In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too.

Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

We do so because we know that the one who raised up Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence.

Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord –

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.