Acts 2:42

The Fellowship of the Believers

42And athey devoted themselves to the apostlesbteaching and the cfellowship, to dthe breaking of bread and the prayers.

1 Corinthians 15:58

58 eTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in fthe work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord gyour labor is not in vain.

Ephesians 4:14

14so that we may no longer be children, htossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in ideceitful schemes.

Colossians 2:5

5For jthough I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your kgood order and lthe firmness of your faith in Christ.

Hebrews 3:14

14For we have come to share in Christ, mif indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

2 Peter 1:10-11

10Therefore, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church
be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and oelection, for if you practice these qualities pyou will never fall.
11For in this way there will be richly provided for you qan entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:18-22

18For, rspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely sescaping from those who live in error. 19They promise them tfreedom, ubut they themselves are slaves
Greek bondservants
of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
20For if, wafter they have escaped the defilements of the world xthrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, ythe last state has become worse for them than the first. 21For zit would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from aathe holy commandment delivered to them. 22What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The abdog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

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