1 Thessalonians 1:3 Cross References - Sawyer

³ remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God even our Father,

²⁷ Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father sealed. ^{28 (9:2)} Then they said to him, What shall we do to perform the works of God? ²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God; to believe on him whom he has sent.

^{15 (16:8)} If you love me, keep my commandments;

²¹ He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. ^{22 (16:9)} Judas said to him, not the Iscariot, Lord, and how is it that you are about to manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our mansion with him.

¹⁰ If you keep my commandments you shall continue in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and continue in his love.

^{15 (22:7)} When therefore they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a friend to you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ Again he said to him a second time; Simon, son of John, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I am a friend to you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷ He said to him a third time; Simon, son of John, are you a friend to me? Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, Are you a friend to me? and he said to him, Lord you know all things; you know that I am a friend to you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.

¹⁹ Change your minds, therefore, and turn yourselves, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

³¹ and said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard and your charities are remembered before God.

⁷ to those who by patience in good works seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

³ And not only [this], but we rejoice also in afflictions, knowing that affliction works out patience, ⁴ and patience, experience, and experience, hope; ⁵ and the hope makes not ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given us.

²⁴ For we are saved by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what he sees? ²⁵ but if we hope for what we see not, we wait for it with patience.

¹² rejoice in the hope, be patient in affliction, be persevering in prayer,

⁴ For those things which were written before were written for our instruction, that through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we may have hope.

¹³ And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

⁶ Salute Mary, who labored much for us.

²⁶ but made manifest now by the scriptures of the prophets, by the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of the faith among all nations,

^{4 (6:6)} Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up, ⁵ does not behave unbecomingly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil, ⁶ rejoices not in wickedness, but rejoices in the truth; ⁷ bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all things, and endures all things.

¹³ And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

¹⁷ For we are not as many, who adulterate the word of God, [for gain]; but as of sincerity, but as of God, we speak before God in Christ.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constrains us, judging this, that if one died for all then were all dead; ¹⁵ and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for themselves but for him that died for them and rose again.

⁷ But as you abound in every thing, in faith, and speech, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us, [we desire] that you may abound in this grace also. ^{8 (2:2)} I do not speak by command, but on account of the diligence of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love; ⁹ for you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he became poor, though rich, that you by his poverty might be rich.

⁴ who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil life according to the will of God even our Father,

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing nor uncircumcision, but faith which works by love.

¹³ For you are called to liberty, brothers, only make not your liberty an occasion for the flesh, but by love serve one another.

⁹ Let us not be weary of well doing; for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

^{13 (1:5)} For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, that receiving the word of God heard from us, you received not a word of men, but, as it is in truth, a word of God, who also works in you that believe. ¹⁴ For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which were in Judea, for you also suffered the same things from your countrymen, which they did from the Jews

^{6 (1:8)} But now Timothy having come to us from you and told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us, as we also you,

^{3 (1:2)} We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fit, because your faith increases greatly, and the love of every one of you all one for another abounds,

¹¹ For which also we pray always for you, that our God will account you worthy of the calling, and accomplish all the good pleasure of [his] goodness and the work of faith with power;

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

^{3 (1:2)} I thank God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a pure conscience, that I mention you incessantly in my prayers night and day, ⁴ desiring to see you, remembering your tears, that I might be filled with joy, ⁵ having a remembrance of the unfeigned faith in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that [it dwells] also in you.

⁵ hearing of your love and faith which you have for the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, ⁶ that your participation of the faith may be made effectual by a knowledge of all the good which we have in Christ Jesus. ⁷ For I have great joy and comfort in your love, because the saints are refreshed by you, brother.

^{11 (1:8)} Let us use diligence, therefore to enter into that rest [the heavenly rest], that no one may fall, after the same example of disobedience.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust, to forget your work, and the love which you showed for his name, having served the saints and [still] serving them. ¹¹ But we desire each of you to show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end,

¹⁵ and so having waited long he obtained the promise.

³⁶ For you have need of patience, that having done the will of God you may receive the promise.

^{7 (4:5)} By faith Noah having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, fearing built the ark for the salvation of his house, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness by faith. ^{8 (4:6)} By faith Abraham being called obeyed and went out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.

^{17 (4:8)} By faith Abraham when tried offered Isaac, and he that received the promises offered his only son,

²⁴ By faith Moses when he became a man refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter, ²⁵ choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a time, ²⁶ judging the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had respect to the reward. ²⁷ By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the displeasure of the king; for he endured as seeing him that is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he observed the passover and the pouring out of blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians attempting were swallowed up. ³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down when they had been surrounded seven days. ³¹ By faith Rahab the harlot escaped destruction with the disobedient, having received the spies in peace. ^{32 (4:10)} And why should I say more? For time would fail me to relate of Gideon and Barak, and Sampson and Jepthah, and David and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who by faith subdued kingdoms, performed righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ extinguished the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put to flight encampments of foreigners;

²¹ perfect you in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever; amen.

³ knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience. ⁴ But let patience have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

¹⁷ So also faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone. ¹⁸ But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by works. ¹⁹ You believe that there is one God? You do well; demons also believe and tremble. ²⁰ But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You see that faith cooperated with his works, and by works was faith made perfect, ²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, And Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him a righteousness, and he was called God's friend. ²⁴ You see then that a man is justified by works and not by faith only. ²⁵ And in like manner also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? ²⁶ For as the body without a spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

^{7 (2:7)} Wait patiently therefore, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and is of long patience, till he receives the autumnal and vernal rain. ⁸ Do you also have long patience, confirm your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

⁴ but let the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the imperishable [ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great price before God.

³ And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure.

^{18 (1:13)} My little children, let us not love in word nor tongue, but in work and truth.

^{21 (1:14)} Beloved, if our minds do not condemn us, we have boldness before God,

³ For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous;

² I know your works and your labor and your patience, and that you cannot bear the wicked, and you tried those who say they are apostles and are not, and found them false; ³ and you have patience, and suffered for my name, and did not faint. ⁴ But I have against you that you have left your first love.

¹⁹ I know your works and love and faith and service and your patience, and your last works more than the first.

¹⁰ Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which is to come on all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth.