Romans 1:11

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Romans 1:11

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

I long

Philippians 4:1

To the

General references

Romans 15:29

Bible References

I long

but now there being no further occasion for me in these parts, and having had a great desire these many years to visit you;

and you will have the advantage of their earnest prayers, for the exceeding favour God has bestowed upon them by you:

for God is my witness, that I love you with a christian tenderness.

for he long'd to see you all, and was greatly concern'd, that you should hear he was sick. and indeed he was sick almost unto death:

Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, my joy and my crown, whom I long to see, continue firm in your christian profession, my beloved.

To the

Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, conformable to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from antient times, but now is laid open,

thus were the churches established in the faith, and daily grew more numerous.

now it is God who keeps you fix'd in the doctrine of Christ; who has appointed me,

a minister of God, and our collegue in preaching the gospel of Christ, that by establishing you in the faith, and by his exhortations,

and establish you in all sound doctrine and virtue.

but as for you, the Lord, who is faithful, will establish you, and protect you from the malicious one.

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

but may the all-gracious God, who has called us to eternal glory, perfect, confirm, fortify, and settle you, during the short interval of your sufferings.

for this reason I shall never omit to put you in mind of these things, however knowing you are already, and settled in the truth.

Do you then, my dear brethren, being thus forewarn'd, take care not to be seduc'd by those prophane impostors, and so lose the reward of your constancy.

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and I know that when I do come, I shall come charged with the blessings of Christ.