Colossians 1:23

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

²² by His death in His human body, so as to present you consecrated, faultless, and blameless in His presence, ²³ if indeed you continue well grounded and firm in faith and never shift from the hope inspired by the good news you heard, which has been preached all over the world, and of which I, Paul, have been made a minister. ²⁴ I am now glad to be suffering for you, and in my own person I am filling in what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for His body, that is, the church.

Continue in the Faith

Good News

Hope of the Gospel

In Christ

In the Faith

Paul

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ in His love, through your faith, may make His permanent home in your hearts. You must be deeply rooted, your foundations must be strong,

Mark 16:15

Then He said to them, "You must go all over the world and preach the good news to all the creation.

Acts 2:5

Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem.

Colossians 1:5-6

because of your hope of what is laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope through the message of the good news

Colossians 2:7

with your roots deeply planted in Him, being continuously built up in Him, and growing stronger in faith, just as you were taught to do, overflowing through it in your gratitude.

Romans 10:18

But may I ask, They had no chance to hear, did they? Yes, indeed: "All over the earth their voices have gone, to the ends of the world their words."

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has qualified even me as a minister of the new covenant, which is not a written but a spiritual covenant. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Colossians 1:25

In it I have been made a minister in accordance with the trusteeship God entrusted to me for you, that I might prove among you the universal message of God,

Matthew 7:24-25

"So everyone who listens to my words and practices their teaching, will be like a prudent man who built his house on a rocky foundation.

Matthew 24:13-14

But whoever bears up to the end will be saved.

Luke 6:48

He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep, and laid its foundation upon the rock; and when a flood came, the torrent burst upon that house but it could not shake it, because it was well built.

Luke 8:13-15

The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.

Luke 22:32

but I have prayed especially for you that your own faith may not utterly fail. And you yourself, after you have turned, must strengthen your brothers."

John 8:30-32

Even while He was saying this, many believed in Him.

John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in union with me, he is thrown away as a mere branch and is dried up; then it is picked up and thrown into the fire and burned up.

John 15:9-10

I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. You must remain in my love.

Acts 1:17

for he was one of our number, and he received a share in this ministry of ours.

Acts 1:25

to take a share in this service as an apostle, from which Judas fell away to go to his own place."

Acts 4:12

There is no salvation by anyone else, for no one else in all the wide world has been appointed among men as our only medium by which to be saved."

Acts 11:23

When he reached there and saw the spiritual blessing God had given them, he was delighted, and continuously encouraged them all with hearty purpose to continue to be devoted to the Lord;

Acts 14:22

strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.

Acts 20:24

But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.

Acts 26:16

But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you my servant and a witness to me of the things which you have seen and those which I shall yet enable you to see.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

Romans 5:5

and hope never disappoints us; for through the Holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts.

Romans 15:16

in making me a minister of Christ Jesus to the heathen peoples, to have me act as a sacrificing minister of the good news, in order that my offering of the heathen peoples to God may be acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Then what is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Mere servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave each of us his task.

1 Corinthians 4:1-3

As for us apostles, men ought to think of us as ministers of Christ and trustees to handle God's uncovered truths.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So, my dear brothers, continue to be firm, incapable of being moved, always letting the cup run over in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the service of the Lord is never thrown away.

2 Corinthians 4:1

So, because I hold a place in this ministry and that because I have had God's mercy shown me, I never give up.

2 Corinthians 5:18-20

This has all originated with God, for He through Christ has reconciled me to Himself and has given me the ministry of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As God's fellow-worker I beg you too not to accept God's favor and throw it away.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.

Galatians 4:11

I am beginning to fear that I have bestowed my labors on you for nothing.

Galatians 5:5

For we, by the Spirit, are awaiting the hoped-for blessing which our right standing with God will bring us.

Galatians 5:7

You were running beautifully! Who was it that cut into your way and kept you from obeying the truth?

Galatians 6:9

Let us stop getting tired of doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up.

Ephesians 1:18

by having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, so that you may know what the hope is to which He calls you, how glorious rich God's portion in His people is,

Ephesians 2:21

In union with Him the whole building is harmoniously fitted together and continues to grow into a temple, sacred through its union with the Lord,

Ephesians 3:7-8

for which I was called to serve in accordance with the gift of God's unmerited favor which was bestowed on me by the exercise of His power--

Ephesians 4:16

For it is under His direction that the whole body is perfectly adjusted and united by every joint that furnishes its supplies; and by the proper functioning of each particular part there is brought about the growing of the body for its building up in love.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that none of you might be deceived amid these difficulties. For you knew yourselves that this is our appointed lot,

1 Thessalonians 3:5

That was why, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be lost.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

but let us who belong to the day keep sober, clothed with faith and love for a coat of mail and with the hope of salvation for a helmet.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and graciously given us encouragement that is eternal, and a hope that is well-founded,

1 Timothy 1:12

I am always thanking Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me strength for it, for thinking me trustworthy and putting me into the ministry,

1 Timothy 2:7

and for which purpose I was appointed a preacher and an apostle -- I am telling the truth, I am not lying, -- a teacher of the heathen in the realm of faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11-12

Of this good news I have been appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

2 Timothy 4:5-6

But you, on your part, must always keep your head cool, suffer hardship, do your work as a herald of the good news, and so fill your ministry to the brim.

Titus 3:7

so that we might come into right standing with God through His unmerited favor and become heirs of eternal life in accordance with our hope.

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ as a Son set over the house of God was faithful; and we are that house, if we keep up our courage and the joy that hope inspires to the very end.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become real sharers in Christ, if we keep firm to the end the faith we had at first,

Hebrews 4:14

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has gone right up to heaven itself, let us continue to keep a firm hold on our profession of faith in Him.

Hebrews 6:19

This hope we have as an anchor for our souls, secure and safe, which reaches up behind the heavenly veil,

Hebrews 10:38

Meantime, my righteous servant will live by faith. But if a man draws back, my soul has no delight in him."

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In accordance with His great mercy He has begotten us anew to an ever living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;

1 Peter 1:5

who are always guarded by the power of God through faith, in order that you may receive that final salvation which will be ready to be uncovered for you at the last time.

2 Peter 2:18-22

For by uttering arrogant nonsense, through base desires of the lower nature, they entice into immorality men who are just escaping from those who live in error,

1 John 2:27

The anointing of the Spirit which you received still remains in your hearts, and so you have no need that anyone should teach you. But just as that anointing of His teaches you about everything, and as it is true and no falsehood, and as it has taught you to do so, you must continue to live in union with Him.

1 John 3:1-3

See what wonderful love the Father has bestowed on us in letting us be called God's children, and that is what we are! This is why the world does not know what we are, because it has never come to know Him.

Revelation 2:10

Do not be so afraid of what you are to suffer. See! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison to be tested there and for ten days to suffer pressing troubles. Each one of you must prove to be faithful, even if you have to die, and I will give you the crown of life.