Colossians 1:23

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

²² in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish, and without charge in His sight, ²³ if indeed you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard and which was proclaimed in all the creation under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister, ²⁴ who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I fill up the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, on behalf of His body, which is the church;

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Ephesians 3:17

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, Go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to all the creation.

Acts 2:5

And dwelling at Jerusalem there were Jews, devout men out of every nation under heaven.

Colossians 1:5-6

for the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven, of which you heard before in the Word of the truth of the gospel,

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Romans 10:18

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes indeed, their voice went out into all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit makes alive.

Colossians 1:25

of which I became a minister, according to the administration of God given to me for you, to fulfill the Word of God;

Deuteronomy 2:25

Today, I will begin to put your dread and your fear upon the nations under the whole heavens; who shall hear report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.

Deuteronomy 4:19

and lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, lest you should be driven to worship them and serve them, which Jehovah your God has allotted to all nations under all the heavens.

Psalm 92:13-14

Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Psalm 125:5

And those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be on Israel.

Lamentations 3:66

Pursue and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 18:26

When a righteous one turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done, he shall die.

Hosea 6:3-4

Then we shall know, if we follow on to know Jehovah. His going out is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those drawing back from Jehovah, and who have not sought Jehovah, nor asked for Him.

Matthew 7:24-25

Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.

Matthew 24:13-14

But he who endures to the end, the same shall be kept safe.

Luke 6:48

He is like a man who built a house and dug deep and laid the foundation on a rock; and a flood occurring, the stream burst against that house and could not shake it; for it was founded on a rock.

Luke 8:13-15

Those on the rock are the ones who, when they hear, receive the Word with joy. And these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not. And when you are converted, strengthen your brothers.

John 8:30-32

As He spoke these words, many believed upon Him.

John 15:6

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

John 15:9-10

As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.

Acts 1:17

For he was numbered with us and had obtained part of this ministry.

Acts 1:25

to take the share of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell, to go to his own place.

Acts 4:12

And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Acts 11:23

who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.

Acts 14:22

confirming the souls of the disciples, calling on them to continue in the faith and that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts 20:24

But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 26:16

But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of what you saw, and in what I shall appear to you;

Romans 2:7

indeed to those who with patience in good work are seeking for glory, and honor, and incorruptibility, everlasting life.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not make us ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us.

Romans 15:16

that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the nations, ministering the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each?

1 Corinthians 4:1-3

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

1 Corinthians 15:58

So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not faint.

2 Corinthians 5:18-20

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

2 Corinthians 6:1

But working together, we also call on you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more! I have been in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more, in deaths many times.

Galatians 4:11

I fear for you, lest somehow I have labored among you in vain.

Galatians 5:5

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness out of faith.

Galatians 5:7

You were running well. Who hindered you that you do not obey the truth?

Galatians 6:9

But we should not lose heart in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

Ephesians 1:18

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Ephesians 2:21

in whom every building having been fitly framed together, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord;

Ephesians 3:7-8

Of this gospel I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power.

Ephesians 4:16

from whom the whole body, fitted together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of each part, producing the growth of the body to the edifying of itself in love.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one should be drawn aside by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to them.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this cause, when I could no longer endure, I also sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you and our labor may have been in vain.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let us, who are of the day, be calm, having put on the breastplate of faith and love and the hope of salvation for a helmet.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who strengthened me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry--

1 Timothy 2:7

To this I am ordained a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of the nations, in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11-12

to which I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the nations.

2 Timothy 4:5-6

But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.

Titus 3:7

that being justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ was faithful as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

Hebrews 3:14

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

Hebrews 4:14

Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Hebrews 6:19

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil,

Hebrews 10:38

Now, "the Just shall live by faith. But if he draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him."

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:5

by the power of God, having been kept through faith to a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;

2 Peter 2:18-22

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they lure through the lusts of the flesh, by unbridled lust, the ones who were escaping from those who live in error;

1 John 2:27

But the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and no lie, and as He has taught you, abide in Him.

1 John 3:1-3

Behold what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Revelation 2:10

Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried. And you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.