1 Thessalonians 1:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Song of Solomon 8:7

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one offered for love all the wealth of one’s house, it would be utterly scorned.

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 15:10

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

Acts 10:31

He said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out,

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer.

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:4

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 16:26

but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

Romans 16:6

Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many, but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become enslaved to one another.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

Galatians 6:9

So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought us the good news of your faith and love. He has told us also that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, just as we long to see you.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfill by his power every good resolve and work of faith,

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

1 Timothy 1:14

and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 2:3

This is right and acceptable before God our Savior,

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son,

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, as he works among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through such disobedience as theirs.

Hebrews 6:15

And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

1 Peter 3:4

rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.

1 John 3:18

Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God,

1 John 3:3

And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

1 John 5:3

For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

Revelation 2:19

“I know your works: your love, faith, service, and endurance. I know that your latest works are greater than the first.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.