who gave himself for our sins(A) to rescue us from this present evil age,(B) according to the will of our God and Father.(C)

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Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

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We recall, in the presence of our God and Father,(A) your work produced by faith,(B) your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.(C)

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Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

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Prayer for the Church

11 Now may our God and Father(A) himself, and our Lord Jesus,(B) direct our way to you.

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11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

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13 May he make your hearts blameless(A) in holiness(B) before our God and Father at the coming(C) of our Lord(D) Jesus with all his saints. Amen.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:13 Other mss omit Amen.

13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

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