1 Thessalonians 3:13

The goal is hearts established as blameless in holiness for Christ's coming with all his saints. Growth in love prepares believers to stand before the returning Lord.

Cross-references · 20

• Col 1:22yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
• 1 Th 5:23May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Eph 5:27that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.
• 1 Th 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
• 1 Cor 1:7–8so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Jude 1:14About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
• 1 Th 4:15For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
• Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
• Zech 14:5You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
• 1 Th 3:11Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;
• Phil 1:10so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
• Deut 33:2He said, “Yahweh came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
• Rom 16:25—
• 1 Jn 3:20–21because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
• 2 Th 2:1Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you
• 1 Pet 5:10But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
• 2 Th 1:10when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
• 2 Th 2:16–17Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
• 1 Cor 15:23But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.
• Rom 14:4Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

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