my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to give their fathers?
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment.
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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,
Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.
I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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