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For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the Lord's work, just as I am.

No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours as well. Show your appreciation, therefore, to such men.

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand completely,

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not "Yes" and "No," but in Him it has always been "Yes."

For all the promises of God are "Yes" in Christ. And so through Him, our "Amen" is spoken to the glory of God.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.

Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,

in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,