love
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.
The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.
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!
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

