2 Thessalonians 3:17

Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.

For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.

which some profess, and thus have wandered from the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.

The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”

But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Grace be with you all. Amen.

for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women’s house, to find out how Esther was doing, and what would become of her.

For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.

“When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

for as the lightning, when it flashes out of one part under the sky, shines to another part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

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

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

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,

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;

Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.

and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”

David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”

honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’ ” She answered, “It is well.”

He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

It will happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As Yahweh lives;’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the middle of my people.

He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely.”

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord.

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

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?

I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

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.

not to be quickly shaken in your mind, and not be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as if from us, saying that the day of Christ has already come.

yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.