For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am.
He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.
He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers.
“Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”
But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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