For (A)whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the [a]patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. (B)Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may (C)with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:4 perseverance

3-6 That’s exactly what Jesus did. He didn’t make it easy for himself by avoiding people’s troubles, but waded right in and helped out. “I took on the troubles of the troubled,” is the way Scripture puts it. Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it’s written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all. Then we’ll be a choir—not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!

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