hold fast the word of life, so that I can be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because I have not run or worked for nothing.

(It was in consequence of a revelation that I went up at all.) I submitted the gospel I am in the habit of preaching to the Gentiles, submitting it privately to the authorities, to make sure that my course of action would be and had been sound.

as you have partly understood the meaning of my life, namely that I am your source of pride (as you are mine) on the Day of our Lord Jesus.

Why, you make me afraid I may have spent my labour on you for nothing!

For who is our hope, our joy, our crown of pride (who but you?) in the presence of our Lord Jesus on his arrival?

Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.

what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.

I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of man will acknowledge him before the angels of God;

What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, who are we to go to? You have got words of eternal life,

Brothers, sons of Abraham's race and all among you who reverence God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

No, what it does say is this: ??The word is close to you, in your very mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach).

Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air ??27 no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.

Thus you will have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus over me ??over my return to you.

Do your utmost to let God see that you at least are a sound workman, with no need to be ashamed of the way you handle the word of the Truth.

For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow ??scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.

You are born anew of immortal, not of mortal seed, by the living, lasting word of God;

It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life

"Come," say the Spirit and the Bride: let the hearer too say, "Come"; and let the thirsty come, let anyone who desires it, take the water of Life without price.

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Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

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Holding

Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel.
what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.
I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of man will acknowledge him before the angels of God;
No, what it does say is this: ??The word is close to you, in your very mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach).
"Come," say the Spirit and the Bride: let the hearer too say, "Come"; and let the thirsty come, let anyone who desires it, take the water of Life without price.

The word

What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.
Brothers, sons of Abraham's race and all among you who reverence God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.
Do your utmost to let God see that you at least are a sound workman, with no need to be ashamed of the way you handle the word of the Truth.
For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow ??scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.
You are born anew of immortal, not of mortal seed, by the living, lasting word of God;
It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life

That i may

Thus you will have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus over me ??over my return to you.
as you have partly understood the meaning of my life, namely that I am your source of pride (as you are mine) on the Day of our Lord Jesus.
For who is our hope, our joy, our crown of pride (who but you?) in the presence of our Lord Jesus on his arrival?

That i have

Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air ??27 no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.
(It was in consequence of a revelation that I went up at all.) I submitted the gospel I am in the habit of preaching to the Gentiles, submitting it privately to the authorities, to make sure that my course of action would be and had been sound.
Why, you make me afraid I may have spent my labour on you for nothing!
Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.

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Thus you will have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus over me ??over my return to you.
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