He who promised is faithful

The Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. 1 I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 2

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? 3 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. 4

Know that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments. 5 

He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 God has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. 7

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 8 And this is the promise that he made to us – eternal life, 9 eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began. 10

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. 11

 

1 2Th 3.3 2 Phil 1.6 3 Num 23.19 4 Isa 40.8 5 Deut 7.9 6 1Pt 1.3-5 7 2Cor 1.21-22 8 Heb 10.23 9 1Jn 2.25 10 Titus 1.2 11 1Th 5.23-24