Colossians 1:23

This blessing holds if they continue steadfast in the faith and the gospel hope. Genuine faith perseveres.

Cross-references · 40

• Heb 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
• Heb 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
• Matt 24:13–14But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
• Heb 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
• Gal 6:9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• Col 1:5–6the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
• Rom 10:18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
• Eph 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Heb 6:19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
• John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
• Rev 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• 1 Th 3:5For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
• Acts 2:5Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
• John 8:30–32As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
• Eph 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
• John 15:9–10As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
• 2 Cor 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
• Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
• 2 Pet 2:18–22With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
• Luke 8:13–15The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
• Rom 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• Col 1:25I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
• Matt 7:24–25Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Heb 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
• 2 Cor 5:18–20All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
• Eph 3:7–8I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
• 1 Pet 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Gal 5:7You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
• 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
• 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• 1 Jn 3:1–3Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
• Ezek 18:26If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
• Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
• Acts 1:17He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
• Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
• Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
• Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
• 1 Cor 4:1–3So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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