Lexicon :: Strong's G3918 - pareimi

“Friend,” Jesus asked him, “why have you come? ”[fn]

Then they came up, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.

At that time, some people came and reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Jesus told them, “My time has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand.

Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

Then Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the one you’re looking for. What is the reason you’re here? ”

“So I immediately sent for you, and it was good of you to come. So now we are all in the presence of God to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”

Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,

“It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.

Even though I am absent in the body, I am present in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who has been doing such a thing.

I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are living according to the flesh.

Let such a person consider this: What we are in our letters, when we are absent, we will also be in our actions when we are present.

When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, since the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.

I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,

This is why I am writing these things while absent, so that when I am there I may not have to deal harshly with you, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

But it is always good to be pursued[fn] in a good manner ​— ​and not just when I am with you.

I would like to be with you right now and change my tone of voice, because I don’t know what to do about you.

that has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, just as it has among you since the day you heard it and came to truly appreciate God’s grace.[fn]

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.

The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.

Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.