You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
Parallel translations
- KJV Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
- BSB You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
- NKJV You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
- NASB You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all people,
- NLT The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 1 Th 1:8For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we need not to say anything.
- Rom 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
- 1 Cor 9:1–2Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
- Phil 1:7It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
- 2 Cor 11:11Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.
- 1 Cor 3:10According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
- 2 Cor 7:3I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
- 2 Cor 12:15I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
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