2 Corinthians 9:2

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Let brotherly love continue.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews

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

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

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

In all things be showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, be showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

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.”

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,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

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 from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

For you are our glory and our joy.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.

Therefore show the proof of your love to them before the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.

Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.

Now I beg you, brothers—you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints—

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

Not only so, but he was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.