Preserverance

King James Version Chapter 15

58 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.

Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary Perseverance

PERSEVERANCE Maintaining Christian faith through the trying times of life. As a noun the term “perseverance” occurs in the NT only at Eph. 6:18 (proskarteresis) and Heb. 12:1 (hupomone.) The idea is inherent throughout the NT in the great interplay of the themes of assurance and warning.

The background setting for the idea of perseverance blossomed out of the context of persecution and temptation. The believer was expected faithfully to endure and to remain steadfast in the face of opposition, attack, and discouragement.

PERSEVERANCE: Maintaining Christian faith through the trying times of life. The idea of perseverance blossomed out of the context of persecution and temptation. The believer was expected faithfully to endure and to remain steadfast in the face of opposition, attack, and discouragement.

The idea of perseverance blossomed out of the context of persecution and temptation. The believer was expected faithfully to endure and to remain steadfast in the face of opposition, attack, and discouragement.

STEADFASTNESS: meaning to endure patiently. A steadfast person is one who is reliable, faithful, and true to the end.

Unmovable: without vibration, unshaken, immoveable,

without vibration, unshaken, immoveable,

without moving from one place to another, not moving away; unmoved, firm

, without moving from one place to another, not moving away; unmoved, firm, (non occ.)

Abounding: be in great excess, abound