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Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.

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although I myself might have some excuse for confidence in outward ceremonies. If any one else claims a right to trust in them, far more may I:

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in the hope that I may attain to the resurrection from among the dead.

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Therefore let all of us who are mature believers cherish these thoughts; and if in any respect you think differently, that also God will make clear to you.

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Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.

εἴ ei “if”εἴ ei “if”

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appoin

Εἴ Ei “if”

If you have died with Christ and have escaped from the world's rudimentary notions, why, as though your life still belonged to the world, do you submit to such precepts as

Εἰ Ei “If”

If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand.

Εἰ Ei “If”

For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, we also believe that, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who shall have passed away.

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For even when we were with you, we laid down this rule for you: "If a man does not choose to work, neither shall he eat."

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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.

Εἰ Ei “If”

fornicators, sodomites, slave-dealers, liars and false witnesses; and for whatever else is opposed to wholesome teaching

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Faithful is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work."

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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?)

Εἰ Ei “if”

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn first to show piety towards their own homes and to prove their gratitude to their parents; for this is well pleasing in the sight of God.

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But if a man makes no provision for those dependent on him, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is behaving worse than an unbeliever.

Εἰ Ei “If”

She must have been true to her one husband, and well reported of for good deeds, as having brought up children, received strangers hospitably, washed the feet of God's people, given relief to the distressed, and devoted herself to good works of every ki

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If a believing woman has widows dependent on her, she should relieve their wants, and save the Church from being burdened--so that the Church may relieve the widows who are really in need.

εἴ ei “If”

So teach and exhort. If any one is a teacher of any other kind of doctrine, and refuses assent to wholesome instructions--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and the teaching that harmonizes with true godliness,

εἴ ei “If”

Faithful is the saying: "If we died with Him, we shall also live with Him;

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"If we patiently endure pain, we shall also share His Kingship; "If we disown Him, He will also disown us;

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"And even if *our* faith fails, He remains true--He cannot prove false to Himself."

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wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.

εἴ ei “if”

If therefore you regard me as a comrade, receive him as if he were I myself.

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And if he was ever dishonest or is in your debt, debit me with the amount.

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