2 Thessalonians 1:11

Paul prays constantly that God would make the Thessalonians worthy of their calling and powerfully complete every good desire and work of faith in them. Growth in godliness is God's gift, sought in prayer.

Cross-references · 39

• Phil 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
• Col 1:9–13For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
• 1 Th 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Titus 3:4–7But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
• 1 Th 3:9–13How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?
• 2 Th 2:14To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Th 1:5All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
• Phil 1:9–11And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
• Heb 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• 1 Th 2:12–13encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
• Rom 8:30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
• Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
• Eph 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• 1 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
• Phil 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• Ps 138:8The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.
• Eph 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
• Ps 51:18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
• Isa 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
• Rev 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
• Isa 66:9Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
• Hos 6:3So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
• Zech 4:7What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
• Mark 4:28All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
• Eph 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
• Eph 1:19–20and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
• Eph 3:14–21... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
• Phil 3:14I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
• Heb 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
• Ps 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
• Ps 68:20Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
• Rom 9:23–24What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
• Rev 3:4But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
• Prov 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• John 6:27–29Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
• Rom 1:9God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
• 1 Cor 1:8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Dan 3:17If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.
• Isa 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

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