Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Let us hold fast the profession of {our} faith without wavering; (for he {is} faithful that promised;)

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present {you} faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

For what {is} our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? {Are} not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? {rejoicing: or, glorying?}

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, {then} are ye my disciples indeed;

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also {are} ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

[A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: {conversation...: or, we live or conduct ourselves as citizens of heaven, or, for obtaining heaven}

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know {these things} before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast {our} profession.

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Epaphras, who is {one} of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. {labouring...: or, striving} {complete: or, filled}

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

{Seeing} then {that} all these things shall be dissolved, what manner {of persons} ought ye to be in {all} holy conversation and godliness,

Confirming the souls of the disciples, {and} exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

And ye shall be hated of all {men} for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. {saints: or, holy ones, or, angels}

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

For what {is} our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? {Are} not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? {rejoicing: or, glorying?}

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that {is} unprofitable for you. {have...: or, guide}

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also {are} ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, {and} bind it {as} a crown to me.

And when he cometh home, he calleth together {his} friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but {we do} all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

To Timothy, {my} dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, {and} peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,