Study Desk

And as for us, brothers, when we were deprived of your company for a short time — in person, but not in thought — we missed you and tried hard to come and see you.

We wanted so much to come to you — I, Sha'ul, tried more than once — but the Adversary stopped us.

But now Timothy has come to us from you, bringing good news about your trust and love, and telling us that you remember us well and are always longing to see us, just as we long to see you.

For God did not call us to live an unclean life but a holy one.

Therefore, whoever rejects this teaching is rejecting not a man but God, indeed, the One who gives you the Ruach HaKodesh, which is his.

and you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do it even more.

But you have no need to have anything written to you, brothers, about the times and dates when this will happen;

But you, brothers, are not in the dark, so that the Day should take you by surprise like a thief;

But since we belong to the day, let us stay sober, putting on trust and love as a breastplate and the hope of being delivered as a helmet .

For God has not intended that we should experience his fury, but that we should gain deliverance through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,

but we urge you, brothers, to confront those who are lazy, your aim being to help them change, to encourage the timid, to assist the weak, and to be patient with everyone.

But do test everything — hold onto what is good,

but keep away from every form of evil.

But in connection with the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah and our gathering together to meet him, we ask you, brothers,

For already this separating from Torah is at work secretly, but it will be secretly only until he who is restraining is out of the way.

The result will be that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken their pleasure in wickedness, will be condemned.

But we have to keep thanking God for you always, brothers whom the Lord loves, because God chose you as firstfruits for deliverance by giving you the holiness that has its origin in the Spirit and the faithfulness that has its origin in the truth.

But the Lord is worthy of trust; he will make you firm and guard you from the Evil One.

It was not that we hadn't the right to be supported, but so that we could make ourselves an example to imitate.

But don't consider him an enemy; on the contrary, confront him as a brother and try to help him change.