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bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.

Fathers, do not antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;

Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

Tell Archippus, "See to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, so that you may fulfill it."

so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place the news of your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not intending to please people, but to please God, who examines our hearts.

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our labor and hardship: it was by working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, that we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly and rightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;

so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always reach the limit of their sins. But wrath has come upon them fully.

so that no one would be disturbed by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we have been destined for this.

For even when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it happened, as you know.

so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.

so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed the rest of mankind do, who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

Then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, so that the day would overtake you like a thief;