Verse 2

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you– unless you believed in vain.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
  • John 8:31-32 : 31 Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him,“If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 The Message of the Cross For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
  • Gal 3:4 : 4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing?– if indeed it was for nothing.
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
  • Col 1:23 : 23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
  • 2 Thess 2:15 : 15 Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
  • 1 Cor 1:21 : 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.
  • 1 Cor 15:11-12 : 11 Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed. 12 No Resurrection? Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
  • 1 Cor 15:14 : 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.
  • 2 Cor 2:15 : 15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing–
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
  • Rom 11:22 : 22 Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God– harshness toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.
  • Acts 8:13 : 13 Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.
  • Ps 106:12-13 : 12 They believed his promises; they sang praises to him. 13 They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.
  • Prov 6:20-23 : 20 My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother. 21 Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck. 22 When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you. 23 For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Acquire truth and do not sell it– wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
  • Luke 8:13 : 13 Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Warning Against Drifting Away Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
  • Heb 4:14 : 14 Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
  • Heb 10:23 : 23 And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 Faith and Works Together What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
  • Jas 2:17 : 17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.
  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.