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1 Timothy – Love from a pure heart “The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.” 1 Timothy 1:5 Paul had left Timothy in Ephesus to curb the voices of false...
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2 Thessalonians – Patient endurance “May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Communication is interesting. You can control what you say but...
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1 Thessalonians – Encourage each other with these words “And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.” 1Thessalonians 4:13 Paul established the...
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Colossians – No more high-sounding nonsense Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. Colossians 2:8 The young Colossians...
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Philippians – Life together “… fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” Philippians 2:2 The Church in Philippi had an unusual beginning which we find in Acts 16. It seems Paul was headed to Asia when the...
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Ephesians – The mystery of His will “… having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,” Ephesians 1:9 The people of Ephesus were dear to the Apostle Paul. He spent a lot of time there, at one...
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Galatians – Faith working through love Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1 The area of Galatia, now modern Turkey, was home to several communities of Christians...
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2 Corinthians – A more excellent way – of Life "For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly...
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1 Corinthians – A more excellent way – Love And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 Paul may have intended on a brief stay in Corinth, stopping at the Grecian port city on his way home from...
