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Only let your behaviour be worthy the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or be absent, I may hear concerning you, that ye stand fast, in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.

that I may gain Christ, And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

Hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of

If ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and are not removed from the hope of the gospel which ye have heard, which is preached to every creature that is under heaven, whereof I Paul am made a minister.

For though I am absent from you in the flesh, yet I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to behold your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Buried with him in baptism, by which ye are also risen with him, through the faith of the operation of God, who raised him from the dead.

Remembring without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father:

For from you the word of the Lord sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith toward God went abroad in every place also, so that we need not speak any thing.

And sent Timotheus our brother and minister of God and our fellow-worker in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,

Therefore when I could bear no longer, I sent to know your faith, left by any means the tempter should have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

But now when Timotheus was come to us from you, and had brought us the good tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, as we also to see you:

Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you, in, all our affliction and distress by your faith.

Night and day praying exceedingly, that we may see your face, and perfect that which is wanting in your faith.

But let us who are of the day keep awake, having put on the breast-plate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth.

So that we ourselves glory of you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and sufferings which ye endure:

To this end we pray always for you, that our God would make you worthy of this calling, and fulfill in you all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power;

And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all men have not faith.