16 Bible Verses about Steadfastness
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that ye enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them;
but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.
and turn ye not aside; for it would be after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;
So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.
in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of that teaching which is in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;
Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings;
So that, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
that ye be not soon shaken in mind, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as if it were by us, as that the day of the Lord is present.
So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
Whom resist, stedfast in faith, knowing that the selfsame sufferings are accomplished in your brotherhood which is in the world.
Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things before, take care lest, being led away along with the error of the wicked, ye should fall from your own stedfastness:
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Discipleship » Conditions of » Steadfastness
Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
Paul » Characteristics of » Steadfastness
But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In persevering to the end
but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.
Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In moving forward toward the goal
But Jesus said to him, No one having laid his hand on the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
Only be strong and very courageous, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
And they went every one straight forward: whither the Spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Brethren, I do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In enduring hardship
Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
For this is acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » Even under affliction
that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path; Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter. But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us.
Steadfastness » Commanded
So that, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about; for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
Steadfastness » Secured by » God, Power of
But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you with exultation blameless before his glory,
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
who are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Steadfastness » Ministers » Should pray for, in their people
in order to the confirming of your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Steadfastness » Remaining steadfast
So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
Steadfastness » Exhibited by God in all his purposes and ways
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?
Steadfastness » Who shall not be moved
{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart. He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour; read more.
In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not; He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
{To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.
For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Job, in his religious life
But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days.
My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In cleaving to God
who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;
Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him thou shalt serve, and unto him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In holding fast our profession
Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he is faithful who has promised;)
Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In keeping the faith
For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
Whom resist, stedfast in faith, knowing that the selfsame sufferings are accomplished in your brotherhood which is in the world.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » A man of God, in refusing a reward
And the man of God said to the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turn aside from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In striving for the faith of the gospel
Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings;
Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Paul, in finishing his course
But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In holding fast the confidence and rejoicing of the hope
For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;
but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.
Steadfastness » The wicked devoid of
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
Steadfastness » Ministers » Should exhort to
establishing 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.
And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Christ, in going to the cross
And they persevered in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, in breaking of bread and prayers.
And it came to pass when the days of his receiving up were fulfilled, that he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In holding fast what is good
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In standing fast in the faith
Be vigilant; stand fast in the faith; quit yourselves like men; be strong.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In the work of the lord
So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
Steadfastness » Ministers » Encouraged by, in their people
Steadfastness » Want of--illustrated
But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.
and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;
Steadfastness » A characteristic of saints
Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Corinthians
But I make known to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand,
Steadfastness » Ministers » Exhorted to
Have an outline of sound words, which words thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted.
Steadfastness » Principle of--illustrated
Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock; and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Colossians
For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » David
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
Steadfastness » Ministers » Rejoiced by, in their people
For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In maintaining Christian liberty
Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Caleb
But my servant Caleb, because he hath another spirit in him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he came; and his seed shall possess it.
Steadfastness » Secured by » The intercession of Christ
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift you as wheat; but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Joshua
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Josiah, in his duties as a king
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Peter and john
But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye; for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Josiah
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.
Steadfastness » Godliness necessary to
If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him, If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents; Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Three hebrew captives
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Shadrach
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Daniel
And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Steadfastness » God being steadfast
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
Steadfastness » Saints praise God for
Steadfastness » Secured by » The presence of God
I have set Jehovah continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Steadfastness » Secured by » Trust in God
{A Psalm of David.} Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.
Steadfastness » Saints pray for
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In continuing in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship
And they persevered in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, in breaking of bread and prayers.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Primitive Christians
And they persevered in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, in breaking of bread and prayers.
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Steadfastness, Examples Of
1 Kings 13:8And the man of God said to the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;