12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Faith
• Obedience and Disobedience
• Word of God

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 13:13 — And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
• 1John 1:3 — That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
• 1John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• 1John 2:7 — Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
• 1John 2:7 — Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
• 1John 4:13 — Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
• 1John 4:16 — And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
• 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
• 2Cor 1:20 — For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
• 2John 1:2 — For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
• 2John 1:5 — And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
• 2John 1:6 — And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
• 3John 1:3 — For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
• Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
• Heb 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• John 8:31 — Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
• John 14:23 — Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
• John 14:23 — Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
• John 15:4 — Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
• John 15:7 — If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• John 15:9 — As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
• John 17:21 — That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
• Phil 4:15 — Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
• Prov 3:21 — My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
• Ps 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• Rev 3:3 — Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon th
• Rev 3:11 — Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.