For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now h
Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelati
I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the er
On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,
Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying tha
encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “
so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord J
But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit
For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my belo
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “
And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and n
For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than t
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehe
Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”