But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Luke 6:48
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.
Luke 8:13-15
Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.
Luke 22:32
but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
John 8:30-32
While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.
John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.
John 15:9-10
"Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.
Acts 1:17
for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry."
Acts 1:25
to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."
Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."
Acts 11:23
When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
Acts 14:22
They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."
Acts 20:24
But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.
Acts 26:16
But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.
Romans 2:7
eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,
Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 15:16
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3:5
What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.
1 Corinthians 4:1-3
One should think about us this way -- as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
Galatians 4:11
I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.
Galatians 5:5
For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.
Galatians 5:7
You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?
Galatians 6:9
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
Ephesians 1:18
-- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened -- so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 2:21
In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
Ephesians 3:7-8
I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.
Ephesians 4:16
From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.
1 Thessalonians 5:8
But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
1 Timothy 1:12
I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,
1 Timothy 2:7
For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle -- I am telling the truth; I am not lying -- and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
2 Timothy 1:11-12
For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.
2 Timothy 4:5-6
You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist's work, fulfill your ministry.
Titus 3:7
And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life."
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.
Hebrews 3:14
For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.
Hebrews 4:14
Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,
Hebrews 10:38
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:5
who by God's power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
2 Peter 2:18-22
For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
1 John 2:27
Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.
1 John 3:1-3
(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.