1 Corinthians 16:13

Paul issues four crisp commands: be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, and be strong. It is a rallying call to spiritual steadfastness.

Cross-references · 40

• Josh 1:9Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
• Eph 6:13–18Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
• Eph 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
• 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
• 2 Cor 12:9–10He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
• Gal 5:1Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
• Ps 27:14Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
• Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
• 2 Th 2:15So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.
• Josh 1:6–7“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
• Phil 1:27Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
• Phil 4:1Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
• 1 Pet 5:8Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
• Isa 35:4Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong. Don’t be afraid. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.
• 1 Th 3:8For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
• 2 Tim 2:3–5You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
• 2 Tim 4:7I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
• Matt 26:41Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
• 1 Cor 15:1–2Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
• 2 Cor 1:24Not that we control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
• 2 Sam 10:12Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”
• 1 Chr 28:10Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
• Col 4:2Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
• 1 Pet 4:7But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
• 1 Tim 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
• 1 Cor 14:20Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
• Col 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
• Col 1:11–12strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
• Mark 13:33–37Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.
• 2 Tim 2:1You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
• Dan 10:19He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”
• 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.
• Dan 11:32Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and take action.
• 1 Th 5:6so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.
• Rev 3:2–3Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.
• 1 Cor 9:25–27Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
• Eph 3:16that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
• 1 Chr 19:13Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”
• Rev 16:15“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”
• Mark 14:37–38He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour?

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