For I wantyou to knowhow greata struggleI haveon your behalfand for thosewhoare at Laodicea,and for all those whohave not personallyseenmy face,
So Rachelsaid,"With mightywrestlingsI have wrestledwith my sister,[and] I have indeedprevailed."And she namedhim Naphtali.
And beingin agonyHe was prayingveryfervently;and His sweatbecamelikedropsof blood,falling downupon the ground.
"And now,behold,I knowthat allof you, amongwhomI went aboutpreachingthe kingdom,will no longerseemy face.
grievingespeciallyoverthe wordwhichhe had spoken,that they wouldnot seehis faceagain.And they were accompanyinghim to the ship.
My children,with whomI amagainin laboruntilChristis formedin you--
experiencingthe sameconflictwhichyou sawin me, and nowhear[to be] in me.
NowI rejoicein my sufferingsfor your sake,and in my fleshI do my shareon behalfof His body,whichis the church,in fillingup whatis lackingin Christ'safflictions.
For thispurpose alsoI labor,strivingaccordingto His power, which mightilyworkswithinme.
For eventhoughI am absentin body,neverthelessI amwith you in spirit,rejoicingto seeyour good disciplineand the stabilityof your faithin Christ.
but after we had already sufferedand been mistreatedin Philippi,as you know,we had the boldnessin our Godto speakto you the gospelof Godamidmuchopposition.
In the daysof His flesh,He offeredup bothprayersand supplicationswith loudcryingand tearsto the One ableto saveHim from death,and He was heardbecauseof His piety.
and though you have not seenHim, you loveHim, and though you do not seeHim now,but believein Him, you greatly rejoicewith joyinexpressibleand full of glory,
saying,"Writein a bookwhatyou see,and send[it] to the sevenchurches:to Ephesusand to Smyrnaand to Pergamumand to Thyatiraand to Sardisand to Philadelphiaand to Laodicea."
