10 Bible Verses about Steadfastness

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

But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

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.

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."

Brothers, I for one do not consider myself to have appropriated this; my one thought is, by forgetting what lies behind me and straining to what lies before me,

See, we call the stedfast happy; you have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen that the Lord is very compassionate and pitiful.

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

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.

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for where is the son who is not disciplined by his father?

to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well;

What can ever part us from Christ's love? Can anguish or calamity or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or the sword? (Because, as it is written, For thy sake we are being killed all the day long, we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.) No, in all this we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

So then, my brothers, for whom I cherish love and longing, my joy and crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, O my beloved.

Only, let him ask in faith, with never a doubt; for the doubtful man is like surge of the sea whirled and swayed by the wind; that man need not imagine he will get anything from God, double-minded creature that he is, wavering at every turn.

Well then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the rules which you have learned from us orally or by letter.

Now to him who is able to keep you from slipping and to make you stand unblemished and exultant before his glory ??25 to the only God, our saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and for all time: Amen.

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.

so as to strengthen your hearts and make them blameless in holiness before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. [Amen.]

graciously encourage your hearts and strengthen them for all good in deed and word.

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.

Well then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the rules which you have learned from us orally or by letter.

all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth.

When he came and saw the grace of God he rejoiced, and encouraged them all to hold by the Lord with heartfelt purpose

let us hold the hope we avow without wavering (for we can rely on him who gave us the Promise);

As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession;

for although I am absent in body I am with you in spirit, and it is a joy to note your steadiness and the solid front of your faith in Christ.

Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world.

Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel.

Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you on the subject of our common salvation, but I am forced to write you an appeal to defend the faith which has once for all been committed to the saints;

We are not the men to shrink back and be lost, but to have faith and so to win our souls.

But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

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

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.

They devoted themselves to the instruction given by the apostles and to fellowship, breaking bread and praying together.

As the time for his assumption was now due, he set his face for the journey to Jerusalem.

but test them all, retaining what is good

Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!

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.

It is life to me now, if you stand firm in the Lord.

Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.

some other seed dropped on the rock, but it withered away when it sprang up because it had no moisture;

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

Now, brothers, I would have you know the gospel I once preached to you, the gospel you received, the gospel in which you have your footing,

Model yourself on the sound instruction you have had from me in the faith and love of Christ Jesus. Keep the great securities of your faith intact, by aid of the holy Spirit that dwells within us.

Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock.

for although I am absent in body I am with you in spirit, and it is a joy to note your steadiness and the solid front of your faith in Christ.

for although I am absent in body I am with you in spirit, and it is a joy to note your steadiness and the solid front of your faith in Christ.

with the freedom for which Christ set us free. Make a firm stand then, do not slip into any yoke of servitude.

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."

But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God. Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard."

They devoted themselves to the instruction given by the apostles and to fellowship, breaking bread and praying together.

They devoted themselves to the instruction given by the apostles and to fellowship, breaking bread and praying together.