2 Corinthians 2:3
2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you,
so that when I came
I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.
Romans 12:15
12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Romans 12:1
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.
Colossians 1:26
1:26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.
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 –
Philippians 2:28
2:28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him,
so that when you see him again you can rejoice
and I can be free from anxiety.
Philippians 2:1
Christian Unity and Christ’s Humility
2:1 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,
Philippians 3:8
3:8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung!
– that I may gain Christ,