For I want you to know how great a struggle I have concerning you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

For I indeed, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has done this deed in this way,

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But we, brothers, being unwillingly separated from you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, were all the more eager to see your face with much desire.

And the whole burnt offering [was] abundant, with the fat of the complete peace offering, and the drink offerings of the whole burnt sacrifice. So the service was established in the house of the Lord.

But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

Let all things be done properly and according to order.

And Naomi, seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her anymore.

That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God.

For their heart [was] not right with Him, neither were they steadfast in His covenant.

And they were continuing in the teaching of the apostles, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be courageous, be strong.

Because now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the assurance firm until the end,

which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and secure, and which enters into the inner [side] of the veil,

Resist him, being steadfast in [your] faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on guard, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being carried away by the error of the wicked;

but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.