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For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
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It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
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I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.
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so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him.”
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Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there.
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For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.
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I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
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Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there,
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I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
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Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.
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Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
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Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.
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Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.
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Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them.
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For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
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The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
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I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
