'Persist' in the Bible

To what conclusion, then, shall we come? Are we to persist in sinning in order that the grace extended to us may be the greater?

If the Jews do not persist in their unbelief, they will be grafted in again, because God is able to graft them in.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

But I will persist in the same line of conduct in order to cut the ground from under the feet of those who desire an opportunity of getting themselves recognized as being on a level with us in the matters about which they boast.

As for those [elders] who continue in sin, reprimand them in the presence of all [the congregation], so that the rest will be warned.

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

For if we wilfully persist in sin after having received the full knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains in reserve any other sacrifice for sins.

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.