Study Desk

Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

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

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.

For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.