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What does the Bible say about keeping the faith?

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The Bible teaches that believers are called to persevere in trusting Christ, holding firmly to God’s promises through every trial, because faith is sustained by God’s grace. Hebrews 11:1 describes faith as confident assurance in what God has promised, while 2 Corinthians 5:7 calls us to walk by faith rather than sight. Trials test and refine genuine faith, as James 1:3 and 1 Peter 1:6-7 affirm. Christians therefore take up the shield of faith, stand watchful and steadfast, and fight the good fight. With hope fixed on God’s faithfulness, we confess our faith without wavering and seek, like Paul, to finish the race having kept the faith.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:7

    I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

  • Hebrews 11:1

    Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:13

    Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

  • James 1:3

    knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:7

    for we walk by faith, not by sight.

  • Ephesians 6:16

    above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

  • 1 Timothy 6:12

    Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

  • Revelation 2:10

    Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

  • 1 Peter 1:6-7

    [6] Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, [7] that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

  • Hebrews 10:23

    let us hold fast the confession of our hope unyieldingly. For he who promised is faithful.

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