Someone else said, "I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family."

eat no food that has been offered to idols; eat no blood; eat no animal that has been strangled; and keep yourselves from sexual immorality. You will do well if you take care not to do these things. With our best wishes."

Instead, he told them as he left, "If it is the will of God, I will come back to you." And so he sailed from Ephesus.

And when I was informed that there was a plot against him, at once I decided to send him to you. I have told his accusers to make their charges against him before you."

May you always be joyful in your union with the Lord. I say it again: rejoice!

Be joyful always,

We are glad when we are weak but you are strong. And so we also pray that you will become perfect.

You must be perfect---just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.

Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.

He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God.

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man. "Cheer up!" they said. "Get up, he is calling you."

May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

So then, encourage one another with these words.

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope,

encourage you and strengthen you to always do and say what is good.

Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise.

Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.

And may God, the source of patience and encouragement, enable you to have the same point of view among yourselves by following the example of Christ Jesus,

so that all of you together may praise with one voice the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united, with only one thought and one purpose.

Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together.

Now, the important thing is that your way of life should be as the gospel of Christ requires, so that, whether or not I am able to go and see you, I will hear that you are standing firm with one common purpose and that with only one desire you are fighting together for the faith of the gospel.

Your life in Christ makes you strong, and his love comforts you. You have fellowship with the Spirit, and you have kindness and compassion for one another.

Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.

However that may be, let us go forward according to the same rules we have followed until now.

Euodia and Syntyche, please, I beg you, try to agree as sisters in the Lord.

To conclude: you must all have the same attitude and the same feelings; love one another, and be kind and humble with one another.

When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.

He sent his brothers off and as they left, he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way."

"Salt is good; but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? "Have the salt of friendship among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.

So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another.

Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves.

Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with a pure heart call out to the Lord for help.

Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.

But the wisdom from above is pure first of all; it is also peaceful, gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy.

And goodness is the harvest that is produced from the seeds the peacemakers plant in peace.

You must turn away from evil and do good; you must strive for peace with all your heart.

May God, our source of peace, be with all of you. Amen.

And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Put into practice what you learned and received from me, both from my words and from my actions. And the God who gives us peace will be with you.

May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being---spirit, soul, and body---free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God has raised from death our Lord Jesus, who is the Great Shepherd of the sheep as the result of his blood, by which the eternal covenant is sealed. May the God of peace provide you with every good thing you need in order to do his will, and may he, through Jesus Christ, do in us what pleases him. And to Christ be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.

No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.

And we have seen and tell others that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

(13:13) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

"A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us").

May the Lord himself, who is our source of peace, give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with everyone.