Hebrews 3:6

Christ is faithful as a Son over God's house, and believers are that house if they hold firmly to their confidence and hope. Perseverance evidences genuine belonging to Christ.

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• 2 Cor 6:16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• 1 Cor 3:16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
• Heb 10:35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
• 1 Pet 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• Heb 6:11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
• 1 Cor 6:19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
• Heb 4:11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
• Heb 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• Heb 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
• Heb 4:14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
• Heb 10:38–39Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
• 1 Tim 3:15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
• Matt 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• 1 Pet 1:3–6Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Heb 1:2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Rev 3:11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
• Col 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• Rom 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
• Matt 24:13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
• 1 Th 5:16Rejoice evermore.
• 2 Th 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Rev 2:18And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
• Rev 2:25But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
• Rom 11:22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
• Heb 3:2–3Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
• 1 Pet 1:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• Gal 6:9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Rom 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• Eph 2:21–22In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
• Rom 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
• Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Ps 2:6–7Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
• John 3:35–36The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
• Matt 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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