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and the secrets of his heart are laid bare; so he falls on his face and worships God, saying, "God is really here among you!"

So, my brothers, eagerly seek to prophesy; and do not forbid speaking in tongues;

For just as in connection with Adam all die, so in connection with the Messiah all will be made alive.

Now when everything has been subjected to the Son, then he will subject himself to God, who subjected everything to him; so that God may be everything in everyone.

So it is with the resurrection of the dead. When the body is "sown," it decays; when it is raised, it cannot decay.

In fact, the Tanakh says so: Adam, the first man, became a living human being ; but the last "Adam" has become a life-giving Spirit.

and just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, so also we will bear the image of the man from heaven.

So, my dear brothers, stand firm and immovable, always doing the Lord's work as vigorously as you can, knowing that united with the Lord your efforts are not in vain.

Every week, on Motza'ei-Shabbat, each of you should set some money aside, according to his resources, and save it up; so that when I come I won't have to do fundraising.

and I may stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me continue my travels wherever I may go.

So let no one treat him with disrespect. Help him on his way in peace, so that he will return to me, for the brothers and I are expecting him.

who encourages us in all our trials, so that we can encourage others in whatever trials they may be undergoing with the encouragement we ourselves have received from God.

For just as the Messiah's sufferings overflow into us, so through the Messiah our encouragement also overflows.

So if we undergo trials, it is for your encouragement and deliverance; and if we are encouraged, that should encourage you when you have to endure sufferings like those we are experiencing.

For, brothers, we want you to know about the trials we have undergone in the province of Asia. The burden laid on us was so far beyond what we could bear that we even despaired of living through it.

as indeed you have already understood us in part; so that on the Day of our Lord Yeshua you can be as proud of us as we are of you.

So sure was I of this that I had planned to come and see you, so that you might have the benefit of a second visit.

So I made up my mind that I would not pay you another painful visit.

Indeed, this is why I wrote as I did — so that when I came, I would not have to be pained by those who ought to be making me happy; for I had enough confidence in all of you to believe that unless I could be happy, none of you could be happy either.

so that now you should do the opposite — forgive him, encourage him, comfort him. Otherwise such a person might be swallowed up in overwhelming depression.