We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
