Colossians 1:23

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

²² yet now did He reconcile in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable, before Him; ²³ if, at least, ye continue in the faith, founded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a minister. ²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings in your behalf, and fill up in turn the deficiencies of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh for the sake of His body, which is the assembly;

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Ephesians 3:17

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that ye, having been rooted and grounded in love,

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, "Going into all the world, preach the Gospel to the whole creation.

Acts 2:5

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven;

Colossians 1:5-6

because of the hope laid up for you in Heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel,

Colossians 2:7

having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding with thanksgiving.

Romans 10:18

But I say, did they not hear? Yes, verily, "Their sound went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited earth."

2 Corinthians 3:6

Who also qualified us as ministers of a 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 was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

Matthew 7:24-25

"Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock;

Matthew 24:13-14

But he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

Luke 6:48

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and, a flood coming, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it; because it was well built.

Luke 8:13-15

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

Luke 22:32

but I prayed for you, that your faith fail not; and, when once you have turned again, establish your brethren."

John 8:30-32

As He spake these things, many believed on Him.

John 15:6

Unless one abides in Me, he was cast forth as a branch, and withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

John 15:9-10

Even as the Father loved Me, I also loved you; abide in My love.

Acts 1:17

because he was numbered among us, and obtained the portion of this ministry.

Acts 1:25

to take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."

Acts 4:12

And in no one else is there salvation; for neither is there any other name under Heaven, that has been given among men, in Which we must be saved."

Acts 11:23

who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced, and was exhorting all that, with purpose of heart, they should cleave to the Lord;

Acts 14:22

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

Acts 20:24

But I make not my soul of any value as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify the Gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 26:16

But arise, and stand upon your feet; for I appeared to you for this end, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of the things in which you saw Me, and of the things in which I will appear to you;

Romans 2:7

to those who, by patience in well-doing, are seeking for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life;

Romans 5:5

and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the holy Spirit, Who was given to us.

Romans 15:16

that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the gentiles may become acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What, then, is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and as the Lord gave to each.

1 Corinthians 4:1-3

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, become steadfast, immovable, 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, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not;

2 Corinthians 5:18-20

But all things are of God, Who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

2 Corinthians 6:1

And, working together with Him, we also entreat you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often;

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have toiled for you in vain.

Galatians 5:5

for we, in the Spirit, wait, by faith, for the hope of righteousness.

Galatians 5:7

Ye were running well; who hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth,

Galatians 6:9

And, in doing what is noble, let us not grow weary; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Ephesians 1:18

the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Ephesians 2:21

in Whom all the building, fitly framed together, is growing up into a holy temple in the Lord;

Ephesians 3:7-8

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

Ephesians 4:16

from Whom all the body, fitly framed and knit together through every joint of supply, according to the working in due measure of each single part, secures the growth of the body to the upbuilding of itself in love.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that no one should be shaken in these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that for this we are appointed.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, I also, no longer enduring it, sent, that I might know your faith, lest by some means the tempter tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let us, being of the day, be sober, having put on a breast-plate of faith and love; and, as a helmet, a hope of salvation;

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father Who loved us and gave us eternal consolation and good hope in grace.

1 Timothy 1:12

I have thanks for Him Who empowered me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He accounted me faithful, putting me into His service,

1 Timothy 2:7

whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11-12

for which I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

2 Timothy 4:5-6

But be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully accomplish your ministry.

Titus 3:7

that having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Hebrews 3:14

for we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:

Hebrews 4:14

Having, therefore, a great High Priest, Who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession;

Hebrews 6:19

which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and firm, and entering into the place within the veil;

Hebrews 10:38

"But My righteous one shall live by faith, and, if he draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him."

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

1 Peter 1:5

who are being guarded by God's power, through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;

2 Peter 2:18-22

For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice, in desires of the flesh, by their lasciviousness, those just escaping from those who live in error;

1 John 2:27

And the Anointing which ye received from Him abideth in you, and ye have no need that anyone teach you; but as His Anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as He taught you, ye abide in Him.

1 John 3:1-3

Behold what manner of love the Father hath given to us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knows us not, because it knew Him not.

Revelation 2:10

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