Jesus appeared to you, to call you, save you, know you, and care for you.

Jesus appeared to you, to call you, save you, know you, and care for you.

Jesus appeared to you, to call you, save you, know you, and care for you.

“but that our care [spoude] for you in the sight of God might appear to you.” (2Cor 7:12)

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” (Jn 10:27)

“casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].” (1Pet 5:7 AMP)

“For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching [paideuo] us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age” (Tit 2:11,12)

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (Jn 1:14)

“he who leads [proistemi], with diligence [spoude]” (Rom 12:8)

“not lagging in diligence [spoude], fervent [zeo] in spirit, serving [douleuo] the Lord” (Rom 12:11)

“But as you abound [perisseuo] in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence [spoude], and in your love for us—see that you abound [perisseuo] in this grace also.” (2Cor 8:7)

“I speak not by commandment, but I am testing [dokimazo] the sincerity of your love by the diligence [spoude] of others.” (2Cor 8:8)

“But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care [spoude] for you into the heart of Titus.” (2Cor 8:16)

“And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence [spoude] to the full assurance of hope until the end” (Heb 6:11)

“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence [spoude], add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge” (2Pet 1:5)

“Beloved, while I was very diligent [spoude] to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly [epagonizomai] for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” (Jude 1:3)

“For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” (MTT 9:13)

“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” (Mk 2:17)

“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” (Lk 5:31,32)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” (2Cor 1:3-4)

“Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.” (2Thes 3:5)

“Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate [polusplagchnos] and merciful [oiktirmon].” (Jm 5:11)

Reading: 2Cor 8-10; Lk 5