Acts 11:23
11:23 When
he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true
to the Lord with devoted hearts,
Acts 13:43
13:43 When the meeting of the synagogue
had broken up,
many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes
followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading
them
to continue
in the grace of God.
John 8:31-32
Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children
8:31 Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples
8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 15:4-6
15:4 Remain
in me, and I will remain in you.
Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself,
unless it remains
in
the vine, so neither can you unless you remain
in me.
15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me – and I in him – bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
15:6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.
John 15:9-10
15:9 “Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.
15:10 If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
Colossians 1:23
1:23 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.
Jude 1:3
Condemnation of the False Teachers
1:3 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.
Jude 1:20-21
1:20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,
1:21 maintain
yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.