18 Bible Verses about Perseverance
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And not only that, but this too: let us continue exulting in our sufferings, for we know that suffering produces endurance, and endurance, tested character, and tested character, hope,
Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.
But you, brothers, must never grow tired of doing right.
Keep on praying in the Spirit, with every kind of prayer and entreaty, at every opportunity, be ever on the alert with perfect devotion and entreaty for all God's people,
Let us stop getting tired of doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up.
Now for this very reason you must do your level best to supplement your faith with moral character, moral character with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with patient endurance, patient endurance with piety,
"If we patiently endure, we will reign with Him too. If we disown Him, He will disown us too.
It bears up under anything; it exercises faith in everything; it keeps up hope in everything; it gives us power to endure in anything.
Continue to be an example in wholesome instructions which you learned from me, in the faith and love that come through union with Christ Jesus. Guard this fine deposit of truth by the aid of the Holy Spirit who has His home in our hearts.
This is why, ever since I heard of it, I have never ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you, through full wisdom and spiritual insight, with a clear knowledge of His will,
Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:
to serve the Lord with all humility and in tears, through the trials that befell me because of the plots of the Jews.
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
Keep up the good fight for the faith. Keep your hold on eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the good profession of faith.
Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
ever happy in hope, always patient in suffering, ever persistent in prayer,
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take away your crown.
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Heavenly » Joy kingdom » Perseverance
Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then continues to look back, is fitted for service in the kingdom of God."
spiritual Kingdom » Conditions of entrance into » Perseverance
Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then continues to look back, is fitted for service in the kingdom of God."
Perseverance » In persevering to the end
Let us stop getting tired of doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up.
Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,
and after the congregation had broken up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism allied themselves with Paul and Barnabas, and they kept talking to them and urging them to continue to rely on the unmerited favor of God.
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take away your crown.
Perseverance » Promises to
And you will be hated by all men, because you bear my name, but whoever bears up to the end will be saved.
To him who conquers and continues to the very end to do the works that please me, I will give authority over the heathen; he will govern them with a scepter of iron and shatter them like earthen jars -- just such authority as I have received from my Father -- and I will give him the morning star.
Perseverance » To be manifested in » Continuing in the faith
strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.
I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith.
if indeed you continue well grounded and firm in faith and never shift from the hope inspired by the good news you heard, which has been preached all over the world, and of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.
Perseverance » An evidence of belonging to Christ
For we have become real sharers in Christ, if we keep firm to the end the faith we had at first,
but Christ as a Son set over the house of God was faithful; and we are that house, if we keep up our courage and the joy that hope inspires to the very end.
So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples,
Perseverance » In well-doing » Is not in vain
Let us stop getting tired of doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up.
So, my dear brothers, continue to be firm, incapable of being moved, always letting the cup run over in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the service of the Lord is never thrown away.
Perseverance » To be manifested in » Well-doing
eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,
But you, brothers, must never grow tired of doing right.
Perseverance » To be manifested in » Prayer
ever happy in hope, always patient in suffering, ever persistent in prayer,
Keep on praying in the Spirit, with every kind of prayer and entreaty, at every opportunity, be ever on the alert with perfect devotion and entreaty for all God's people,
Perseverance » Maintained through » God, Power of
For I am certain of this very thing, that He who began the good work in you will go on until the day of Jesus Christ to complete it.
Perseverance » Want of » Punished
If anyone does not remain in union with me, he is thrown away as a mere branch and is dried up; then it is picked up and thrown into the fire and burned up.
So take a look at the goodness and the severity of God; severity to those who have fallen, but goodness to you, on condition that you continue to live by His goodness; otherwise, you too will be pruned away.
Perseverance » Ministers should exhort to
strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.
and after the congregation had broken up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism allied themselves with Paul and Barnabas, and they kept talking to them and urging them to continue to rely on the unmerited favor of God.
Perseverance » Want of » Illustrated
Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;
but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way.
Perseverance » To be manifested in » Seeking God
Perseverance » An evidence of reconciliation with God
So you, who were once estranged from Him, and hostile in disposition as shown by your wrongdoings, He has now reconciled by His death in His human body, so as to present you consecrated, faultless, and blameless in His presence, if indeed you continue well grounded and firm in faith and never shift from the hope inspired by the good news you heard, which has been preached all over the world, and of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.
Perseverance » In well-doing » Leads to assurance of hope
For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have shown His name in the service you have rendered for your fellow-Christians, and still are doing. And we desire each one of you to continue to show the same earnestness to the very end, that you may enjoy your hope to the fullest,
Perseverance » Maintained through » The fear of God
Perseverance » Encouragement to
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Yes, to keep from growing weary and fainthearted, just think of the examples set by Him who has endured so great opposition aimed at Him by sinful men!
Perseverance » Maintained through » The intercession of Christ
"Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed especially for you that your own faith may not utterly fail. And you yourself, after you have turned, must strengthen your brothers."
Perseverance » Want of » Excludes from the benefits of the gospel
For it is impossible for those who have once for all been enlightened and have experienced the gift from heaven, who have been made sharers of the Holy Spirit and have experienced how good God's message is and the mighty powers of the age to come, and then have fallen by the wayside -- it is impossible, I say, to keep on restoring them to their first repentance, since they continue to crucify the Son of God to their detriment and hold Him up to contempt.
Perseverance » A characteristic of saints
Perseverance » Leads to increase of knowledge
So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."
Perseverance » To be manifested in » Holding fast hope
but Christ as a Son set over the house of God was faithful; and we are that house, if we keep up our courage and the joy that hope inspires to the very end.
Perseverance » Maintained through » Faith
who are always guarded by the power of God through faith, in order that you may receive that final salvation which will be ready to be uncovered for you at the last time.
Perseverance » Instances of » Caleb and joshua, in representing the land of promise
Perseverance » Instances of » Jacob, in prayer
Perseverance » To be manifested in » Waiting upon God
Perseverance » Maintained through » The power of Christ
and I give to them eternal life, and they shall never get lost, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
Perseverance » Blessedness of
But the man who looks at the flawless law that makes men free, and keeps on looking, proving himself to be, not a forgetful hearer but an actual doer of what it requires, will be blessed in what he does.
Perseverance » Promised to saints
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Perseverance
Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then continues to look back, is fitted for service in the kingdom of God."
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James 1:12Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.
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