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for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience;

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our estate, and that he may comfort your hearts;

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

For I bear him witness, that he hath much labour for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention [of you] in our prayers;

how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we shewed ourselves toward you for your sake.

For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God–ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.

For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivereth us from the wrath to come.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

For our exhortation [is] not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness, God is witness;

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?