1 Thessalonians 2:8

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Summary

So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

Affectionately

But

Dear

Bible References

Affectionately

Listen, and pay attention, you must not be haughty, for Yahweh has spoken.

For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you,

I am telling the truth in Christ--[I am] not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit--

Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them [is] for [their] salvation.

and I know that [when I] come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

Now [because we] are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!

For God [is] my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

But I considered [it] necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your messenger and servant of my need,

whom we proclaim, [by] admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ,

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

But

except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in town [after town], saying that bonds and persecutions await me.

But I will spend and be expended most gladly for your lives. If I love you much more, am I to be loved less?

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice with all of you.

We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.

Dear

Now a certain centurion's slave, who was esteemed by him, {was sick} [and] was about to die.

For I have no one like-minded who [will] sincerely be concerned about {your circumstances}.

just as you learned [it] from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave who is a faithful minister of Christ [on] our behalf,

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker,