Philippians 4:9
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9 As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do them, and the God of peace will be with you.(A)
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James 1:22
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22 But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.(A)
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Philippians 3:17
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17 Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
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A Life Pleasing to God
4 Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.(A) 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;(B) 4 that each one of you know how to control your own body[a] in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passion, like the gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.(C) 7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. 8 Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
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- 4.4 Or control your own vessel or take a wife for yourself
2 Peter 1:10
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10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble.
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Philippians 4:7
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7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.(A)
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John 13:17
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17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
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2 Corinthians 13:11
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Final Greetings and Benediction
11 Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell.[a] Be restored; listen to my appeal;[b] agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.(A)
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Romans 16:20
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20 The God of peace will shortly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.[a](A)
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- 16.20 Other ancient authorities lack this sentence
Matthew 7:21
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Concerning Self-Deception
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.(A)
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Hebrews 13:20-21
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Benediction
20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,(A) 21 make you complete in everything good[a] so that you may do his will, as he works among us[b] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever.[c] Amen.(B)
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-10
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Warning against Idleness
6 Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister living irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they[a] received from us.(A) 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not irresponsible when we were with you,(B) 8 and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you.(C) 9 This was not because we do not have that right but in order to give you an example to imitate.(D) 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: anyone unwilling to work should not eat.
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- 3.6 Other ancient authorities read you
2 Thessalonians 3:4
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4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will go on doing the things that we command.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:23
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23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound[a] and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.(A)
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John 2:5
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5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
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Luke 6:46
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The Two Foundations
46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?(A)
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Matthew 28:20
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20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”[a]
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- 28.20 Other ancient authorities add Amen
Matthew 7:24-27
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Hearers and Doers
24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(A) 25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
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1 Thessalonians 2:14
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14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you suffered the same things from your own compatriots as they did from the Jews(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:2-12
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2 but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition.(A) 3 For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, 4 but, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals but to please God, who tests our hearts.(B) 5 As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed,(C) 6 nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,(D) 7 though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle[a] among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. 8 So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
9 You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.(E) 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was toward you believers.(F) 11 As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children, 12 urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.(G)
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1 Thessalonians 1:6
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6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy from the Holy Spirit,(A)
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2 Corinthians 5:19-20
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19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,[a] not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.(A) 20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.(B)
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- 5.19 Or God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself
1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1
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31 So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.(A) 32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,(B) 33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but that of many, so that they may be saved.(C) 11 1
Romans 15:33
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33 The God of peace be with all of you.[a] Amen.(A)
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Luke 8:21
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21 But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”(A)
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