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and so I sent my brother Timothy, God's minister in the preaching of the good news of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,


When I went to Troas to preach the good news of Christ, although I had an opportunity in the service of the Lord,


Because we were yearning for you so tenderly, we were willing, not only to share with you God's good news, but to lay down our very lives too for you, all because you were so dearly loved by us.


Because the time has come for judgment to begin at the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will the end be of those who are rejecting God's good news?





In spite of this, however, they stayed there a considerable time and continued to speak with courage from the Lord, who continued to bear testimony to His gracious message and kept on granting signs and wonders to be done by them.



For another reason too, we, as far as we are concerned, are constantly giving thanks to God; that is, when you received the message you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which keeps on working in you who believe.


For it was through Christ that God was reconciling the world to Himself instead of debiting men's offenses against them, and He has committed to me the message of this reconciliation.




why should not this spiritual service be attended with much greater splendor?






and for me that a message may be given me when I open my lips, so that I may boldly make known the open secret of the good news,








that is, if you have heard how God's favor has been entrusted to me for you,


If anyone teaches different doctrines and refuses to agree with the wholesome messages of our Lord Jesus Christ, the teaching that is in accordance with true religion,




To Him who can make you strong in accordance with the good news I bring and in accordance with the message preached about Jesus Christ, in accordance with the uncovering of the secret which for ages past had not been told,


But what does it say? "God's message is close to you, on your very lips and in your heart"; that is, the message about faith which we preach.




Brothers, descendants of the race of Abraham, and all among you who reverence God, it is to us that the message of this salvation has been sent.