I call
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 1:18
As God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes and no."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 11:11
Why? Because I don't love you? God knows I do!
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 11:31
The eternally blessed One, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus, knows I am not lying.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_45 1:9
For God, whom I serve with my spirit in [telling] the good news about His Son, is my witness that I constantly mention you,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_45 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ-- I am not lying; my conscience is testifying to me with the Holy Spirit--
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_48 1:20
Now in what I write to you, I'm not lying. God is my witness.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_50 1:8
For God is my witness, how I deeply miss all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_52 2:5
For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy motives-- God is our witness--
that
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 2:1-3
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In fact, I made up my mind about this: not to come to you on another painful visit.
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For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one hurt?
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I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn't have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy is yours.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 10:2
I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are walking in a fleshly way.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 10:6-11
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And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
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Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself of this: just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.
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For if I boast some more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I am not ashamed.
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I don't want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.
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For it is said, "His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable."
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Such a person should consider this: what we are in the words of our letters when absent, we will be in actions when present.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 12:20
For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 13:2
I gave warning, and I give warning-- as when I was present the second time, so now while I am absent-- to those who sinned before and to all the rest: if I come again, I will not be lenient,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 13:10
This is why I am writing these things while absent, that when I am there I will not use severity, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 4:21
What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 5:5
turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_54 1:20
Hymenaeus and Alexander are among them, and I have delivered them to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.
