Acts 14:21-23
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When they had preached the gospel to that city and had k made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
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l strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them m to continue in n the faith, and saying that o through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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And when they had p appointed q elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting r they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
Acts 15:41
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Acts 18:23
After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith.
1 Thessalonians 3:13
So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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Acts 13:43
And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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Acts 6:7
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
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John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servan...
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you...
1 Thessalonians 3:3
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2 Timothy 3:12
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Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for...
Mark 10:30
Who will not receive a hundredfold now in this ...
Luke 22:28 - 29
You are those who have stayed with me in my tri...
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and ...
Philippians 1:20
As it is my eager expectation and hope that I w...
2 Thessalonians 1:5
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of G...
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will also reign with him; if w...
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the...
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribul...
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Titus 1:5
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you -
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Acts 11:30
And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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