And in this confidence I intended to come to you before now, that you might have a second benefit;

And I wrote this very thing to you, that, when I came, I should not have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.

lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed in this confident exulting.

I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.

And we are persuaded in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.

For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe into Him whom He sent.

When they heard these things they kept silent; and they glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.

And a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who revered God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

but God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,

For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

buried with Him in immersion, in which you also were raised with Him through the faith of the working of God, who raised Him out from the dead.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

But we owe thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

to which He called you through our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Do not be led astray, my beloved brethren.

Of His own purpose He brought us forth by the Word of Truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Jehovah will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Jehovah, is eternal; do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe into Him whom He sent.

for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.

Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

that you may examine the things that differ, that you may be sincere and without blame unto the day of Christ,

who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with intense burning; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.