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Hebrews 3:14
We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. (niv)
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Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory. (niv)
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Matthew 24:13-14
but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (niv)
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Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, (niv)
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Colossians 1:5-6
the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospelthat has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world— just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. (niv)
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Romans 10:18
But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:“ Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” (niv)
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Hebrews 10:38
And,“ But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.” (niv)
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Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. (niv)
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.“ We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. (niv)
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Acts 2:5
Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. (niv)
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John 15:9-10
“ As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. (niv)
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John 8:30-32
Even as he spoke, many believed in him.To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,“ If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (niv)
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Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, (niv)
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Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. (niv)
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Ephesians 1:18
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 3 5
For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 3 6
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant— not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (niv)
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Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (niv)
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Colossians 1:25
I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— (niv)
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1 Peter 1 5
who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. (niv)
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Mark 16:15
He said to them,“ Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. (niv)
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John 15:6
If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. (niv)
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1 Peter 1 3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (niv)
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Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. (niv)
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1John 3:1-3
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Ezekiel 18:26
If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die. (niv)
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Luke 8:13-15
Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. (niv)
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Psalms 125:5
But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel. (niv)
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Titus 3:7
so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. (niv)
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Galatians 5:5
For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 4:19
And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars— all the heavenly array— do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. (niv)
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1 Timothy 1 12
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. (niv)
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Acts 20:24
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me— the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. (niv)
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Galatians 4:11
I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you. (niv)
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Ephesians 4:16
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 11 23
Are they servants of Christ?( I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. (niv)
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Hebrews 4:14
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 1
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. (niv)
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1John 2:27
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1 Corinthians 15 58
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 2:25
This very day I will begin to put the terror and fear of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble and be in anguish because of you.” (niv)
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1 Corinthians 4 1-1 Corinthians 4 3
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. (niv)
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Romans 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. (niv)
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Romans 2:7
To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. (niv)
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2 Thessalonians 2 16
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, (niv)
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Acts 1:25
to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 3 3
so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 3 5
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe— as the Lord has assigned to each his task. (niv)
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Acts 26:16
‘ Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 6 1
As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. (niv)
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Lamentations 3:66
Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord. (niv)
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Romans 15:16
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (niv)
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2 Timothy 4 5-2 Timothy 4 6
But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. (niv)
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Ephesians 2:21
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. (niv)
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Acts 11:23
When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. (niv)
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Hosea 6:3-4
Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”“ What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 5 8
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. (niv)
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Psalms 92:13-14
planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, (niv)
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2 Corinthians 5 18-2 Corinthians 5 20
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. (niv)
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Galatians 5:7
You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? (niv)
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Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (niv)
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Acts 1:17
He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.” (niv)
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Luke 6:48
They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. (niv)
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2 Peter 2 18-2 Peter 2 22
For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity— for“ people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.Of them the proverbs are true:“ A dog returns to its vomit,” and,“ A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.” (niv)
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Ephesians 3:7-8
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, (niv)
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Matthew 7:24-25
“ Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. (niv)
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1 Timothy 2 7
And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle— I am telling the truth, I am not lying— and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles. (niv)
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Zephaniah 1:6
those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.” (niv)
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2 Timothy 1 11-2 Timothy 1 12
And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. (niv)