⁴ who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

The Outworking of Love

^16 (A)By this we know love, ^(B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁴ For you, brethren, became imitators ^(A)of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For ^(B)you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans,

³⁰ because for the work of Christ he came close to death, ^[a]not regarding his life, ^(A)to supply what was lacking in your service toward me.

Collection for the Saints

16 Now concerning ^(A)the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also:

Live as You Are Called

¹⁷ But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And ^(A)so I ^[a]ordain in all the churches.

⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

^5 (A)So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

⁴¹ And he went through Syria and Cilicia, ^(A)strengthening the churches.

^13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.