American Standard Version of 1901
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This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
I am a sojourner in the earth:Hide not thy commandments from me.
according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
With my whole heart have I sought thee:Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
Wherefore {Or, exhort chapter 5:11.}comfort one another with these words.
{Or, Every scripture is inspired of God, and profitable}Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for {Or, discipline}instruction which is in righteousness:
Wherefore {Or, comfort chapter 4:18.}exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt {Or, deal wisely}have good success.
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.