-
2 Thessalonians 2 13
As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation— a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.
-
Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
-
1 Thessalonians 4 1
Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.
-
Proverbs 4:18
The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
-
1 Peter 1 22
You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.
-
1 Thessalonians 3 9
How we thank God for you! Because of you we have great joy as we enter God’s presence.
-
Romans 1:8
Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world.
-
2 Peter 1 5-2 Peter 1 10
In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge,and knowledge with self control, and self control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness,and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.
-
Luke 15:32
We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”
-
1 Thessalonians 3 6
But now Timothy has just returned, bringing us good news about your faith and love. He reports that you always remember our visit with joy and that you want to see us as much as we want to see you.
-
1 Thessalonians 3 12
And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.
-
1 Thessalonians 4 9-1 Thessalonians 4 10
But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another.Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.
-
2 Peter 3 18
Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.
-
Philippians 1:9
I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.
-
Job 17:9
The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.
-
1 Corinthians 1 4
I always thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus.
-
1 Thessalonians 1 2-1 Thessalonians 1 3
We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly.As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ.
-
John 15:2
He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
-
Philippians 1:7
So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.
-
Psalms 92:13
For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
-
2 Peter 1 13
And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live.
-
Luke 17:5
The apostles said to the Lord,“ Show us how to increase our faith.”
-
Ephesians 5:20
And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
-
Psalms 84:7
They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.