'Continue' in the Bible

since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God's glory.

Not only that, but we also continue to boast about God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we have now been reconciled.

Yet before their children had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's plan of election might continue to operate

Consider, then, the kindness and severity of God: his severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness toward you if you continue receiving his kindness. Otherwise, you too will be cut off.