But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know, yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you; unless indeed you are ones failing the test?

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

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

that the fellowship of your faith may become active in the full true knowledge of every good thing in you in Christ Jesus.

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

that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.

But as you abound in everything (in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us), see that you abound in this grace also.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full true knowledge and all discernment,

being rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,

If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall happen unto you.

In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; thus you will be My disciples.

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

and He died for all, that those who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Laziness causes one to fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day?

But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter.

not slothful in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

that you do not become slothful, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

And that which was sown among the thorns is he who hears the Word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is dried up; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the full true knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,