Jude 1:20

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But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,

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  • Eph 6:18 : 18 With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and petitions for all the saints.
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.
  • 1 Cor 14:15 : 15 What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.
  • 1 Thess 5:11 : 11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.
  • 1 Cor 14:4-5 : 4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. 5 I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it would give grace to those who hear.
  • 1 John 5:4 : 4 because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. Testimony About the SonThis is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 Condemnation of the False Teachers Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed.This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.
  • 1 Cor 1:8 : 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 10:23 : 23 Live to Glorify God“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial.“Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.
  • Rom 15:2 : 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Rom 8:15 : 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.”
  • 1 Cor 14:26 : 26 Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.
  • Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!”
  • Eph 4:12 : 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
  • Eph 4:16 : 16 From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body builds itself up in love.
  • Jas 2:22 : 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.
  • 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.
  • Titus 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,
  • 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan that operates by faith.

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  • 21maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.

  • 19These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • 17Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    21Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

    22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • Eph 1:15-17
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    15Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

    16I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

    17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

  • 3because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 2:21-22
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    21In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

    22in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

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    5because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

    6I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

  • 24Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,

  • 18With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and petitions for all the saints.

  • 13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • 32And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

  • 13so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

  • 23Conclusion Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 14Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

  • 11And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

  • 3Condemnation of the False Teachers Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

  • 19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

  • 3making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

  • 30Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.

  • 9But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

  • 8who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

  • 8You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

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    15but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,

    16for it is written,“You shall be holy, because I am holy.”

  • 4since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

  • 12It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

  • 5For it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.

  • 2 Pet 3:1-2
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    1The False Teachers’ Denial of the Lord’s Return Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:

    2I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

  • Eph 3:16-17
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    16I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he will grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

    17that Christ will dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

  • 1Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

  • 5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

  • 25Brothers and sisters, pray for us too.

  • 12Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

  • 5in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

  • 10We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.

  • 1 Pet 1:4-5
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    4that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

    5who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • 13And when you heard the word of truth(the gospel of your salvation)– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

  • 6by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

  • 19Do not extinguish the Spirit.

  • 17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.

  • 11Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.