Dictionary
to bear patiently ; TOLERATE
to endure without yielding ; WITHSTAND abide the onrush of the enemy
to wait for : AWAIT I will abide the coming of my lord. ___________
To “abide” is to live, continue, or remain; so, to abide in Christ is to live in Him or remain in Him. When a person is saved, he or she is described as being “in Christ” (Romans 8:1; 2 Corinthians 5:17), held secure in a permanent relationship (John 10:28–29). Therefore, abiding in Christ is not a special level of Christian experience, available only to a few; rather, it is the position of all true believers. The difference between those abiding in Christ and those not abiding in Christ is the difference between the saved and the unsaved.
One of the proofs of salvation is perseverance, or sustained abiding in Christ. The saved will continue in their walk with Christ (see Revelation 2:26). That is, they will “abide” or remain in Him. God will complete His work in them (Philippians 1:6), and they will bring forth much fruit to the glory of God (John 15:5). Those who fall away, turn their backs on Christ, or fail to abide simply show their lack of saving faith. Abiding is not what saves us, but it is one of the signs of salvation.
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John 15:4-7
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:9-10
9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abidein my love.
10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Psalm 25:13
He himself shall abide in prosperity, and his children shall possess the land.
Psalm 37:18
The Lord knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will abide for ever.
Psalm 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; so shall you abide forever.
Psalm 49:12
Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 91:1-2
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High,
who abides in the shadow of the Almighty,
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will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.”
Proverbs 15:31
He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition will abideamong the wise.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”
Isaiah 32:18
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
John 6:56
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
1 Corinthians 13:13
So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Galatians 3:10
For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, and do them.”
1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord abides for ever.” That word is the good news which was preached to you.
1 John 4:16
So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
2 John 1:2
because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever.
2 John 1:9
Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.