Thursday, September 2, 2010

HOPE 1 Thessalonians 1:3

We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

We continually remember before our God and Father
Philippians 4:20 To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

your work produced by faith
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
2 Thessalonians 1:11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.
James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such a faith save him?
James 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

your labor prompted by love
1 Thessalonians 3:6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ
Romans 8:25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

NOTES:
In addition to the verses above:
Faith, hope and love - Romans 5:2-5; Galatians 5:5-6; Colossians 1:4-5; Hebrews 6:10-12; 10:22-24; 1 Thessalonians 5:8; 1 Peter 1:3-8, 21-22
Faith produces action - Romans 1:5; 16:26; James 2:14-26
Hope - Colossians 1:5; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 6:18-20

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Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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