12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Faith
• Hope
• Love

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

• 1Chr 29:18 — O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
• 1Cor 8:3 — But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
• 1John 4:19 — We love him, because he first loved us.
• 1Kgs 8:58 — That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
• 1Pet 4:1 — Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
• 1Thess 1:3 — 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;
• 1Thess 3:11 — Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
• 2Chr 32:22 — Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
• 2Tim 4:8 — Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
• Deut 30:6 — And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
• Gal 5:5 — For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
• Gal 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• Heb 9:28 — So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
• Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Isa 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• Isa 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
• Isa 61:8 — For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
• Jas 1:3 — Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
• Jas 1:16 — Do not err, my beloved brethren.
• Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Jas 5:8 — Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
• Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
• Jude 1:21 — Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• Luke 21:19 — In your patience possess ye your souls.
• Phil 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
• Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
• Ps 40:1 — I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• Ps 119:5 — O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
• Ps 119:5 — O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
• Ps 119:36 — Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
• Rev 3:10 — Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
• Rom 5:5 — And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
• Rom 8:25 — But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
• Rom 8:25 — But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
• Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• Rom 12:12 — Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
• Titus 2:13 — Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;