But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.

And so you know what holds him back, so that he will be revealed in his own time.

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.

as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,

But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.

those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions,

The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.

But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.