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1 Thessalonians 3:8

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For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 16:13Rank 1 from verse 8
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¹³Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Colossians 1:23Rank 2 from verse 8
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²³If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Revelation 3:11Rank 3 from verse 8
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¹¹Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Hebrews 10:23Rank 4 from verse 8
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²³Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Hebrews 4:14Rank 5 from verse 8
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¹⁴Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Philippians 1:21Rank 6 from verse 8
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²¹For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Acts 11:23Rank 7 from verse 8
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²³Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Ephesians 3:17Rank 8 from verse 8
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¹⁷That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Hebrews 3:14Rank 9 from verse 8
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¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Psalms 30:5Rank 10 from verse 8
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⁵For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Revelation 3:3Rank 11 from verse 8
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³Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
1 Corinthians 15:58Rank 12 from verse 8
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⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Peter 5:10Rank 13 from verse 8
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¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1 Samuel 25:6Rank 14 from verse 8
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⁶And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
2 Peter 3:17Rank 15 from verse 8
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¹⁷Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Ephesians 4:15–16Rank 16 from verse 8
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¹⁵But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
¹⁶From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Ephesians 6:13–14Rank 17 from verse 8
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¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
¹⁴Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
John 15:4Rank 18 from verse 8
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⁴Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
John 15:7Rank 19 from verse 8
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⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Philippians 1:27Rank 20 from verse 8
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²⁷Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Philippians 4:1Rank 21 from verse 8
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¹THEREFORE, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Galatians 5:1Rank 22 from verse 8
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¹STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
John 8:31Rank 23 from verse 8
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³¹Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

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1 Thessalonians 3:8

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for

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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live

Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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stand

Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.

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fast

Sense 1: Firm, fixed, or secure. Sense 2: Moving quickly. Sense 3: A period or act of abstaining from food. Sense 4: To abstain from food for a time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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in

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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Lord

1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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^3:7Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

^3:8For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

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^3:9For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;