Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 NABRE Paul is writing to the community at Thessalonica, many think this may have been the first letter Paul wrote, and so it has some of his earliest recorded thoughts. He is ending the…
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We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works. We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25 NABRE The letter to the…
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Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Philippians 2:5 NABRE Paul is challenging the community at Philippi, have the same attitude as Jesus, we are challenged as well. What attitude specifically does Paul mean? Just prior to the quoted verse Paul names attitudes. The…
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Spirit be with all of you. 2 Corinthians 13:13 NABRE Paul is closing out his second letter to the community at Corinth with a blessing. Paul ends on a note of affection…
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Pleasing words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste and invigorating to the bones. Proverbs 16:24 NABRE Today we read a Proverb that should be obvious, saying something pleasing to another person will make you both happy. This should be the mantra for all Christians, we should be raising each…
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