and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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