Colossians 1:23

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

²² in the body of his cross through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreprovable before him, ²³ if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became. ²⁴ Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

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Acts 2:5

And Jews were dwelling at Jerusalem, devout men from every nation, of those under the heaven;

Colossians 1:5-6

on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Colossians 2:7

having been rooted and grounded in him, and confirmed in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Romans 10:18

But I say, Have they not all heard? Yea, truly, Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also rendered us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit creates life.

Colossians 1:25

whose minister I became, according to the economy of God which was given to me unto you, to fulfill the word of God,

Matthew 7:24-25

Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.

Matthew 24:13-14

But the one persevering to the end, the same shall be saved.

Luke 6:48

He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock.

Luke 8:13-15

And those on the stones are they who, when they may hear, receive the word with joy; and they have no root in them, who believe for a time, and in time of temptation they fall away.

Luke 22:32

but I prayed for you, that your faith may not fail you: and thou, when having turned, strengthen thy brethren:

John 8:30-32

He speaking these things, many believed on Him.

John 15:6

If any one may not abide in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and they gather it, and cast it into the fire, and it is burnt.

John 15:9-10

As the Father loved me, I also loved you: abide in my love.

Acts 1:17

because he was numbered among us and received the lot of this ministry.

Acts 1:25

to receive the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas departed to go into his own place.

Acts 4:12

And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name given under heaven among men by which it behooveth us to he saved.

Acts 11:23

Who, coming, and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and continued to exhort all, with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord:

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and it behooves them through many tribulations to enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts 20:24

But I consider my life worthy of no consideration to myself, so as to finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 26:16

But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee;

Romans 2:7

to those indeed who with patience of good work are seeking glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:

Romans 5:5

and hope makes not ashamed; because the divine love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Ghost who has been given unto us.

Romans 15:16

that I should be the minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles may be well received, having been sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Then what is Apollos? and what is Paul? But ministers through whom ye believed; even as the Lord gave to each one.

1 Corinthians 4:1-3

So let a man consider us, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

2 Corinthians 5:18-20

All things are from God, the one having reconciled us unto himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

2 Corinthians 6:1

But working together we indeed intreat you not to have received the grace of God in vain:

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

Galatians 5:5

For we through the Spirit do await the hope of righteousness through faith.

Galatians 5:7

You were running well; who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth?

Galatians 6:9

But let us not get weary doing that which is good: for in due time we will reap, fainting not.

Ephesians 1:18

the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,

Ephesians 2:21

in whom the entire edifice, being assimilated, increases into a holy temple in the Lord;

Ephesians 4:16

from whom the whole body, being assimilated and knitted together through every joint of the supply, according to the working in each several part, makes increase of the body in the edification of itself in divine love.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that no one should be shaken in these tribulations. For you know that for this we are appointed.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Therefore I indeed, no longer containing, sent that I might know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter tempted you, and our labor may be in vain.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

but let us, who are of the day, be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and divine love; and the helmet, the hope of salvation:

2 Thessalonians 2:16

and our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, the one having loved us and given eternal consolation and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 1:12

I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, the one having filled me up with dynamite, because he considered me faithful, having put me in the ministry;

1 Timothy 2:7

in which I have been placed a herald and an apostle I speak the truth, I lie not, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and in truth.

2 Timothy 1:11-12

unto which I have been placed a herald, and an apostle, and teacher:

2 Timothy 4:5-6

But be thou sober in all things, suffer affliction, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

Titus 3:7

in order that, being justified by his faith, we may be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ was as a son, over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the boldness and rejoicing of hope firm unto the end.

Hebrews 3:14

for we have been made partakers of Christ, if indeed we may hold fast the beginning of confidence firm unto the end.

Hebrews 4:14

Therefore having a great high priest, having entered into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the testimony.

Hebrews 6:19

which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is in the veil,

Hebrews 10:38

My righteous man shall live by faith: and if he may draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having according to his great mercy begotten us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:5

who are preserved by the power of God through faith unto the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

2 Peter 2:18-22

For speaking swelling words of vanity, in the lusts of the flesh they beguile with their impurities, those that have but partially escaped, who are still moving about in their delusion;

1 John 2:27

And the unction which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one may teach you: but as his unction teaches you concerning all things, and it is true, and it is no lie, and as he has taught you, abide in him.

1 John 3:1-3

Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

Revelation 2:10

Fear not those things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life.