10 Bible Verses about Steadfastness

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide by what I teach, you are really disciples of mine,

But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.

Let us not get tired of doing right, for at the proper time we shall reap, if we do not give out.

Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,

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

and after the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism went away with Paul and Barnabas, and they talked with them, and urged them to rely on the favor of God.

I am coming soon. Keep hold of what you have, so that no one may deprive you of your crown.

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plough, and then looks back, is fitted for the Kingdom of God."

Brothers, I do not consider that I have captured it yet, only, forgetting what is behind me, and straining toward what lies ahead,

Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.

You must submit to it as discipline. God is dealing with you as his sons. For where is there a son whom his father does not discipline?

For God approves a man if from a sense of duty he endures suffering unjustly inflicted??20 for what credit is there in your enduring being beaten for doing wrong? But if you endure suffering for doing what is right, you have God's approval.

and encourage you not to be led astray, any of you, in all these troubles. You know yourselves that this is what we must expect,

Who can separate us from Christ's love? Can trouble or misfortune or persecution or hunger or destitution or danger or the sword? As the Scripture says, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long, We are treated like sheep to be slaughtered." But in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.

So, my dear brothers whom I so long to see, my joy and pride, stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

But he must ask with faith, and without any doubt, for the man who doubts is like the billowing sea, driven and blown about by the wind. Such a man must not expect to get anything from the Lord??8 an irresolute person like him, who is uncertain about everything he does.

So stand firm, brothers, and hold fast to the instructions you have received from us, whether by letter or by word of mouth.

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in his presence irreproachable and triumphant??25 to the one God our Savior be glory, majesty, power, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord now and forever and ever. Amen.

and you by God's power are being protected through faith to receive a salvation that is now ready to be disclosed at the last time.

so that your hearts may be strong and faultlessly pure in the sight of our God and Father, when our Lord Jesus appears with all his saints!

encourage you and strengthen you to do and say everything that is right.

So stand firm, brothers, and hold fast to the instructions you have received from us, whether by letter or by word of mouth.

Every good gift and every perfect present is from heaven, and comes down from the Father of the heavenly lights, about whom there is no variation of changing shadow.

When he reached there and saw the favor God had shown them, he was delighted, and encouraged them all to be resolute and steadfast in their devotion to the Lord,

Let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we profess, for he who has given us his promise may be trusted.

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great high priest who has gone up into heaven, let us keep firm hold of our religion.

For though I am absent from you in person I am with you in spirit, and I am glad to observe your harmony and the solidity of your faith in Christ.

Resist him and be strong in the faith, for you know that your brotherhood all over the world is having the same experience of suffering.

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

Dear friends, I was just on the point of writing to you about our common salvation, when it became necessary for me to write and appeal to you to come to the defense of the faith that has once for all been intrusted to God's people.

But we will not draw back and perish, but we will have faith and save our souls.

But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.

For we are true partners with Christ if we really keep the conviction that we had at first unshaken to the very end.

but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

reassuring the disciples and encouraging them to stand by the faith and reminding them that we have to undergo many hardships to get into the Kingdom of God.

and after the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism went away with Paul and Barnabas, and they talked with them, and urged them to rely on the favor of God.

And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

As the time approached when he was to be taken up to heaven, he set his face toward Jerusalem,

but test them all, retaining what is good

Be on the watch. Stand firm in your faith. Act like men. Show yourselves strong.

for now I can really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord.

The ones on the rock are those who receive the message joyfully when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for a little while, and then in the time of trial they draw back.

And some of it fell upon the rock, and when it sprang up it withered, because it had no moisture.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide by what I teach, you are really disciples of mine,

Now I want to remind you, brothers, of the form in which I presented to you the good news I brought, which you accepted and have stood by,

As your example in wholesome instruction, keep before you what you learned from me, in the faith and love that come through union with Christ Jesus. Guard that splendid trust through the holy Spirit that lives in our hearts.

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew, and beat about that house, and it did not go down, for its foundations were on rock.

For though I am absent from you in person I am with you in spirit, and I am glad to observe your harmony and the solidity of your faith in Christ.

For though I am absent from you in person I am with you in spirit, and I am glad to observe your harmony and the solidity of your faith in Christ.

This is the freedom with which Christ has freed us. So stand firm in it, and do not get under a yoke of slavery again.

O Simon, Simon! Satan has obtained permission to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And afterward you yourself must turn and strengthen your brothers."

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of him, for we cannot help telling of what we have seen and heard."

And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.