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The concept of "continues" in the Bible often relates to the enduring nature of God's promises, the perseverance of believers, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. This theme is woven throughout Scripture, emphasizing the steadfastness and faithfulness required in the Christian walk.

Endurance and Perseverance

The Bible frequently calls believers to continue in their faith, highlighting the importance of perseverance. In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul encourages the Colossians to remain steadfast: "if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard" (Colossians 1:23). This verse underscores the necessity of holding fast to the teachings of Christ and not wavering in belief.

Similarly, in the book of Hebrews, the author exhorts believers to persevere: "For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first" (Hebrews 3:14). This passage highlights the importance of continuing in faith to fully partake in the promises of Christ.

God's Unchanging Nature

The Bible also speaks of the continuous and unchanging nature of God. In the Old Testament, the psalmist declares, "But You remain the same, and Your years will never end" (Psalm 102:27). This verse reflects the eternal and immutable character of God, who remains constant throughout all generations.

In the New Testament, James affirms this truth: "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow" (James 1:17). God's unchanging nature assures believers that His promises and love are everlasting.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit's work in the life of a believer is another aspect of "continues" in Scripture. The Spirit's presence is a continuous source of guidance, comfort, and empowerment. Jesus promised His disciples that the Holy Spirit would be with them forever: "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever" (John 14:16). This promise assures believers of the Spirit's ongoing presence and support.

Abiding in Christ

The concept of abiding, or continuing, in Christ is central to the Christian life. Jesus taught His disciples about the importance of remaining in Him: "If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you" (John 15:7). Abiding in Christ involves a continuous, intimate relationship with Him, characterized by obedience and love.

Conclusion

The theme of "continues" in the Bible emphasizes the enduring nature of faith, the constancy of God's character, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit. Believers are called to persevere in their faith, trusting in the unchanging promises of God and remaining in a close relationship with Christ.
Greek
1265. diameno -- to remain, continue
... Word Origin from dia and meno Definition to remain, continue NASB Word Usage continues
(1), remain (2), remained (1), stood (1). continue, remain. ...
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4357. prosmeno -- to wait longer
... Word Origin from pros and meno Definition to wait longer NASB Word Usage
continue (1), continues (1), remain (2), remained (3). ...
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3306. meno -- to stay, abide, remain
... verb Definition to stay, abide, remain NASB Word Usage abide (16), abides (22),
abiding (4), await (1), continue (4), continues (1), endures (3), enduring (1 ...
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747. archegos -- founder, leader
... 747 () does not strictly mean "author," but rather "a person who is or of a movement
and continues as the leader -- ie 'pioneer leader, founding leader' " (, 1 ...
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Strong's Hebrew
4058. madad -- to measure
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to measure NASB Word Usage continues
(1), measure (9), measured (41), stretched (1), surveyed (1). ...
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1980. halak -- to go, come, walk
... 4), brought (5), came (13), came nearer (1), carry (2), come (82), come and let
us go (1), coming (3), continually (1), continued (5), continues...along (1 ...
/hebrew/1980.htm - 8k

Library

He Continues the Discussion of the Difficulty He Has Entered Upon. ...
... Book V. Chapter XIV. He continues the discussion of the difficulty he has
entered upon? He continues the discussion of the difficulty ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xiv he continues the.htm

And He Continues: "What is the Meaning of Such a Descent Upon the ...
... Chapter III. And he continues: "What is the meaning of such a descent
upon the part of? And he continues: "What is the meaning ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter iii and he continues .htm

Continues the Same Subject: Explains the Prayer of Union by a ...
... CONTINUES THE SAME SUBJECT: EXPLAINS THE PRAYER OF UNION BY A DELICATE
COMPARISON AND SPEAKS OF THE EFFECTS IT LEAVES UPON THE SOUL. ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii continues the same 3.htm

Continues the Same Subject and Speaks of Aridities in Prayer and ...
... CONTINUES THE SAME SUBJECT AND SPEAKS OF ARIDITIES IN PRAYER AND THEIR RESULTS:
OF THE NECESSITY OF TRYING OURSELVES AND HOW OUR LORD PROVES THOSE WHO ARE IN ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii continues the same.htm

Continues the Same Subject, Explaining by a Comparison in what ...
... CONTINUES THE SAME SUBJECT, EXPLAINING BY A COMPARISON IN WHAT DIVINE CONSOLATIONS
CONSIST: AND HOW WE OUGHT TO TRY TO PREPARE OURSELVES TO RECEIVE THEM ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii continues the same 2.htm

After this Celsus Continues: "It is not Easy, Indeed...
... Chapter LXV. After this Celsus continues: "It is not easy, indeed? After
this Celsus continues: "It is not easy, indeed, for one ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxv after this celsus.htm

He Continues the Same Line of Argument Drawn from the Creed of ...
... Book VI. Chapter VII. He continues the same line of argument drawn from
the Creed of Antioch. But there follows in the Creed: "Very ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter vii he continues the.htm

He Continues the Same Argument to Show that Christ had no Need of ...
... Book VII. Chapter XXIII. He continues the same argument to show that Christ
had no need of another's glory as He had a glory of His own. ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter xxiii he continues the.htm

The Controversy Continues Without Abatement, Even after the ...
... Book II. Chapter LXXIII."The Controversy continues without Abatement,
even after the Receipt of This Letter. In this manner the ...
/.../the life of constantine/chapter lxxiii the controversy continues without.htm

Continues to Evangelize. Dr. Cook's Prescription. Incident at ...
... PART I."AUTOBIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER XVI. Continues to Evangelize. Dr. Cook's Prescription. ...
The Bruner Debate. Continues to Evangelize. Dr. Cook's Prescription. ...
/.../chapter xvi continues to evangelize.htm

Thesaurus
Continues (32 Occurrences)
...Continues (32 Occurrences). ... He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or
persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls. (WEY). ...
/c/continues.htm - 15k

Union (24 Occurrences)
... Coming. (WEY). 1 John 3:6 No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin:
no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him. (WEY). ...
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Obeys (17 Occurrences)
... 1 John 3:24 The man who obeys His commands continues in union with God, and God
continues in union with him; and through His Spirit whom He has given us we can ...
/o/obeys.htm - 11k

Confide (31 Occurrences)
... in it. God is love, and he who continues to love continues in union with
God, and God continues in union with him. (WEY). Judges ...
/c/confide.htm - 14k

Commands (216 Occurrences)
... 1 John 3:24 The man who obeys His commands continues in union with God, and God
continues in union with him; and through His Spirit whom He has given us we can ...
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Continuator (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who
continues a series or a work; a continuer. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/c/continuator.htm - 7k

Acknowledges (10 Occurrences)
... 1 John 4:15 Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in
union with him, and he continues in union with God. (WEY NIV). ...
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Tabeel (2 Occurrences)
... Elder as a title continues to have place down through the times of the Judges
(Judges 8:16; Judges 2:7); compare Ruth 4:2 into the kingdom. ...
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Syria (73 Occurrences)
... 5,750 ft.), till the Eleutherus valley is reached, and thence rising again in Lebanon
(average 5,000 ft.), Jebel Sunnin (8, 780 ft.), it continues to the ...
/s/syria.htm - 60k

Continue (144 Occurrences)
... (WEY). John 15:5 I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and
in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ...
/c/continue.htm - 36k

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Continues (32 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:21
It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls.
(WEY)

Matthew 28:15
So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day.
(WEB)

John 8:35
A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
(See RSV)

John 15:5
I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 10:15
not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
(See NIV)

1 Timothy 2:15
But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.
(See RSV)

1 Timothy 5:5
Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 7:3
without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually.
(See RSV)

Hebrews 7:24
but He, because He continues for ever, has a priesthood which does not pass to any successor.
(WEY NAS RSV)

James 1:25
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
(WEB WEY NIV)

2 Peter 3:4
and, asking, "What has become of His promised Return? For from the time our forefathers fell asleep all things continue as they have been ever since the creation of the world."
(See NAS)

1 John 2:10
He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.
(WEY)

1 John 2:17
And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever.
(WEY)

1 John 3:6
No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him.
(WEY NIV)

1 John 3:14
As for us, we know that we have already passed out of death into Life--because we love our brother men. He who is destitute of love continues dead.
(WEY)

1 John 3:24
The man who obeys His commands continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him; and through His Spirit whom He has given us we can know that He continues in union with us.
(WEY)

1 John 4:12
No one has ever yet seen God. If we love one another, God continues in union with us, and His love in all its perfection is in our hearts.
(WEY)

1 John 4:15
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in union with him, and he continues in union with God.
(WEY)

1 John 4:16
And, as for us, we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it. God is love, and he who continues to love continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him.
(WEY)

2 John 1:9
Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 15:3
This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 15:25
"'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period: she is unclean.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 15:26
Every bed whereon she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her period: and everything whereon she sits shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.
(See NIV)

Joshua 19:27
It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel. It went out to Cabul on the left hand,
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 28:7
And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do My commandments and Mine ordinances, as at this day.
(See RSV)

Job 7:4
When I lie down, I say,'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
(See NAS)

Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
(See RSV)

Psalms 68:21
But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
(WEB)

Psalms 72:17
His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
(WEB)

Psalms 100:5
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
(See NIV)

Psalms 119:90
Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
(See NAS NIV)

Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its circuit, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
(See NAS)

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