2 Thessalonians 1:4

Paul tells other churches about the Thessalonians' steadfastness and faith under persecution. Their endurance becomes a public testimony to God's sustaining grace.

Cross-references · 21

• Heb 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
• Jas 5:7–8Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
• Heb 12:1–3Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
• 1 Th 2:14For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
• 2 Cor 7:14Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
• 1 Th 2:19After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
• 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.
• 1 Cor 7:17Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
• Rev 14:12Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
• Rom 5:3–5Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
• 1 Th 3:2–8We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
• 2 Th 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
• Heb 6:15And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
• Jas 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
• 2 Cor 9:2For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
• 2 Cor 9:4Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
• 2 Pet 1:6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
• Rom 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
• Jas 1:3–4because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
• Rom 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• Rom 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

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