Praying for God to Fulfill His Purpose in Us

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren,
as it is fitting,
because your faith grows exceedingly,
and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,

4 so that we ourselves boast of you
among the churches of God
for your patience and faith
in all your persecutions and tribulations
that you endure,
5 which is manifest evidence of
the righteous judgment of God,
that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer;

6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation
those who trouble you,

7 and to give you who are troubled
rest with us
when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
8 in flaming fire
taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of His power,

10 when He comes, in that Day,
to be glorified in His saints
and to be admired among all those who believe, because
our testimony among you was believed.

1 Corinthians 6:9-12

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous
will not inherit the kingdom of God?
Do not be deceived.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners
will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And such were some of you.
But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

All things are lawful for me,
but all things are not helpful.
All things are lawful for me,
but
I will not be brought under the power of any. NKJV

1 Corinthians 10:23-24

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.

24 Let no one seek his own,
but each one the other's well-being. NKJV

Hebrews 12:1-2

Therefore we also,
since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which so easily ensnares us,
and let us run with endurance
the race that is set before us,

2 looking unto Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith,
who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. NKJV

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2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

11 Therefore we also pray always for you
that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and
fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and

the work of faith with power,

12 that
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and
you in Him,
according to
the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. NKJV

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His Calling -- Effectual Calling to Salvation

Romans 8:28-30

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,

to those who are the called according to His purpose.

29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,
that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called;
whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified,
these He also glorified.
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1 Corinthians 1:26-31
For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh,

not many mighty, not many noble, are called.

27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise,
and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen,
and the things which are not,
to bring to nothing the things that are,

29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.

30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus,
who became for us wisdom from God —
and righteousness and sanctification and redemption —

31 that, as it is written,
"He who glories, let him glory in the LORD." NKJV

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Walk Worthy

Ephesians 4:1-3

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. NKJV

Colossians 1:9-12

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you,

and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him,
being fruitful in every good work
and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12 giving thanks to the Father

who has qualified us

to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. NKJV

1 Thessalonians 2:6-12

6 Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.

7 But we were gentle among you,
just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

8 So, affectionately longing for you,
we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

9 For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day,
that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

10 You are witnesses, and God also,
how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe;

11 as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you,
as a father does his own children,

12 that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. NKJV

Philippians 1:27
Only let your conduct
be worthy of the gospel of Christ,
so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs,
that you stand fast in one spirit,
with one mind
striving together for the faith of the gospel, NKJV

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2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

11 Therefore we also pray always for you
that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and
fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and

the work of faith with power,

12 that
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and
you in Him,
according to
the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. NKJV

Psalms 138:8

8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; ... NKJV

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Work of Faith

James 2:26

26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. NKJV

Ephesians 2:8-10

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. NKJV

Praying to be Established in the Truth

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord,
because God from the beginning
chose you for salvation
through sanctification by the Spirit
and belief in the truth,

14 to which He called you by our gospel,
for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren,
stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father,
who has loved us
and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,

17 comfort your hearts
and establish you in every good word and work. NKJV