1 Thessalonians 1:3

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

John 14:15

If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,

John 15:10

If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father's commands to heart and remain in his love.

Acts 10:31

'Cornelius,' he said, 'your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been accepted, by God.

Acts 3:19

Therefore, repent and turn, that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,

Romans 12:12

Rejoicing in your hope; steadfast under persecution; persevering in prayer;

Romans 15:13

May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, till you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:4

Whatever was written in the Scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the Scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.

Romans 16:26

And, in obedience to the command of the Immortal God, made known through the writings of the Prophets to all nations, to secure submission to the Faith--

Romans 16:6

To Mary, who worked hard for you;

Romans 2:7

To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;

1 Corinthians 13:13

Meanwhile Faith, Hope, and Love endure-these three, but the greatest of these is Love.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 2:17

Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.

Galatians 1:4

Gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God and Father,

Galatians 5:13

Remember, Brothers, to you the Call came to give you freedom. Only do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence, but serve one another in a loving spirit.

Galatians 5:6

If a man is in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.

Galatians 6:9

Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

But, when Timothy recently returned to us from you with good news of your faith and love, and told us how kindly you think of us--always longing, he said, to see us, just as we are longing to see you--

2 Thessalonians 1:11

With this in view, our constant prayer for you is that our God may count you worthy of the Call that you have received, and by his power make perfect your delight in all goodness and the efforts that have resulted from your faith.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Brothers, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.

1 Timothy 1:14

and the loving-kindness of our Lord was boundless, and filled me with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 2:3

This will be good and acceptable in the eyes of God, our Savior,

Hebrews 10:36

You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.

Hebrews 11:17

It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice--he who had received the promises offering up his only son,

Hebrews 13:21

may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter upon that Rest, so that none of us fall through such disbelief as that of which we have had an example.

Hebrews 6:15

And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfillment of God's promise.

1 Peter 3:4

but the inner life with the imperishable beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit; for this is very precious in God's sight.

1 John 3:18

My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,

1 John 3:3

And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure--as Christ is pure.

1 John 5:3

For to love God is to lay his commands to heart; and his commands are not burdensome,

Revelation 2:19

I know your life, your love, faith, service, and endurance; and I know that your life of late has been better than it was at first.

Revelation 3:10

Because you kept in mind the story of my endurance, I will keep you in the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole world, the hour that will test all who are living upon earth.