1 Corinthians 15:2

They are saved by this gospel if they hold firmly to it, otherwise their belief was empty. It matters because genuine, persevering faith is the mark of true salvation.

Cross-references · 30

• Heb 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
• Heb 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Heb 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
• 2 Tim 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
• John 8:31–32So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
• 1 Cor 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
• Col 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
• Eph 2:8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
• Heb 10:23Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
• Jas 2:14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
• Jas 2:26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
• Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
• Prov 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
• 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• Gal 3:4Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?
• Prov 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Jas 2:17So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
• 1 Cor 15:11–12Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
• Ps 106:12–13Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
• Heb 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
• 2 Th 2:15Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
• Rom 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
• Prov 6:20–23My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
• 1 Cor 1:21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
• 1 Cor 15:14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
• Rom 11:22Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
• 2 Cor 2:15For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
• Acts 8:13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
• Acts 2:47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
• Prov 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

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