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1 Finally, dear brothers and sisters, I ask you to pray for us. Pray first that the Lord's message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you.
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1 Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.
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2 Pray, too, that we will be saved from wicked and evil people, for not everyone believes in the Lord.
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2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith.
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3 But the Lord is faithful; he will make you strong and guard you from the evil one.
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3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
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4 And we are confident in the Lord that you are practicing the things we commanded you, and that you always will.
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4 We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command.
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5 May the Lord bring you into an ever deeper understanding of the love of God and the endurance that comes from Christ.
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5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.
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| Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
