But since we have the same recompense, (I am speaking as if to my own sons), you, too, should be enlarged.
For this reason, I say to you, all things whatsoever that you ask for when praying: believe that you will receive them, and they will happen for you.
Brothers, I beg you. Be as I am. For I, too, am like you. You have not injured me at all.
My little sons, I am giving birth to you again, until Christ is formed in you.
And you know the manner, with each one of you, like a father with his sons,
My little sons, this I write to you, so that you may not sin. But if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just One.
My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.
Little sons, let no one deceive you. Whoever does justice is just, even as he also is just.
I have no greater grace than this, when I hear that my sons are walking in the truth.