Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You know.

O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

“And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.

The word

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

“Brethren, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—

That i may

so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.

just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His

coming?

That i have

But I said, “I have toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My reward with My God.”

Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air;

It was because of a revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

General references

“Like a lily among the thorns,
So is my darling among the maidens.”

so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.