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Remembering without ceasing your workf of faith, and laborg of love, and patienceh of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

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John 6:29• ²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom *he* has sent. (John 6:29)

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2 Thess. 1:11• ¹¹To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power, (2 Thess. 1:11)

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Heb. 6:10• ¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. (Heb. 6:10)

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Rom. 12:12• ¹²As regards hope, rejoicing: as regards tribulation, enduring: as regards prayer, persevering: (Rom. 12:12)

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Remembering.

1 Thess. 3:6• ⁶But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you; (1 Thess. 3:6)

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2 Tim. 1:3‑5• ³I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,
⁴earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
⁵calling to mind the unfeigned faith which has been in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also. (2 Tim. 1:3‑5)

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1 Thess. 2:13‑14• ¹³And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received the word of the report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.
¹⁴For *ye*, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for *ye* also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also *they* of the Jews, (1 Thess. 2:13‑14)

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John 6:27‑29• ²⁷Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.
²⁸They said therefore to him, What should we do that we may work the works of God?
²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom *he* has sent. (John 6:27‑29)

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Rom. 16:26• ²⁶but which has now been made manifest, and by prophetic scriptures, according to commandment of the eternal God, made known for obedience of faith to all the nations-- (Rom. 16:26)

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1 Cor. 15:58• ⁵⁸So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)

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Gal. 5:6• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love. (Gal. 5:6)

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2 Thess. 1:3,11• ³We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;
¹¹To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power, (2 Thess. 1:3,11)

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Heb. 4:11• ¹¹Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word. (Heb. 4:11)

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Heb. 11:7‑8,17,24‑34• ⁷By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
⁸By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.
¹⁷By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten son,
²⁴By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter;
²⁵choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have the temporary pleasure of sin;
²⁶esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.
²⁷By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible.
²⁸By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
²⁹By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.
³⁰By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days.
³¹By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.
³²And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:
³³who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths,
³⁴quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made the armies of strangers give way. (Heb. 11:7‑8,17,24‑34)

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James 2:17‑26• ¹⁷So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.
¹⁸But some one will say, *Thou* hast faith and *I* have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and *I* from my works will shew thee my faith.
¹⁹*Thou* believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.
²⁰But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
²²Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and that by works faith was perfected.
²³And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.
²⁴Ye see that a man is justified on the principle of works, and not on the principle of faith only.
²⁵But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put them forth by another way?
²⁶For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. (James 2:17‑26)

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Rev. 2:19• ¹⁹I know thy works, and love, and faith, and service, and thine endurance, and thy last works to be more than the first. (Rev. 2:19)

and labour.

Gen. 29:20• ²⁰And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her. (Gen. 29:20)

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Song of Sol. 8:7• ⁷Many waters cannot quench love, Neither do the floods drown it: Even if a man gave all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned. (Song of Sol. 8:7)

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John 14:15,21‑23• ¹⁵If ye love me, keep my commandments.
²¹He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
²²Judas, not the Iscariote, says to him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world?
²³Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him. (John 14:15,21‑23)

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John 15:10• ¹⁰If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. (John 15:10)

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John 21:15‑17• ¹⁵When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
¹⁷He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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Rom. 16:6• ⁶Salute Maria, who laboured much for you. (Rom. 16:6)

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1 Cor. 13:4‑7• ⁴Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
⁵does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
⁶does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
⁷bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Cor. 13:4‑7)

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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
¹⁵and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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2 Cor. 8:7‑9• ⁷but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.
⁸I do not speak as commanding it, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.
⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched. (2 Cor. 8:7‑9)

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Gal. 5:13• ¹³For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)

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Philem. 5‑7• ⁵hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,
⁶in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ Jesus.
⁷For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. (Philem. 5‑7)

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Heb. 6:10‑11• ¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.
¹¹But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; (Heb. 6:10‑11)

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1 John 3:18• ¹⁸Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:18)

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1 John 5:3• ³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:3)

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Rev. 2:2‑4• ²I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;
³and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied:
⁴but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love. (Rev. 2:2‑4)

and patience.

Rom. 2:7• ⁷to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal. (Rom. 2:7)

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Rom. 5:3‑5• ³And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;
⁴and endurance, experience; and experience, hope;
⁵and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us: (Rom. 5:3‑5)

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Rom. 8:24‑25• ²⁴For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?
²⁵But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience. (Rom. 8:24‑25)

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Rom. 12:12• ¹²As regards hope, rejoicing: as regards tribulation, enduring: as regards prayer, persevering: (Rom. 12:12)

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Rom. 15:13• ¹³Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:13)

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1 Cor. 13:13• ¹³And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these is love. (1 Cor. 13:13)

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Gal. 6:9• ⁹but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap. (Gal. 6:9)

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Heb. 6:15• ¹⁵and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise. (Heb. 6:15)

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Heb. 10:36• ³⁶For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. (Heb. 10:36)

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James 1:3‑4• ³knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
⁴But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. (James 1:3‑4)

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James 5:7‑8• ⁷Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
⁸*Ye* also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh. (James 5:7‑8)

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1 John 3:3• ³And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure. (1 John 3:3)

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Rev. 3:10• ¹⁰Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, *I* also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Rev. 3:10)

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Eccl. 2:26• ²⁶For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind. (Eccl. 2:26)

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Acts 3:19• ¹⁹Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, (Acts 3:19)

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Acts 10:31• ³¹and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God. (Acts 10:31)

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2 Cor. 2:17• ¹⁷For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ. (2 Cor. 2:17)

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1 Tim. 2:3• ³for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God, (1 Tim. 2:3)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹perfect you in every good work to the doing of his will, doing in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

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1 Peter 3:4• ⁴but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. (1 Peter 3:4)

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1 John 3:21• ²¹Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God, (1 John 3:21)

• Three great principles, he tells the Corinthians (1 Cor. 13) form the basis and ever abide as the foundation of this life-faith, hope and love. (“1 Thessalonians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• The work, the labor, the endurance continued at Ephesus, but ceased to be characterized by these great and mighty principles. The habit continued, but the communion was wanting. They had forsaken their first love. {Rev. 2:2-4} (“1 Thessalonians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• These principles, faith, hope and love, form our character as Christians: but they cannot be, and ought not to be, formed in us without having objects. (“1 Thessalonians 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

W. Kelly Translation

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remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father,