This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

I wish that all people were just like me. But each has his own gift from God, one person in this way and another in that way.

just as I also try to please all people in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, so that they may be saved.

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Now I praise you because you always remember me and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.

But now God has placed each one of the parts in one body just as He wanted.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

And just as we have borne
the image of the man made of dust,
we will also bear
the image of the heavenly man.

I don’t want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.

If Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear from you, because he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.