Study Desk

This is all the more reason I have sent him to you. When you see him, you will be glad and I will have less sorrow.

So, my dear Christian brothers, you are my joy and crown. I want to see you. Keep on staying true to the Lord, my dear friends.

Let all people see how gentle you are. The Lord is coming again soon.

Christian brothers, because we have not been able to be with you, our hearts have been with you. We have wanted very much to see you.

Even when we were with you, we told you that much trouble would come to us. It has come as you can see.

But Timothy has come to us from you. He brought good news about your faith and love. It is good to know that you think well of us and that you would like to see us. We would like to see you also.

We keep on praying night and day that we may see you again. We want to help your faith to be complete.

We hear that some are not working. But they are spending their time trying to see what others are doing.

We want to see our teaching help you have a true love that comes from a pure heart. Such love comes from a heart that says we are not guilty and from a faith that does not pretend.

They must first be tested to see if they are ready for the work as church helpers. Then if they do well, they may be chosen as church helpers.

Think about all this. Work at it so everyone may see you are growing as a Christian.

In the same way, good works are easy to see now. But some that are not easy to be seen cannot always be hid.

He can never die. He lives in a light so bright that no man can go near Him. No man has ever seen God or can see Him. Honor and power belong to Him forever. Let it be so.

When I remember your tears, it makes me want to see you. That would fill me with joy.

God proved what they said was true by showing us special things to see and by doing powerful works. He gave the gifts of the Holy Spirit as He wanted to.

You have put everything under his feet." There is nothing that does not obey him, but we do not see all things obey him yet.

But we do see Jesus. For a little while He took a place that was not as important as the angels. But God had loving-favor for everyone. He had Jesus suffer death on a cross for all of us. Then, because of Christ's death on a cross, God gave Him the crown of honor and shining-greatness.

So we can see that they were not able to go into His rest because they did not put their trust in Him.

No one can hide from God. His eyes see everything we do. We must give an answer to God for what we have done.

We can see how great Melchizedek was. Abraham gave him one-tenth part of all he had taken in the war.