Colossians 1:23

Modern English Version

if you continue in the faith, established and firm, and are not removed from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

As for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the Lord will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!

Lamentations 3:66

In Your anger pursue and destroy them from under Your heavens, O  Lord!

Ezekiel 18:26

When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he dies in it, for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the Lord, who have not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.

Mark 16:15

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have repented, strengthen your brothers.”

Luke 6:48

He is like a man who built a house, and dug deep, and laid the foundation on rock. When the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, but could not shake it, for it was founded on rock.

John 15:6

If a man does not remain in Me, he is thrown out as a branch and withers. And they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

Acts 1:17

For he was numbered with us and took part in this ministry.”

Acts 1:25

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, to go to his own place.”

Acts 1:8

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and exhorted them all to remain with the Lord with a loyal heart.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the minds of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith, to go through many afflictions and thus enter the kingdom of God.

Acts 2:5

Now dwelling in Jerusalem were Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

Acts 20:24

But none of these things deter me. Nor do I count my life of value to myself, so that I may joyfully finish my course and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 26:16

But rise and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of what you have seen and of what I will yet reveal to you.

Acts 4:12

There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Romans 10:18

But I say, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: “Their voice went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”

Romans 15:16

that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 2:7

To those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality will be eternal life.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one?

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I, Paul, who am lowly in presence among you but bold toward you while absent, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? I speak as a fool. I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, often facing death.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who has made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy we have received, we do not lose heart.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As workers together with God, we ask you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid for you, lest I have worked for you in vain.

Galatians 5:5

For we, through the Spirit, by faith, eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

Galatians 5:7

You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.

Ephesians 1:18

that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance among the saints,

Ephesians 2:21

in whom the entire building, tightly framed together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 4:16

from whom the whole body is joined together and connected by every joint and ligament, as every part effectively does its work and grows, building itself up in love.

Deuteronomy 2:25

This day I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.”

Deuteronomy 4:19

And beware, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you are led astray and worship them, and serve them, that which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations under the whole heaven.

Colossians 1:25

I have been made a servant of it according to the commission of God, which has been given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, just as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

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

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to inquire about your faith, lest by some means the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor might have been in vain.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and has given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 1:12

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful and appointed me to the ministry.

1 Timothy 2:7

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without question, great is the mystery of godliness: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up into glory.

Titus 3:7

so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 10:38

Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him.”

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence firmly to the end,

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful over God’s house as a Son, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of our hope firm to the end.

Hebrews 4:14

Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to our confession.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, which enters the inner sanctuary behind the veil.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:5

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

1 John 2:27

But the anointing which you have received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. For as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and just as it has taught you, remain in Him.

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.