Second Letter from Small Man to the Sacred Family in Village of False Victory 1
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GREETINGS
1From Small Man (Paul), Forest Walker (Silvanus), and He Gives Honor (Timothy).
To the sacred family that gathers in village of False Victory (Thessalonica) who belong to our Father the Great Spirit and to Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. 2We greet you with the gift of great kindness and peace that comes from our Father the Great Spirit and from our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.
GIVING THANKS FOR YOU
3My sacred family members, it is only right and good that we are always giving thanks to Creator for you. We give thanks for the way your trust in him and your love for each other keeps growing stronger day by day. 4We tell the other Sacred Families of Creator about you, bragging about the way you keep trusting even when the path you walk is full of pain and trouble from others.
CREATOR WILL HONOR YOU
5-6Creator will honor you as you walk his good road even when it means suffering. This shows that it is right for Creator to punish those who have made you suffer. 7It is also right that he will bring comfort to all of us who share in these troubles. This will happen when our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is revealed from the spirit-world above along with all his powerful spirit-messengers.
In flaming fire 8he will punish the ones who refuse to see who Creator truly is, and those who do not respect and follow the good story of our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus). 9They will come to a bad end and to a punishment that will last beyond the end of all days. They will be removed far away from the beauty and power that shines from the face of our Honored Chief. 10This will happen on the day he comes to be honored by all his holy people and to be looked on in amazement by all who have trusted in him. This includes you, because you trusted the truth we told you.
SENDING UP PRAYERS
11This is the reason we never stop sending our voice to the Great Spirit for you. We pray that our Creator will give you what you need to walk with honor on the path he has chosen for you. We pray that, as you trust in his power, he will fulfill every desire you have to walk in a good way. 12We also pray that you will show the beauty that is in the name of our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and that his beauty will be seen in you. He will do this by the gift of Creator’s great kindness that comes through our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.
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