1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore be steadfast and abound in the Lord's work, knowing your labor is not in vain. It matters because resurrection hope gives lasting meaning to Christian service.

Cross-references · 38

• Gal 6:9Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
• 2 Chr 15:7But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”
• Heb 6:10For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
• Phil 2:16holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
• 1 Cor 3:8Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
• 2 Pet 3:17–18You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
• Col 1:23if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
• Heb 13:15–16Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
• 1 Th 1:3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
• Ps 55:22Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
• John 6:28–29They said therefore to him, “What must we do, that we may work the works of God?”
• Heb 13:21make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Cor 16:10Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.
• 1 Th 3:12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
• Col 2:7rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
• Ps 112:6For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.
• 1 Th 4:1Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
• Matt 25:31–40“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
• 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
• Col 2:5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
• 2 Pet 1:4–9by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
• 1 Th 3:3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
• Heb 3:14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
• Phil 1:9This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
• 2 Th 1:3We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
• Ruth 1:18When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
• Ps 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
• Phil 1:11being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
• Gal 4:11I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
• Matt 10:40–42He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
• Phil 4:17Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
• 1 Th 3:5For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
• Phil 2:30because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
• Ps 73:13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
• Ps 78:8and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
• Ps 78:37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

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