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

¹⁶ We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.^(A)

³⁰ because he came close to death for the work of Christ,^[a] risking his life to make up for those services that you could not give me.

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)

The Collection for the Saints

16 Now concerning the collection for the saints: you should follow the directions I gave to the churches of Galatia.^(A)

The Life that the Lord Has Assigned

¹⁷ However that may be, let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches.^(A)

⁷ Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.

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

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

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