For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face,
Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
But all things should be done decently and in order.
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,
For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.
and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Besides the great number of burnt offerings, there was the fat of the peace offerings, and there were the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the Lord was restored.
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face,
if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
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