3 John 1:3-8
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For c I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.
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I have no greater joy than to hear that d my children are walking in the truth.
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Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for e these brothers, f strangers as they are,
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who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner g worthy of God.
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For they have gone out for the sake of h the name, i accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
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Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
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2 John 1:4
I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.
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1 Corinthians 4:14 - 15
I do not write these things to make you ashamed...
Galatians 4:19
My little children, for whom I am again in the ...
1 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, ...
2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and...
Titus 1:4
To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grac...
Philemon 1:10
I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose f...
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Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
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Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
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1 Thessalonians 2:12
We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
Colossians 1:10
So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
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Acts 5:41
Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
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1 Corinthians 9:12
If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.
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