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Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
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Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
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Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening.
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Do Everything Without Grumbling
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
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Closing Appeal for Steadfastness and Unity
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!
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Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case—the things that have to do with salvation.
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You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
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Suffering for Being a Christian
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
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The Day of the Lord
Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
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But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
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So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.
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Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position.
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Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
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Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
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On Denying the Incarnation
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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God’s Love and Ours
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
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Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.
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The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People
Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.
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A Call to Persevere
But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.
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But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
