For eventhoughI am absentin body,neverthelessI amwith you in spirit,rejoicingto seeyour good disciplineand the stabilityof your faithin Christ.
But we, brethren,having been taken awayfrom you for a shortwhile--in person,not in spirit--were all the moreeagerwith greatdesireto seeyour face.
But resisthim, firmin [your] faith,knowingthat the sameexperiencesof sufferingare being accomplishedby your brethrenwho are in the world.
Be on the alert,stand firmin the faith,act like men,be strong.
For we have becomepartakersof Christ,ifwe hold fastthe beginningof our assurancefirmuntilthe end,
But all thingsmust be doneproperlyand in an orderly manner.
Thishope we haveas an anchorof the soul,a [hope] bothsureand steadfastand one which enterswithinthe veil,
for nowwe [really] live,ifyou stand firmin the Lord.
Therefore,my belovedbrethren,be steadfast,immovable,alwaysaboundingin the workof the Lord,knowingthat your toilis not [in] vainin the Lord.
For their heartwas not steadfasttowardHim, Norwere they faithfulin His covenant.
And not be like their fathers,A stubbornand rebelliousgeneration,A generationthat did not prepareits heartAnd whose spiritwas not faithfulto God.
There [were] alsomanyburntofferingswith the fatof the peaceofferingsand with the libationsfor the burntofferings.Thus the serviceof the houseof the LORDwas established[again].
For I wantyou to knowhow greata struggleI haveon your behalfand for thosewhoare at Laodicea,and for all those whohave not personallyseenmy face,
Ifanyoneis hungry,let him eatat home,sothat you will not come togetherfor judgment.The remainingmatters I will arrangewhenI come.
They were continually devoting themselvesto the apostles'teachingand to fellowship,to the breakingof breadand to prayer.
When she sawthat she was determinedto gowith her, she saidnomore to her.
solemnly testifyingto bothJewsand Greeksof repentancetowardGodand faithin our LordJesusChrist.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Let them presenttheir offering,oneleadereachday,for the dedicationof the altar."
