For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.
I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
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