1 Thessalonians 2:11
2:11 As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
Romans 12:1-2
Consecration of the Believer’s Life
12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
12:2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Ephesians 4:1
Live in Unity
4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,
Philemon 1:9-10
1:9 I would rather appeal
to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man
and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus
–
1:10 I am appealing
to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become
during my imprisonment,
that is, Onesimus,
Hebrews 13:22
13:22 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.