Verse 18

It is good to be eagerly sought after for a good purpose always, and not just when I am present with you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Phil 1:27 : 27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel.
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
  • Gal 4:13 : 13 You know that it was because of a weakness in my flesh that I first preached the gospel to you.
  • Gal 4:20 : 20 I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
  • Num 25:11-13 : 11 'Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites by being as zealous as I am for my honor among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.' 12 Therefore tell him, 'I am giving him my covenant of peace.' 13 'It will be a covenant of an everlasting priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.'
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s sons.
  • Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal consumes me because my adversaries forget Your words.
  • Isa 59:17 : 17 He put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation on His head. He clothed Himself in garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in zeal as a cloak.
  • John 2:17 : 17 Then His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for Your house will consume me.'
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.