Would that you had known personally, even at least in this your day, the things that make for peace (for freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin and upon which your peace--your security, safety, prosperity, and happiness--depends)! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
FOR THE rest, my brethren, delight yourselves in the Lord and continue to rejoice that you are in Him. To keep writing to you [over and over] of the same things is not irksome to me, and it is [a precaution] for your safety.
While they are saying, " Peace and safety!" then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.
And consider that the long-suffering of our Lord [ His slowness in avenging wrongs and judging the world] is salvation ( that which is conducive to the soul's safety), even as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the spiritual insight given him.
I trust in the Lord for protection. So why do you say to me “Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety.
Luke 19:42 Philippians 3:1 1 Thessalonians 5:3 2 Peter 3:15 Psalm 11:1 Psalm 4:8
For time and eternity, Jesus is all we need.
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