But after y’all have suffered a little while, may the God of all grace, who called y’all to his eternal glory in Christ, restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish y’all.
Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
You must compete in the excellent competition, and take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the excellent confession in the sight of many witnesses.
Finally, siblings, rejoice y’all! May y’all be perfected, be comforted, be of one mind, and live at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with y’all.
Now to the one who is able to strengthen y’all according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept silent for long ages,
“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am YHWH their God, and I will hear them.
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not through our works, but through ʜɪꜱ own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
For through this, he is the mediator of a new covenant—since a death has occurred for the ransom of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
And even before they were born or had done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election would remain (not of works, but from the one who calls),
If anyone speaks, let it be with the words of God. If anyone serves, let it be from the strength which God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Now I urge y’all, siblings, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that y’all agree with one another and that there be no divisions among y’all, but that y’all be perfected together in the same mind and in the same opinion.