in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,

But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,

The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him.

For this reason we have been comforted.And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men.

It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

“Issachar is a strong donkey,
Lying down between the sheepfolds.