G4012–περί–peri

But as to times and dates it is unnecessary that anything be written to you.

Περὶ Peri “Concerning”

Brethren, pray for us.

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Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.

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It is with this view also that we continually pray to our God for you, asking that He will count you worthy of His call, and by His mighty power fully gratify your every desire for what is truly good and make your work of faith complete;

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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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Finally, brethren, pray for us, asking that the Lord's Message may be spread rapidly and its glory be displayed, as it was displayed among you;

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They are ambitious to be teachers of the Law, although they do not understand either their own words or what the things are about which they make such confident assertions.

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holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith.

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he is puffed up with pride and has no true knowledge, but is crazy over discussions and controversies about words which give rise to envy, quarrelling, revilings, ill-natured suspicions,

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of which some have spoken boastfully in connexion with the true faith, and have erred. Grace be with you all.

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I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience--as my forefathers did--that night and day I unceasingly remember you in my prayers,

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In the matter of the truth they have gone astray, saying that the Resurrection is already past, and so they are overthrowing the faith of some.

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And just as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these false teachers withstand the truth--being, as they are, men of debased intellects, and of no real worth so far as faith is concerned.

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and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone,

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and healthy language which no one can censure, so that our opponents may feel ashamed at having nothing evil to say against us.

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This is a faithful saying, and on these various points I would have you insist strenuously, in order that those who have their faith fixed on God may be careful to set an example of good actions. For these are not only good in themselves, but are also us

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I entreat you on behalf of my own child whose father I have become while in my chains--I mean Onesimus.

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It is not to angels that God has assigned the sovereignty of that coming world, of which we speak.

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For, as we know, when speaking of the seventh day He has used the words, "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works;"

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For if Joshua had given them the true rest, we should not afterwards hear God speaking of another still future day.

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And for this reason he is required to offer sin-offerings not only for the people but also for himself.

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Concerning Him we have much to say, and much that it would be difficult to make clear to you, since you have become so dull of apprehension.

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But we, even while we speak in this tone, have a happier conviction concerning you, my dearly-loved friends--a conviction of things which point towards salvation.

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For it is undeniable that our Lord sprang from Judah, a tribe of which Moses said nothing in connection with priests.

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And above the ark were the Cherubim denoting God's glorious presence and overshadowing the Mercy-seat. But I cannot now speak about all these in detail.

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