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But with respect to the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to meet Him, we entreat you, brethren,

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And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth.

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And may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself--and God our Father who has loved us and has given us in His grace eternal consolation and a bright hope--

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But the Lord is faithful, and He will make you stedfast and will guard you from the Evil one.

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And we have confidence in the Lord in regard to you that you are doing, and will do, what we command.

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And may the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.

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But, by the authority of the Lord, we command you, brethren, to stand aloof from every brother whose life is disorderly and not in accordance with the teaching which all received from us.

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To persons of that sort our injunction--and our command by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ--is that they are to work quietly and eat their own honestly-earned bread.

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But you, brethren, must not grow weary in the path of duty;

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and if any one refuses to obey these our written instructions, mark that man and hold no communication with him--so that he may be made to feel ashamed.

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And may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every sense. The Lord be with you all.

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But the end sought to be secured by exhortation is the love which springs from a pure heart, a clear conscience and a sincere faith.

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Now we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it in the way it should be used,

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and remembers that a law is not enacted to control a righteous man, but for the lawless and rebellious, the irreligious and sinful, the godless and profane--for those who strike their fathers or their mothers, for murderers,

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and the grace of our Lord came to me in overflowing fulness, conferring faith on me and the love which is in Christ Jesus.

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Now to the immortal and invisible King of the Ages, who alone is God, be honour and glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

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I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.

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and Adam was not deceived, but his wife was thoroughly deceived, and so became involved in transgression.

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Yet a woman will be brought safely through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and growing holiness, with habitual self-restraint.

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(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)

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It is needful also that he bear a good character with people outside the Church, lest he fall into reproach or a snare of the Devil.

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And they must also be well-tried men, and when found to be of unblemished character then let them serve as deacons.

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But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.

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Now the Spirit expressly declares that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons;

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But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.

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