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Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Messiah Yeshua.

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Messiah.

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

I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

The saying is faithful, and worthy of all acceptance, that Messiah Yeshua came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Messiah, not lying), a teacher of the Goyim in faith and truth.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

For this cause I suffer also these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

Again, "I will put my trust in him." Again, "Behold, here am I and the children whom God has given me."

and so fearful was the appearance, that Moshe said, "I am terrified and trembling."

Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."

I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Bil`am the son of Be'or, who loved the wages of wrong-doing;