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And I still count them all a loss, for the sake of abundant knowledge of Jesus Christ my LORD: for whom I have lost everything, and I have considered all those things as refuse, so that I may increase in Christ

So that through this righteousness I may know Jesus and the power of his resurrection, and be a partaker of his sufferings, even to a death like his;

So that you may joyfully give thanks to God the Father, who has enlightened us and made us worthy partakers of the inheritance of the saints;

Through the sacrifice of his body and his death, so that he may raise you before him, holy, and without reproach and blameless:

And I say this, so that no man may beguile you with enticing words.

Let no man, by pretense of sincerity, doom you, so that you worship angels; for he is bold about the things he has not seen, and foolishly he is proud of his intellectual powers.

So that I may make it manifest and speak about it as I should.

Not only have you sounded out the word of our LORD in Mac-e-do''ni-a and A-cha''ia but also, in every place your faith in God has been heard so that we need not speak anything about you.

For you remember, brethren, that we labored hard, working night and day, with our hands, so that we would not burden you.

And we bore the testimony to you, so that you may live a life worthy of God, who has called you to his kingdom and glory.

So that no man among you might be disheartened by these tribulations: for you, yourselves, know that this is our destiny.

That you may lead a life of good example toward outsiders, so that you depend on no man.

So that even we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God over your faith and patience in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure;

When he comes to be glorified by his saints and to perform his wonders among his faithful ones, so that our testimony, concerning you, may be believed in that day.

Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is reverenced; so that even in the temple of God, he sits as a god, and shows himself, as though he were a god.

Neither did we eat bread for nothing from any of you, but worked with hard labor and toiled night and day so that we might not be a burden to any of you:

When I went to Mac-e-do''ni-a, I besought you to remain at Eph''e-sus, so that you might charge certain ones not to teach diverse doctrines,

Namely Hy-me-n''us and Al-ex-an-der, whom I have delivered to Satan, to be disciplined so that they may no longer blaspheme.

So that if I am delayed, you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them; so that it may be known to all that you are progressing.