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…knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

…and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.

And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

…to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?

The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.

His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.

Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

For each one should carry his own load.

Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

…to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

…in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

…who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

…and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

…and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

…which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

…which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

…in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

…in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

…by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

For we are members of His body.

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

…because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

…who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

…being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

…and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

…the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.

…and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

…encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.

How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?

…so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.