Faithful Unto Death

• Tested
• Heart

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

• Lamb
• War

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

• Assurance

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? read more And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. show less

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

• Stephen
• Stoning

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

• Church

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

• Epaphroditus
• Church
• Friendship

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. read more Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. show less

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

• Call
• Faithful
• Character

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

• Firstborn
• Faithful
• Witness

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

• Persecution

I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

• Decision

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.