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We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

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

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

…so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

…and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

…nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

…so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.

But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.