if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. ¹ 

since ¹  we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

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

For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, ¹  about our coming to you – it has not proven to be purposeless. ² 

So ¹  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ²  through your faith.

You, however, must continue ¹  in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know ²  who taught you ³ 

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, ¹  quarrels, and fights about the law, ²  because they are useless and empty.

For he did not put the world to come, ¹  about which we are speaking, ²  under the control of angels.

For here is the testimony about him: ¹  “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ² 

who then ¹  testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about ²  Jesus Christ.

Now ¹  when the Lamb ²  opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

“Blessed are you when people ¹  insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely ²  on account of me.

This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, ¹  who will prepare your way before you.’ ² 

When Jesus learned of this, ¹  he said, “You who have such little faith! ²  Why are you arguing ³  among yourselves about having no bread?

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, ¹  “Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

Again, I tell you the truth, ¹  if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. ² 

When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, ¹  he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

So they went. When ¹  he went out again about noon and three o’clock that afternoon, ²  he did the same thing.