rSee ch. 1:2, 3
John 6:27-29
27 aDo not work for the food that perishes, but for bthe food that endures to eternal life, which cthe Son of Man will give to you. For on dhim God the Father has eset his seal.” 28Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing fthe works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, gthat you believe in him whom hhe has sent.”Ephesians 1:19-20
19and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, iaccording to the working of jhis great might 20that he worked in Christ kwhen he raised him from the dead and lseated him at his right hand min the heavenly places,1 Thessalonians 1:3
3remembering before nour God and Father oyour work of faith and labor of plove and qsteadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.1 Thessalonians 2:13
13And rwe also thank God constantly ▼▼Or without ceasing
for this, that when you received tthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it unot as the word of men ▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
but as what it really is, the word of God, wwhich is at work in you believers. Hebrews 12:2
2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, xwho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ythe shame, and zis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
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