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As for the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked an opportunity to act.

Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs.

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints;

because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel

For this reason we also, since the day we heard about it, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all perseverance and patience; joyously

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

for by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am supplementing what is lacking in Christ's afflictions in behalf of His body, which is the church.

I was made a minister of this church according to the commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

For this purpose I also labor, striving according to His power which works mightily within me.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have in your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,

For even though I am absent in body, I am nevertheless with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your orderly manner and the stability of your faith in Christ.

For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

For it is because of these things that the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,