I knowyour deeds,and your loveand faithand serviceand perseverance,and that your deedsof lateare greaterthan at first.
"Nevertheless the righteouswill holdto his way,And he who has cleanhandswill growstrongerand stronger.
They will stillyieldfruitin oldage;They shall be fullof sapand verygreen,
But the pathof the righteousis like the lightof dawn,That shinesbrighterand brighteruntilthe fullday.
Whenthe daysof his priestly servicewere ended,he went backhome.
"Everybranchin Me that does not bearfruit,He takes away;and every[branch] that bearsfruit,He prunesit sothat it may bearmorefruit.
Beyondallthese things[put on] love,whichis the perfectbond of unity.
But nowthat Timothyhas cometo us from you, and has brought us good newsof your faithand love,and that you alwaysthinkkindlyof us, longingto seeus justas we alsolong to see you,
We oughtalwaysto give thanksto Godfor you, brethren,as is [only] fitting,becauseyour faithis greatly enlarged,and the loveof eachoneof you towardone anothergrows [ever] greater;
But the goalof our instructionis lovefrom a pureheartand a goodconscienceand a sincerefaith.
Aboveall,keepferventin your lovefor one another,becauselovecoversa multitudeof sins.
and in [your] godliness,brotherlykindness, and in [your] brotherly kindness,love.
but growin the graceand knowledgeof our Lordand SaviorJesusChrist.To Him [be] the glory,bothnowand to the dayof eternity.Amen.
I knowwhereyou dwell,whereSatan'sthroneis; and you hold fastMy name,and did not denyMy faithevenin the daysof Antipas,My witness,My faithful one,whowas killedamongyou, whereSatandwells.
I knowyour tribulationand your poverty(but you are rich),and the blasphemyby thosewho saythey are Jewsand are not, but are a synagogueof Satan.