G2531–καθώς–kathōs

and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

There is but one body and but one Spirit, as also when you were called you had one and the same hope held out to you.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live,

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if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching--

καθώς kathōs “even as”

On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.

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Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

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For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;

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And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.

καθώς kathōs “Even as”

Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your o

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

Brethren, vie with one another in imitating me, and carefully observe those who follow the example which we have set you.

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For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

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as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,

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having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

The Good News that we brought you did not come to you in words only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, for you know the sort of men we became among you, as examples for your sakes.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

But, as you will remember, after we had already met with suffering and outrage at Philippi, we summoned up boldness, by the help of our God, to tell you God's Good News amid much opposition.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

But as God tested and approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives.

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For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves--God is our witness;

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And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as--what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts

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For you, brethren, followed the example of the Churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judaea; seeing that you endured the same ill-treatment at the hands of your countrymen, as they did at the hands of the Jews.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”

For even when we were with you, we forewarned you, saying, "We are soon to suffer affliction;" and this actually happened, as you well know.

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Moreover, brethren, as you learnt from our lips the lives which you ought to live, and do live, so as to please God, we beg and exhort you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live them more and more truly.

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and that in this matter there be no encroaching on the rights of a brother Christian and no overreaching him. For the Lord is an avenger in all such cases, as we have already taught you and solemnly warned you.

καθὼς kathōs “even as”