2 Thessalonians 1:3

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³We ought always and indeed are morally obligated [as those in debt] to give thanks to God for you, ^[a]brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing ever greater, and the [unselfish] ^[b]love of each one of you toward one another is continually increasing.

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Footnotes

2 Thessalonians 1:3 Lit brethren, includes all born-again believers.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.

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