Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, gracious and merciful, longsuffering and very compassionate, and true,

For You, O Lord, are kind and gentle, and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon You.

who formerly disobeyed, when the longsuffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, when the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

The Lord does not delay concerning His promise, as some reckon slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation--just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

Be of the same mind toward one another. Not minding the high things, but associating with the humble. Do not become wise in your own opinion.

And the hand of the Lord was [present] to give them one heart to come, to do according to the commands of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear Me continually, and [that] for good to them and their children after them.

And I will give them another heart, and will put a new spirit within them; and will extract the heart of stone from their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh;

Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things belonging to him was his own, but they had all things in common.

Now I beseech you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same opinion.

Finally brothers, farewell. Restore [yourselves], comfort [yourselves], be in agreement, be at peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Only conduct yourselves worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit, intending the same purpose,

Nevertheless, to what we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, [being] of the same mind.

I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.

Finally, all [of you] be like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brothers, compassionate, friendly,

For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those reproaching You fell on Me."

And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

Let each of you look out not only for his own concerns, but also for the concerns of others.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,