Jude 3
New King James Version
Contend for the Faith
3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you (A)concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting (B)you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
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Jude 3
New American Standard Bible
3 (A)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our (B)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you (C)contend earnestly for (D)the faith that was once for all time (E)handed down to (F)the [a]saints.
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- Jude 1:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Jude 3
Amplified Bible
3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I was compelled to write to you [urgently] appealing that you [a]fight strenuously for [the defense of] the faith which was once for all [b]handed down to the saints [the faith that is the sum of Christian belief that was given verbally to believers].
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Jude 20
New King James Version
Maintain Your Life with God
20 But you, beloved, (A)building yourselves up on your most holy faith, (B)praying in the Holy Spirit,
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Jude 20
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20 But you, (A)beloved, (B)building yourselves up on your most holy (C)faith, (D)praying in the Holy Spirit,
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Jude 20
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20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,
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2 Peter 1:5-8
New King James Version
Fruitful Growth in the Faith
5 But also for this very reason, (A)giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue (B)knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control [a]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and (C)to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither [b]barren (D)nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Peter 1:6 patience
- 2 Peter 1:8 useless
2 Peter 1:5-8
New American Standard Bible
5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith (A)supply (B)moral [a]excellence, and in your moral excellence, (C)knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, (D)self-control, and in your self-control, (E)perseverance, and in your perseverance, (F)godliness, 7 and in your godliness, (G)brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor (H)unproductive in the true (I)knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Peter 1:5 Or virtue
2 Peter 1:5-8
Amplified Bible
5 For this very reason, applying your diligence [to the divine promises, make every effort] in [exercising] your faith to, [a]develop moral excellence, and in moral excellence, knowledge (insight, understanding), 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, steadfastness, and in your steadfastness, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly affection, and in your brotherly affection, [develop Christian] love [that is, learn to unselfishly seek the best for others and to do things for their benefit]. 8 For as these qualities are yours and are increasing [in you as you grow toward spiritual maturity], they will keep you from being useless and unproductive in regard to the true knowledge and greater understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Peter 1:5 Lit supply.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
New King James Version
God’s Final Judgment and Glory
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
New American Standard Bible
3 We ought always (A)to give thanks to God for you, (B)brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the (C)love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater.
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
Amplified Bible
3 We ought always and indeed are morally obligated [as those in debt] to give thanks to God for you, [a]brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing ever greater, and the [unselfish] [b]love of each one of you toward one another is continually increasing.
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Lit brethren, includes all born-again believers.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.
2 Corinthians 10:15
New King James Version
15 not boasting of things beyond measure, that is, (A)in other men’s labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere,
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2 Corinthians 10:15
New American Standard Bible
15 not boasting (A)beyond our measure, that is, in (B)other people’s labors, but with the hope that as (C)your faith grows, we will be, [a]within our [b]domain, (D)enlarged even more by you,
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- 2 Corinthians 10:15 Lit according to our
- 2 Corinthians 10:15 See note 2 v 13
2 Corinthians 10:15
Amplified Bible
15 We do not go beyond our proper limit, boasting in the work of other men, but we have the hope that as your faith [in Christ and His divine power] continues to grow, our field among you may be greatly expanded [but still within the limits of our commission],
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1 Timothy 6:12
New King James Version
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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1 Timothy 6:12
Amplified Bible
12 Fight the good fight of the faith [in the conflict with evil]; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and [for which] you made the good confession [of faith] in the presence of many witnesses.
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1 Thessalonians 3:10
New King James Version
10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face (A)and perfect what is lacking in your faith?
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1 Thessalonians 3:10
New American Standard Bible
10 as we (A)keep praying most earnestly night and day that we may (B)see your faces, and may (C)complete what is lacking in your faith?
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1 Thessalonians 3:10
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10 We continue to pray night and day most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and may complete whatever may be imperfect and lacking in your faith.
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Hebrews 12:2
New King James Version
2 looking unto Jesus, the [a]author and [b]finisher of our faith, (A)who for the joy that was set before Him (B)endured the cross, despising the shame, and (C)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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- Hebrews 12:2 originator
- Hebrews 12:2 perfecter
Hebrews 12:2
New American Standard Bible
2 looking only at Jesus, the [a](A)originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him (B)endured the cross, (C)despising the shame, and has (D)sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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- Hebrews 12:2 Or leader
Hebrews 12:2
Amplified Bible
2 [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, [a]disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].(A)
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- Hebrews 12:2 Sometimes the public shame of the cross is overlooked when one thinks of the pain and agony inflicted by it, but in the Roman Empire crucifixion was a shameful and disgraceful way to die, a form of capital punishment from which Roman citizens were exempt; and in Roman comedy it was used in a curse: “Go to a bad cross!”
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