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For it is by his grace we are rescued, through faith; and this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God:

through whom we have boldness and access, in the confidence of his faith.

the Messiah may dwell by faith, and in your hearts by love, while your root and your foundation waxeth strong;

For, the Lord is one, and the faith one, and the baptism one;

until we all become one and the same, in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and one complete man according to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah:

And herewith take to you the confidence of faith, by which ye will have power to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [fn] .

Peace be with the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

And this I confidently know, that I shall continue and remain, for your joy, and for the furtherance of your faith;

Let your conduct be as becometh the gospel of the Messiah; so that if I come I may see you, and if absent I may hear of you, that ye stand fast in one spirit and in one soul, and that ye strive together in the faith of the gospel.

And if I should be made a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and exult with you all.

and be found in him; since my righteousness is not [fn] that from the law, but that which is from faith in the Messiah, that is, the righteousness which is from God;

lo, ever since we heard of your faith in Jesus the Messiah, and of your love to all the saints;

provided ye continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and ye be not removed from the hope of the gospel; of which ye have heard, that it is proclaimed in all the creation beneath heaven; of which [fn] I Paul am a minister.

For though I am separated from you in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit; and I rejoice at beholding your good order, and the stability of your faith in the Messiah.

strengthening your roots and building up yourselves in him, and establishing yourselves in the faith which ye have learned, in which may ye abound in thanksgiving.

and we call to mind before God the Father the works of your faith, and the toil of your love, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

8 For from you the word of our Lord sounded forth; [fn] not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place, your faith in God is heard of; so that we have no need to say any thing concerning you.

and to send to you Timothy our brother, a servant of God, and our assistant in the announcement of the Messiah; that he might strengthen you, and inquire of you respecting your faith:

Therefore also I could not be quiet, until I sent to learn your faith; lest the Tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain.

6 But now, since Timothy hath come to us from among you, and hath informed us respecting your faith and your love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us at all times, and that ye desire to see us, even as we [fn] you;