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Philippians 1:22

Good News Translation

But if by continuing to live I can do more worthwhile work, then I am not sure which I should choose.

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Abimelech said, “I don't know who did this. You didn't tell me about it, and this is the first I have heard of it.”

He refused and said to her, “Look, my master does not have to concern himself with anything in the house, because I am here. He has put me in charge of everything he has.

Now that I am old and my hair is gray, do not abandon me, O God! Be with me while I proclaim your power and might to all generations to come.

When the people saw that Moses had not come down from the mountain but was staying there a long time, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “We do not know what has happened to this man Moses, who led us out of Egypt; so make us a god to lead us.”

“And now, my friends, I know that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was due to your ignorance.

You must remember, my friends, that many times I have planned to visit you, but something has always kept me from doing so. I want to win converts among you also, as I have among other Gentiles.

God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the beginning. You know what the scripture says in the passage where Elijah pleads with God against Israel:

It is true that we live in the world, but we do not fight from worldly motives.

so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.

I am pulled in two directions. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing;

but for your sake it is much more important that I remain alive.

Let me tell you how hard I have worked for you and for the people in Laodicea and for all others who do not know me personally.

From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires.




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