Revelation 2:3

He praises their patient endurance and steadfastness for his name without growing weary. It matters because faithful perseverance under pressure pleases Christ.

Cross-references · 40

• Heb 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
• 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.
• Jas 5:7–11Be 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 12:1Therefore, 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.
• Jas 1:3–4because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
• Col 1:11being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
• John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
• Heb 6:15And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
• Heb 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
• Rom 5:3–4Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
• 2 Th 3:13But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
• 1 Cor 13:7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
• Ps 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
• 1 Tim 4:10To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
• Rom 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
• Rom 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
• Heb 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
• Heb 12:3–5Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
• 2 Cor 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
• Luke 14:27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
• 2 Cor 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
• 2 Cor 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
• Rev 3:10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
• 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.
• Rev 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
• 2 Pet 1:6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
• Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
• Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
• Rom 15:4–5For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
• Rom 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• 2 Cor 5:9So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
• 2 Cor 10:15Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
• Ps 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
• Mic 7:9Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
• 1 Th 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• 2 Th 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
• 2 Th 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
• Heb 13:13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
• 2 Cor 6:5in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
• Phil 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

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