Philippians 1:29

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power,

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father and has learned, comes to me.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.

When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”

He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;

When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.