Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters. ¹ 

Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

Therefore, be ¹  imitators of God as dearly loved children

So then, my brothers and sisters, ¹  dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my good friend Stachys.

I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas greet you.

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for ¹  these things, strive to be found ²  at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence. ³ 

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

Dear friends, if God so loved us, then ¹  we also ought to love one another. ² 

From ¹  the elder, ²  to Gaius ³  my dear brother, whom I love in truth. ⁴ 

Dear friend, ¹  you demonstrate faithfulness ²  by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).

And a voice came from heaven: “You are my one dear Son; ¹  in you I take great delight.” ² 

we have unanimously ¹  decided ²  to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

You learned the gospel ¹  from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave ²  – a ³  faithful minister of Christ on our ⁴  behalf –

Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave ¹  in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. ² 

I sent him ¹  with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. ²  They will tell ³  you about everything here.

nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,