Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



For I am afraid lest somehow [when I] arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. [I am afraid] lest somehow [there will be] strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.

For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by {Chloe's people}, that there are quarrels among you.


But brother goes to court with brother, and this before unbelievers!












Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you {to be in agreement} with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that with one mind you may glorify with one mouth the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore as many as [are] perfect, {let us hold this opinion}, and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you. Only to what we have attained, to the same hold on.









For I am afraid lest somehow [when I] arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. [I am afraid] lest somehow [there will be] strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.

For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by {Chloe's people}, that there are quarrels among you.


But brother goes to court with brother, and this before unbelievers!