[For I am] confidentof thisvery thing,that He who begana goodworkin you will perfectit untilthe dayof ChristJesus.
for it is Godwho is at workin you, bothto willand to workfor [His] good pleasure.
for the equippingof the saintsfor the workof service,to the buildingup of the bodyof Christ;
After you have sufferedfor a little while,the Godof allgrace,who calledyou to His eternalgloryin Christ,will Himselfperfect,confirm,strengthen[and] establishyou.
The LORDwill accomplishwhatconcernsme; Your lovingkindness,O LORD,is everlasting;Do not forsakethe worksof Your hands.
whowill alsoconfirmyou to the end,blamelessin the dayof our LordJesusChrist.
To thisendalsowe prayfor you always,that our Godwill count you worthyof your calling,and fulfilleverydesirefor goodnessand the workof faithwith power,
Therefore,do not throw awayyour confidence,whichhasa greatreward.
Jesusansweredand saidto them, "Thisis the workof God,that you believein Him whomHe has sent."
sothat you may approvethe things that are excellent,in orderto be sincereand blamelessuntilthe dayof Christ;
fixing our eyeson Jesus,the authorand perfecterof faith,whofor the joyset beforeHim enduredthe cross,despisingthe shame,and has sat downat the right handof the throneof God.
constantlybearing in mindyour workof faithand laborof loveand steadfastnessof hopein our LordJesusChristin the presenceof our Godand Father,
Having confidencein your obedience,I writeto you, since I knowthat you will doevenmore thanwhatI say.
For to you it has been grantedfor Christ'ssake,not onlyto believein Him, but alsoto sufferfor His sake,
We have confidencein the Lordconcerningyou, that you are doingand will [continue to] dowhatwe command.
having been buriedwith Him in baptism,in whichyou were alsoraisedup with Him throughfaithin the workingof God,who raisedHim from the dead.
I rejoicethat in everythingI have confidencein you.
When they heardthis,they quieted downand glorifiedGod,saying,"Well then,Godhas grantedto the Gentilesalsothe repentance[that leads] to life."
A womannamedLydia,from the cityof Thyatira,a seller of purple fabrics,a worshiperof God,was listening;and the Lordopenedher heartto respondto the things spokenby Paul.
I have confidencein you in the Lordthat you will adoptnootherview;but the one who is disturbingyou will bearhis judgment,whoeverhe is.
But the dayof the Lordwill comelikea thief,in whichthe heavenswill pass awaywith a roarand the elementswill be destroyedwith intense heat,and the earthand its workswill be burnedup.
otherwiseifany Macedonianscomewith me and findyou unprepared,we-- not to speakof you-- will be put to shameby thisconfidence.
Thisis the very thingI wroteyou, sothat when I came,I would not havesorrowfrom those whoought to makeme rejoice;having confidencein you allthat my joywould be [the joy] of you all.
In thisconfidenceI intendedat firstto cometo you, sothat you might twicereceivea blessing;
So then,my beloved,justas you have alwaysobeyed,not as in my presenceonly,but nowmuchmorein my absence,workout your salvationwith fearand trembling;
holding fastthe wordof life,sothat in the dayof ChristI will have reason to glorybecauseI did not runin vainnortoilin vain.