1 Thessalonians 1:3

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

For God 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 before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: