Bible Cross References
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2 Thessalonians 2:13
We must thank God at all times for you, friends, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first to be saved by the Spirit's power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth.
Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the whole world is hearing about your faith.
1 Corinthians 1:4
I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace he has given you through Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 1:2
We always thank God for you all and always mention you in our prayers.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm.
1 Thessalonians 3:6
Now Timothy has come back, and he has brought us the welcome news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always think well of us and that you want to see us just as much as we want to see you.
1 Thessalonians 3:9
Now we can give thanks to our God for you. We thank him for the joy we have in his presence because of you.
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Luke 15:32
But we had to celebrate and be happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.' "
Philippians 1:7
You are always in my heart! And so it is only right for me to feel as I do about you. For you have all shared with me in this privilege that God has given me, both now that I am in prison and also while I was free to defend the gospel and establish it firmly.
2 Peter 1:13
I think it only right for me to stir up your memory of these matters as long as I am still alive.
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Job 17:9
Those who claim to be respectable are more and more convinced they are right.
Psalm 84:7
They grow stronger as they go; they will see the God of gods on Zion.
Psalm 92:13
They are like trees planted in the house of the LORD, that flourish in the Temple of our God,
Proverbs 4:18
The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.
Isaiah 40:29-31
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He strengthens those who are weak and tired.
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Even those who are young grow weak; young people can fall exhausted.
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But those who trust in the LORD for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not get weary; they will walk and not grow weak.
Luke 17:5
The apostles said to the Lord, "Make our faith greater."
John 15:2
He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.
Philippians 1:9
I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, our friends, you learned from us how you should live in order to please God. This is, of course, the way you have been living. And now we beg and urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to do even more.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
There is no need to write you about love for each other. You yourselves have been taught by God how you should love one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
And you have, in fact, behaved like this toward all the believers in all of Macedonia. So we beg you, our friends, to do even more.
1 Peter 1:22
Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.
2 Peter 1:5-10
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For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge;
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to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add endurance; to your endurance add godliness;
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to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love.
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These are the qualities you need, and if you have them in abundance, they will make you active and effective in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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But if you do not have them, you are so shortsighted that you cannot see and have forgotten that you have been purified from your past sins.
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So then, my friends, try even harder to make God's call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith.
2 Peter 3:18
But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now and forever! Amen.