remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,

And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

Be Loyal to the Faith

Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—

Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.

Obedience by Faith

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,