18 Bible Verses about Perseverance

Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."

Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."

Never let us grow tired of doing what is right, for if we do not faint we shall reap our harvest at the opportune season.

Therefore, with all this host of witnesses encircling us, we must strip off every handicap, strip off sin with its clinging folds, to run our appointed course steadily,

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain within my love.

After the synagogue broke up, a number of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed them; Paul and Barnabas talked to them and encouraged them to hold by the grace of God.

I am coming very soon: hold to what you have, in case your crown is taken from you.

and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

'And the conqueror, he who till the end lays to heart what I enjoin, I will give him authority over the nations ??27 aye, he will shepherd them with an iron flail, shattering them like a potter's jars ??as I myself have received authority from my Father; also I will grant him to see the Morning-star.'

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

I have fought in the good fight; I have run my course; I have kept the faith.

For we only participate in Christ provided that we keep firm to the very end the confidence with which we started,

So Jesus addressed the Jews who had believed him, saying, "If you abide by what I say, you are really disciples of mine:

Never let us grow tired of doing what is right, for if we do not faint we shall reap our harvest at the opportune season.

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,

As for yourselves, brothers, never grow tired of doing what is right.

let your hope be a joy to you; be stedfast in trouble, attend to prayer,

praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty ??be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

of this I am confident, that he who has begun the good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.

If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned.

Consider both the kindness and the severity of God; those who fall come under his severity, but you come under the divine kindness, provided you adhere to that kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

After the synagogue broke up, a number of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed them; Paul and Barnabas talked to them and encouraged them to hold by the grace of God.

some other seed fell on stony soil where it had not much earth, and it shot up at once because it had no depth of earth,

but they have no root in themselves, they do not last; the next thing is that when the word brings trouble or persecution, they are at once repelled.

Once you were estranged yourselves, your hearts hostile to him in evildoing; but now he has reconciled you by dying in his mortal body, so as to set you consecrated and unblemished and irreproachable in his presence ??23 that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.

God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints. It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end,

our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith ??upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Compare him who steadily endured all that hostility from sinful men, so as to keep your own hearts from fainting and failing.

Simon, Simon, Satan has claimed the right to sift you all like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

For in the case of people who have been once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly Gift, who participated in the holy Spirit, who tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come, and then fell away ??6 it is impossible to make them repent afresh, since they crucify the Son of God in their own persons and hold him up to obloquy.

So Jesus addressed the Jews who had believed him, saying, "If you abide by what I say, you are really disciples of mine: you will understand the truth, and the truth will set you free."

and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour.

and I give them eternal life; they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Whereas he who gazes into the faultless law of freedom and remains in that position, proving himself to be no forgetful listener but an active agent, he will be blessed in his activity.

Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."