Study Desk

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.

Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge,

for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.

Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;

"I know where you are living, where Satan's throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.

"I know your works—your love, faith, service, and patient endurance. I know that your last works are greater than the first.

If you are to be taken captive, into captivity you go; if you kill with the sword, with the sword you must be killed. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of Jesus.