To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with t
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in ou
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for whi
How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, s
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom an
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD
The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jes
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” s
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom w
All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty stre
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For o
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,
What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompa
So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for g
But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk w
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have co
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.