1 Thessalonians 3:10

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.

even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

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

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer.

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

So then death works in us, but life in you.

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.

Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power,

Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.