remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain: But even after we had suffered before,

But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

But as God tested and approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives.

Hindering us from speaking to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: and the wrath of God has come before upon them even to the end.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.

In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

But we intreat you, brethren, to know those who are laboring among you, and standing before you in the Lord, and admonishing you;

I solemnly charge you by the Lord to have this letter read before all the congregation.