Romans 16:8

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

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

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

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

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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

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.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

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—

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

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

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

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

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

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.

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.

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

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you. You shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.

I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,” ’ says Yahweh.”

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all Yahweh’s words, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.

Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

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

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;

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

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

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

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

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:

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.

while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

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

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,

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.

and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

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

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

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

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

Let brotherly love continue.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.