Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

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

As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.

As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to spread false teachings,

Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.

So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don’t let anyone look down on you.

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 –

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone.”

Then the demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”

When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.