Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA
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17 Rely on your leaders and defer to them, because they watch over your whole being as people who are going to be held responsible for you. They need to be able to do this with pleasure and not with complaints about you, because that wouldn't help you.
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Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
18 Pray for us. We're sure that we have a good conscience, and we want to do the right thing in every way.
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Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
19 I'm particularly asking you to do this so that I can be returned to you quickly.
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I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.
20 May the God of peace, who brought back the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, from the dead by the blood of the eternal covenant,
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Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, by developing in us what pleases him through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory forever and always. Amen.
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equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to put up with this message of encouragement, since I've only written a short letter to you!
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Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.
23 You should know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, we will travel together to see you.
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I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
24 Greet your leaders and all of God's holy people. The group from Italy greets you.
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Greet all your leaders and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy send you their greetings.
25 May grace be with all of you.
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Grace be with you all.
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