We should always thank God for you, brothers and sisters. That’s only right, because your faith is growing more and more and your love for one another is increasing.
‘I know that you’re suffering and that you’re poor—but you’re rich! I know how you’re being insulted by people who claim to be Jews but aren’t. They’re a synagogue of Satan.
Above all, my brothers and sisters, don’t swear any oaths, not by heaven or by the earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” If you do more than that, you’ll be found guilty.
Actually, he was very sick. He almost died! But God had mercy on him, and also on me. God spared me the sorrow of losing him on top of all my other sorrows here.
But we should always thank God for you, brothers and sisters, because the Lord loves you and chose you as the first to be saved. This has happened through the work of the Holy Spirit, which makes people holy, and through your belief in the truth.