1 Thessalonians 3:2
3:2 We
sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God
in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,
1 Thessalonians 3:6
3:6 But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!
Acts 15:36
Paul and Barnabas Part Company
15:36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”
Acts 15:2
15:2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate
with them, the church
appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with
the apostles and elders in Jerusalem
about this point of disagreement.
Colossians 1:5-7
1:5 Your faith and love have arisen
from the hope laid up
for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel
is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing
among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
1:7 You learned the gospel
from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave
– a
faithful minister of Christ on our
behalf –