For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins.”

Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,