Revelation 2:13
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13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
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Revelation 2:9-10
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9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are (A)rich); and I know the blasphemy of (B)those who say they are Jews and are not, (C)but are a [a]synagogue of Satan. 10 (D)Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. (E)Be faithful until death, and I will give you (F)the crown of life.
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- Revelation 2:9 congregation
1 Timothy 5:8
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8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, (A)and especially for those of his household, (B)he has denied the faith (C)and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Revelation 3:11
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11 [a]Behold, (A)I am coming quickly! (B)Hold fast what you have, that no one may take (C)your crown.
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- Revelation 3:11 NU, M omit Behold
Revelation 3:8-9
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8 (A)“I know your works. See, I have set before you (B)an open door, [a]and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 9 Indeed I will make (C)those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed (D)I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
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- Revelation 3:8 NU, M which no one can shut
2 Timothy 2:12
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Acts 22:20
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20 (A)And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by (B)consenting [a]to his death, and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
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- Acts 22:20 NU omits to his death
Revelation 14:12
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12 (A)Here is the [a]patience of the saints; (B)here[b] are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
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- Revelation 14:12 steadfastness, perseverance
- Revelation 14:12 NU, M omit here are those
Revelation 3:3
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3 (A)Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and (B)repent. (C)Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you (D)as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
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Revelation 2:24-25
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24 “Now to you I say, [a]and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the (A)depths of Satan, as they say, (B)I [b]will put on you no other burden. 25 But hold fast (C)what you have till I come.
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- Revelation 2:24 NU, M omit and
- Revelation 2:24 NU, M omit will
Revelation 2:2
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2 (A)“I know your works, your labor, your [a]patience, and that you cannot [b]bear those who are evil. And (B)you have tested those (C)who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;
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- Revelation 2:2 perseverance
- Revelation 2:2 endure
Jude 3-4
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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. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [a]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- Jude 1:4 NU omits God
Hebrews 10:23
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23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for (A)He who promised is faithful.
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Hebrews 3:6
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6 but Christ as (A)a Son over His own house, (B)whose house we are (C)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.
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- Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end
1 Thessalonians 5:21
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21 (A)Test all things; (B)hold fast what is good.
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Matthew 24:9
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9 (A)“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
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James 2:7
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7 Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are (A)called?
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2 Timothy 1:13
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Be Loyal to the Faith
13 (A)Hold fast (B)the pattern of (C)sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
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Acts 9:14
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14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all (A)who call on Your name.”
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Luke 21:17
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17 And (A)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.
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Matthew 10:23
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23 (A)When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have (B)gone through the cities of Israel (C)before the Son of Man comes.
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