who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Therefore thus says the Lord: behold, against this family I am devising disaster, from which you cannot remove your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for it will be a time of disaster.
You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
And when they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come near; put your feet on the necks of these kings.” Then they came near and put their feet on their necks.
John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
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