on the contrary, notwithstanding the outrages, you know we suffer'd at Philippi, we had still the resolution, by the divine assistance, to preach the gospel of God to you without reserve against all opposition.

our address to you was without any flattery, as you yourselves can witness, and God is witness that we had no avarice to disguise.

you likewise know, that we exhorted and encouraged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

none of you might be stagger'd by these persecutions: for you know that we are destin'd to suffer.

and even when we were with you, we foretold you, that we should be persecuted, as you know it happen'd.

not being able therefore to wait any longer, I sent Timothy to know the state of your faith, for fear the tempter should have seduc'd you, and all our labour have prov'd abortive.

for now I am reviv'd, since you continue stedfast in the christian profession.

now may God our father, and our Lord Jesus Christ remove all the obstructions of our journey to you.

for you know the precepts we gave you in the name of the Lord Jesus.

person unsullied by the vices of the Gentiles, who know not God:

that no man should be exorbitant, and behave contumeliously to his brother: because the Lord is the avenger of all such crimes, as we have formerly remonstrated to you.

As to brotherly love, I have no occasion to write about it, God himself having instructed you to love one another.

Now I would not have you, my brethren, be mistaken about the state of the dead, lest you should be as greatly afflicted as those, who have no hope.

for you very well know, that the day of the Lord steals on like a thief in the night.

Now may the God of peace make you intirely holy: may every part of you, your spirit, soul, and body be preserved irreprovable at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.