G3306 Meno Abide, Remain

<p>Theological Dictionary of the New Testament: Abridged in One Volume:  This word means a. “to stay in a place,” figuratively “to remain in a sphere,” b. “to stand against opposition,” “to hold out,” “to stand fast,” c. “to stay still,” and d. “to remain,” “to endure,” “to stay in force.”</p>

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Meaning:  to stay in a place, to "stay put", stand fast, stay still, remain, endure, continue.</p>

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<li>God's purposes stand, Is 14.24.</li>

<li>God's Word stands, Is 40.8; endures, 1 Pet 1.23,25.</li>

<li>The new heavens and new earth will remain, Is 66.22.</li>

<li>God's righteousness endures, Ps 112.3,9.</li>

<li>God's purposes endure, Rm 9.11.</li>

<li>The New Covenant endures, is permanent; 2 Cor 3.11.</li>

<li>Faith, hope, and love endure; 1 Cor 13.13.</li>

<li>The concept of abiding/remaining/staying "in" Christ just as Christ and the Father abide in each other is prominent in the NT:  Jn 6.56, 15.4; 1 Jn 2.6, 24, 27.</li>

<li>God's truth abides/remains in the believer, 2 Jn 2.</li>

<li>The Holy Spirit, God's anointing on the believer, abides/remains; 1 Jn 2.27.</li>

<li>Because Christ is synonymous of the light, abiding in Christ is tantamount to abiding in the light, 1 Jn 2.10.</li>

<li>We are told to abide in, to remain in (e.g. to continue to hold fast to and comply with) the teaching, the doctrine delivered to the saints; 2 Jn 9.

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