2 Thessalonians 1:3

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.