People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
TO LIVE IS CHRIST PRIVILEGED TO SUFFER IN CHRIST’S BEHALF
But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;
yet to remain in my body is more necessary and essential for your sake.
GREETING THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER
I thank my God in every remembrance of you,
always offering every prayer of mine with joy for all of you,
for your participation and partnership in the good news from the first day until now.
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.