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Philippians 1:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

God knows that I want very much to see you. I love all of you with the love of Christ Jesus.

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My dear brothers and sisters, I love you and want to see you. You bring me joy and make me proud of you. Continue following the Lord as I have told you.

Every time I pray, I always remember you. God knows this is true. He is the one I serve with all my heart by telling people the Good News about his Son. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you. It will happen if God wants it.

I remember that you cried for me. I want very much to see you so that I can be filled with joy.

We loved you very much, so we were happy to share God’s Good News with you. But not only that—we were also happy to share even our own lives with you.

I am in Christ and I am telling you the truth. I am not lying. And my conscience, ruled by the Holy Spirit, agrees that what I say now is true.

I am sending him back to you, but it’s as hard as losing part of myself.

The Lord says, “You know that Ephraim is my dear son. I love that child. Yes, I often criticized Ephraim, but I still think about him. I love him very much, and I really do want to comfort him.

I want you to know that I am trying very hard to help you. And I am trying to help those in Laodicea and others who have never seen me.

My little children, I am in pain again over you, like a mother giving birth. I will feel this pain until people can look at you and see Christ.

God knows there is nothing untrue in any of this.

And his love for you is stronger when he remembers that you were all ready to obey. You welcomed him with respect and fear.

Our feelings of love for you have not stopped. It is you who have stopped your feelings of love for us.

“With the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will shine on us.

Please, look down from the heavens. See what is happening now. Look down at us from your great and holy home in heaven. Where is your strong love for us? Where is your compassion? Why are you hiding your kind love from me?

So I will hum a sad song for Moab and Kir Heres, like a harp playing a funeral song.

Suppose a believer who is rich enough to have all the necessities of life sees a fellow believer who is poor and does not have even basic needs. What if the rich believer does not help the poor one? Then it is clear that God’s love is not in that person’s heart.

So, my brother, as a follower of the Lord please do this favor for me. It would be such a great encouragement to me as your brother in Christ.

You know that we never tried to influence you by saying nice things about you. We were not trying to get your money. We had no greed to hide from you. God knows that this is true.

God has chosen you and made you his holy people. He loves you. So your new life should be like this: Show mercy to others. Be kind, humble, gentle, and patient.

but now he wants very much to see all of you again. He is worried because you heard that he was sick.

Think about what we have in Christ: the encouragement he has brought us, the comfort of his love, our sharing in his Spirit, and the mercy and kindness he has shown us. If you enjoy these blessings,

We are happy to be weak if you are strong. And this is what we pray—that your lives will be made completely right again.

Even now there is someone in heaven who will speak for me. There is someone above who will testify for me.

You were all baptized into Christ, and so you were all clothed with Christ. This shows that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.




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