so that we urged Titus, that just as he had begun before, thus he would also finish this grace also in you.

Therefore I beseech [you] not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, which is your glory.

But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until [the] end,

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Now she who is really a widow and having been left alone, has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

And Abraham drew near and said, Would You destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?

Far be it from You to do such at thing, so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And Abraham answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am [but] dust and ashes.

And he continued to speak to Him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And He said, I will not destroy it for the forty's sake.

And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And He said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.

And for the stranger who is not of Your people,

then shall You hear [them] from heaven, out of Your established dwelling place, and You shall do according to all that the stranger shall call upon You for, that all the nations may know Your name, and fear You, as [do] Your people Israel, and may know that Your name has been called on this house which I have built.

For the end, A Psalm of David among the Hymns. God be merciful to us, and bless us; [and] cause His face to shine upon us. Pause.

Let the nations, O God, give thanks to You; let all the nations give thanks to You.

And blessed is His glorious name forever, even forever and ever; and all the earth shall be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.

Therefore pray in this manner: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as [it is] in heaven.

Confess your transgressions to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of the righteous is very powerful.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

But thanks be to God, that though you used to be slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from [your] heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

giving thanks always concerning all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

We are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, [and] rightfully so, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all increases towards one another,

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.

So then these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all [men], as indeed we also do toward you,

And a servant of the Lord ought not to fight, but to be gentle to all, skillful at teaching, forbearing,

For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,

to slander no one, to be peaceable, gentle, demonstrating all meekness to all men.