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1 Thessalonians 2:8
Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

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1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

Romans 1:11
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

1 Thessalonians 3:1
Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

Galatians 4:19
My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

Colossians 1:28
We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

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2 Corinthians 12:15
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

Philippians 2:17
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

1 John 3:16
By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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Psalms 110:3
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

2 Corinthians 8:3
For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

Judges 5:2
“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!

Judges 8:25
They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.

Nehemiah 11:2
The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 1:19
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land;

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Acts 20:33
I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.

2 Thessalonians 3:8
neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.

1 Peter 5:2
shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

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