1 Thessalonians 3:8
because now we live, if you may stand fast in the LORD.
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In The King James Version
For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
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1 Samuel 25:6and said thus to the living: And peace to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!
John 8:31Jesus, therefore, said to the Jews who believed in Him, “If you may remain in My word, you are truly My disciples,
John 15:7if you may remain in Me, and My sayings may remain in you, whatever you may wish you will ask, and it will be done to you.
1 Corinthians 15:58so that, my beloved brothers, become steadfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the LORD at all times, knowing that your labor in the LORD is not vain.
Galatians 5:1In the freedom, then, with which Christ made you free—stand, and do not be held fast again by a yoke of servitude.
Ephesians 4:15and [speaking] truth in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head—the Christ;
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 3:7-11
The Mission of Timothy. ( a. d. 51.) 6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 10 Night and… Read the whole commentary →