who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,

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They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way(A) in a manner that honors(B) God.

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12 (A)that you would walk worthy of God (B)who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

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12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy(A) of God, who calls(B) you into his kingdom and glory.

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(A)hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, that the sharing of your faith may become effective (B)by the acknowledgment of (C)every good thing which is in [a]you in Christ Jesus. For we [b]have great [c]joy and [d]consolation in your love, because the [e]hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:6 NU, M us
  2. Philemon 1:7 NU had
  3. Philemon 1:7 M thanksgiving
  4. Philemon 1:7 comfort
  5. Philemon 1:7 Lit. inward parts, heart, liver, and lungs

because I hear about your love for all his holy people(A) and your faith in the Lord Jesus.(B) I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement,(C) because you, brother, have refreshed(D) the hearts of the Lord’s people.

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13 Send Zenas the lawyer and (A)Apollos on their journey with haste, that they may lack nothing.

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13 Do everything you can to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos(A) on their way and see that they have everything they need.

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So, (A)being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, (B)describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.

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The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia(A) and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted.(B) This news made all the believers very glad.

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20 For (A)what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.

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20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.(A)

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10 (A)that you may walk worthy of the Lord, (B)fully pleasing Him, (C)being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the (D)knowledge of God;

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10 so that you may live a life worthy(A) of the Lord and please him(B) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(C)

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14 Nevertheless you have done well that (A)you shared in my distress.

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14 Yet it was good of you to share(A) in my troubles.

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16 to pass by way of you to Macedonia, (A)to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea.

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16 I wanted to visit you on my way(A) to Macedonia(B) and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way(C) to Judea.(D)

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24 whenever I journey to Spain, [a]I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, (A)and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may (B)enjoy your company for a while.

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  1. Romans 15:24 NU omits I shall come to you and joins Spain with the next sentence.

24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain.(A) I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist(B) me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

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When we had come to the end of those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all accompanied us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city. And (A)we knelt down on the shore and prayed.

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When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(A)

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12 Demetrius (A)has a good testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also [a]bear witness, (B)and you know that our testimony is true.

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  1. 3 John 1:12 testify

12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone(A)—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.(B)

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29 (A)that you abstain from things offered to idols, (B)from blood, from things strangled, and from (C)sexual[a] immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.

Farewell.

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  1. Acts 15:29 Or fornication

29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.(A) You will do well to avoid these things.

Farewell.

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