2 Thessalonians 2:15

WEB

¹⁵So then, brothers, stand firm and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.

KJV

¹⁵Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

BSB

¹⁵Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

FBV

¹⁵So, brothers and sisters, stand firm, and hold on to what you've been taught, whether by what you were told, or through a letter from us.

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Extra References

1 Corinthians 11:2

²Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

⁶Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion and not after the tradition which they received from us.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

²not to be quickly shaken in your mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter as if from us, saying that the day of Christ has already come.

1 Corinthians 16:13

¹³Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Philippians 4:1

¹Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

Romans 16:17

¹⁷Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

1 Corinthians 15:58

⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

¹⁴If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man and have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

³Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.