always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, ¹  so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible ²  in our body.

Thus ¹  we urged ²  Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, ³  so also he should complete this act of kindness ⁴  for you.

If there is any question ¹  about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; if there is any question about our brothers, they are messengers ²  of the churches, a glory to Christ.

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I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one ¹  who called you by the grace of Christ ²  and are following ³  a different ⁴  gospel –

Those who want to make a good showing in external matters ¹  are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so ²  only to avoid being persecuted ³  for the cross of Christ.

So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

They are darkened in their understanding, ¹  being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

so that what you can be proud of may increase ¹  because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you. ² 

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

He died ¹  for us so that whether we are alert or asleep ²  we will come to life together with him.

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

But Melchizedek ¹  who does not share their ancestry ²  collected a tithe ³  from Abraham and blessed ⁴  the one who possessed the promise.

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. ¹ 

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, ¹  and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment. ² 

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking ¹  in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing ²  the truth.

Then ¹  the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury ²  with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up. ³ 

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, ¹  for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous ²  God, responding to ³  the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations ⁴  of those who reject me, ⁵