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because I know this will lead to my salvation through your prayers and help from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

so that, because of my coming to you again, your boasting in Christ Jesus may abound.

But you know his proven character, because he has served with me in the gospel ministry like a son with a father.

since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was sick.

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.

But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ.

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

I rejoiced in the Lord greatly because once again you renewed your care for me. You were, in fact, concerned about me but lacked the opportunity to show it.

because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel

Because of these, God’s wrath is coming upon the disobedient,

because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you for your benefit,

We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.

How can we thank God for you in return for all the joy we experience before our God because of you,

This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you.

About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

on that day when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marveled at by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.

and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.