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It is obvious Paul loves Jesus, and His Spirit reinforces Paul in every way. How else is he able to walk away from beating after beating or endure trials of the heart and mind? He must constantly be praying for those he can and can’t reach, for those he is with and for those he has to leave behind. Paul loves Jesus, and so he cannot help but embrace the world as passionately as he does.

11 May God Himself, our Father, along with our Lord Jesus, [the Anointed One,][a] navigate our way to you. 12 May the Lord flood you with an unending, undying love for one another and for all humanity, like our love for you, 13 so that your hearts will be reinforced with His strength, held blameless and holy before God, our Father, when our Lord Jesus, [the Anointed, the Liberating King,][b] appears along with all His holy ones. [Amen.][c]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:11 The earliest manuscripts omit this portion.
  2. 3:13 The earliest manuscripts omit this portion.
  3. 3:13 Most manuscripts omit this word.

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