Romans 1:11
For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened;
Romans 15:23
But now, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit,
Acts 8:15-19
They, when they came down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
Acts 16:5
So the Churches went on gaining a stronger faith and growing in numbers from day to day.
Acts 19:6
and when Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
Acts 19:21
When matters had reached this point, Paul decided in his own mind to travel through Macedonia and Greece, and go to Jerusalem. "After that," he said, "I must also see Rome."
Romans 15:29
and I know that when I come to you it will be with a vast amount of blessing from Christ.
Romans 15:32
in order that if God be willing I may come to you with a glad heart, and may enjoy a time of rest with you.
Romans 16:25
To Him who has it in His power to make you strong, as declared in the Good News which I am spreading, and the proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, in harmony with the unveiling of the Truth which in the periods of past Ages remained unuttered,
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
It is important, brethren, that you should have clear knowledge on the subject of spiritual gifts.
2 Corinthians 1:21
But He who is making us as well as you stedfast through union with the Anointed One, and has anointed us, is God,
2 Corinthians 9:14
while they themselves also in supplications on your behalf pour out their longing love towards you because of God's surpassing grace which is resting upon you.
2 Corinthians 11:4
If indeed some visitor is proclaiming among you another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the One you have already received or a Good News different from that which you have already welcomed, your toleration is admirable!
Galatians 3:2-5
Answer me this one question, "Is it on the ground of your obedience to the Law that you received the Spirit, or is it because, when you heard, you believed?"
Ephesians 4:8-12
For this reason Scripture says: "He re-ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men."
Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.
Philippians 2:26
I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.
Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brethren, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly-loved ones.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
and sent Timothy our brother and God's minister in the service of Christ's Good News, that he might help you spiritually and encourage you in your faith;
1 Thessalonians 3:13
Thus He will build up your characters, so that you will be faultlessly holy in the presence of our God and Father at the Coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
2 Thessalonians 2:17
comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will make you stedfast and will guard you from the Evil one.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be drawn aside by all sorts of strange teaching; for it is well to have the heart made stedfast through God's grace, and not by special kinds of food, from which those who scrupulously attend to them have derived no benefit.
1 Peter 5:10
And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.
1 Peter 5:12
I send this short letter by Silas, our faithful brother--for such I regard him--in order to encourage you, and to bear witness that what I have told you is the true grace of God. In it stand fast.
2 Peter 1:12
For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you of these things, although you know them and are stedfast believers in truth which you already possess.
2 Peter 3:17-18
You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, must continually be on your guard so as not to be led astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from your own stedfastness.