3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
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And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? …
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-5)I. The apostle begins with thanksgiving to God. Being about to mention the things that were matter of joy to him, and highly praiseworthy in them, and greatly for their advantage, he chooses to do this by way of thanksgiving to God, who is the author of all that good that comes to us, or is done by us, at any time. God is the object of all religious worship, of prayer and praise. And thanksgiving…
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