1 Thessalonians 2:12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

Cross References

Genesis 5:22

Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.

2 Chronicles 17:4

but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:30

And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 5:16

Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

Ephesians 5:2

and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:8

For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light—

Philippians 1:27

Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

Colossians 1:10

so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 2:6

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.

1 Thessalonians 5:24

The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marveled at on that day among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 5:10

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.

2 Peter 1:3

His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

1 John 2:6

whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk just as he walked.

3 John 1:6

they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God;