Colossians 1:23

MNT

Colossians 1:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Ye continue

Grounded

Moved

Under

Acts 2:5

Acts 4:12

Whereof

General references

Mark 13:10

Luke 13:29

Philippians 1:5

Bible References

Ye continue

but he who endures to the end will be saved.

"Those on the rock are people who, upon hearing, receive the word with joy; but they have no root. For a time indeed they all believe, but in time of temptation they fall away.

"But I made supplication for you that your own faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned again, must strengthen your brothers."

When he spoke in this way, many of the Jews believed in him.

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

When he arrived, and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord, with full purpose of heart;

Everywhere they strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold to the faith. "It is through many tribulations," they said, "that we must enter into the kingdom of God."

eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;

I am alarmed about you for fear lest I may have bestowed labor on you to no purpose.

You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

So, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that my labor had been in vain.

but Christ as a Son in his own house; and we are that house, if we retain the cheerful courage and pride of our hope firm unto the end.

But it is by faith that my Righteous One will live, And if he draws back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.

who, through faith, are continuously guarded by the power of God for a salvation, ready to be revealed in the last days.

For speaking great swelling words of vanity, they entangle, by their lasciviousness, in the lusts of the flesh, those who are just about to escape from the men that live in misconduct.

As to you, the unction you received from him remains ever in you, and you need no teaching from any one. But since his unction teaches you concerning all things and is true, and is no lie, abide continually in him, as it has taught you to do.

Fear not what you are about to suffer! Behold, the devil is indeed going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested, and you will have persecution for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Grounded

since you are rooted in him, and in him continually built up. Be firmly established in the faith as you were taught it, and continually abound in it with thanksgiving.

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

In him the whole building, fitly framed together, rises into a holy temple in the Lord;

that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; that you may be so deeply rooted and so firmly grounded in love,

From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.

Moved

"If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire and burned.

But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself, if only I may run my race, and accomplish the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

So that no one should be shaken by these troubles??or you know well that we are appointed to troubles.

Under

Now there were, staying in Jerusalem. devout Jews from many and distant lands.

"There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men, in which we must be saved."

Whereof

It is of this I was made a minister, according to the stewardship entrusted to me by God for you, fully to declare God's message;

"For he was numbered among us, and he did get his allotted share of this ministry.

"'But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you my minister and my witness both of what you have already seen and of those things in which I will appear to you.

I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

Let any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths of God.

It is he who has also made me sufficient as a minister of a new covenant; not of a letter but of a spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.

So then, as I have this ministry because of God's mercy to me, I do not lose heart.

And all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled me to himself, and gave me the ministry of reconciliation;

As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.

It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy of his power.

And I am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has thus enabled me, that he accounted me faithful, and appointed me to his service,

It was for this testimony that I myself was appointed a herald and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), to be a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.

But as for you, be always self-controlled, face hardships, do the work of a missionary, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

General references

But the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

"And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

from the first day you heard it until now.