2 Thessalonians 2:16 Cross References - Living_Oracles

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through favor,

²⁵ Abraham answered, Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received good things, and Lazarus received evil things; but now he is in joy, and you are in torments.

¹⁶ for God has so loved the world, as to give his own begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him, may not perish, but obtain eternal life.

¹⁴ but whosoever will drink of the water which I shall give him, will never thirst more; but the water which I shall give him, will be in him a fountain, springing up to everlasting life.

¹ Jesus having perceived, before the feast of the passover, that his time to remove out of this world to his Father, was come; and having loved his own, who were in the world, he loved them to the last.

¹⁶ and I will entreat the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to continue with you forever; ¹⁷ even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can not receive, because it neither sees him, nor knows him; but you shall know him, because he will abide with you, and be in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you forlorn; I will return to you.

⁹ As the Father loves me, so do I love you: continue in my love.

¹³ No man has greater love than this, to lay down his life for his friends.

²² So, you, at present, are in grief; but I will visit you again, and your hearts shall be joyful, and none shall rob you of your joy.

¹¹ But we believe that we are saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they.

²⁷ And when he intended to go over to Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples, exhorting them to receive him. And being arrived there, by his gift he greatly helped those who had believed.

⁷ To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; favor be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ Now, to him who works, the reward is not counted as a favor, but as a debt.

¹⁶ For this reason, it is through faith that it might be by favor, that the promise might be sure to all the seed: not to that only which is of the law; but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all:

² through whom we have had introduction, also, by faith, into this favor in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God: ³ and not only so, but we rejoice even in afflictions; knowing that affliction produces patience; ⁴ and patience, approbation; and approbation, hope. ⁵ And this hope makes not ashamed: because the love of God is diffused in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, that is given us.

⁸ But God recommends his love to us; because, while we were yet sinner, Christ died for us.

²⁴ For even we are saved by hope. Now, hope that is attained, is not hope; for who can hope for that which he enjoys? ²⁵ But if we hope for that which we do not enjoy, then, with patience, we wait for it.

⁵ So, then, even at this present time, there is a remnant according to an election by favor. ⁶ And if by favor, it is no more of works: otherwise favor is no more favor.

¹⁷ For our momentary light afflictions work out for us an eternal weight of glory, great beyond expression; ¹⁸ while we are aiming, not at things seen, but at things unseen: for the things seen are temporal, but the things unseen are eternal.

⁴ But God being rich in mercy, through his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ even us, who were dead in trespasses, he has made alive together with Christ; (by favor you are saved;)

² and walk in love, even as Christ has loved us, and has given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet smelling savor.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ, also, loved the congregation, and gave himself for it;

⁵ for the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you have formerly heard in the word of truth of the gospel,

²³ if, indeed, you continue in the faith founded and stable, and not removed from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature which is under heaven; of which I, Paul, am made a minister.

³ incessantly remembering your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God, even our Father;

¹¹ Now may God himself, even our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, make straight our way to you.

¹ Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians, which is in God, our Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: ² Favor to you, and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God has, from the beginning, chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of spirit, and belief of truth;

² in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised before the times of the ages-

¹³ expecting the blessed hope; namely, the appearing of the glory of the great God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ;

⁴ But when the goodness and philanthropy of God our Saviour shone forth, ⁵ he saved us-not on account of works of righteousness which we had done-but according to his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ which he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; ⁷ that being justified by his favor, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹¹ Yet, we earnestly desire every one of you to show the same diligence, in order to the realizing of this hope, to the end- ¹² that you may not be slothful, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises.

¹⁸ that, by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled away to lay hold on the hope set before us; ¹⁹ which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and entering into the place within the vail,

¹⁹ (for the law made no one perfect) -and the superinduction of a better hope, by which we draw near to God.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has regenerated us to a lively hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and unfading, preserved in the heavens for us; ⁵ who, by the power of God, are guarded through faith, to the salvation prepared to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ On account of this, be exceeding glad, though now, for a little while, (since it is needful,) you are made sorry by divers trials; ⁷ that the trying of your faith, (much more precious than of gold, which perishes, though proved by fire,) may be found to praise, and honor, and glory, at the revelation of Jesus Christ; ⁸ whom, not having seen, you love; on whom, not now looking, but believing, you greatly rejoice, with joy unspeakable and full of glory-

² Beloved, now we are the children of God; but it does not yet appear what we shall be. However, we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him-that we shall see him as he is. ³ And every one who has this hope in him purifies himself, even as He is pure.

¹⁶ By this we have known the love of Christ, because he laid down his life for us; therefore we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

⁹ By this the love of God was manifested to us, that God sent forth his Son, the only begotten, into the world, that we might live through him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent forth his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who has loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

⁹ Behold, I will give of those-who are of the assembly of Satan; who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold-I will make them to come and worship before your feet; and they shall know that I have loved you.

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither shall they thirst any more; nor shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat: ¹⁷ for the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them, and he shall lead them to fountains of living water; and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

⁵ And there shall be no more night; and they have no need of a lamp, nor of the light of the sun; because the Lord God shall enlighten them: and they shall reign for ever and ever.