Verse 5
Endurance and encouragement come to us through the Scriptures, but they are gifts from God. Paul wished that all his readers, the strong and the weak, would appropriate these gifts and apply them in their interpersonal relationships. [Note: See Cranfield, 2:736, for helpful comments on Paul’s prayerful wishes.] The result would be unity in the church.
"The centripetal magnetism of the Lord can effectively counter the centrifugal force of individual judgment and opinion." [Note: Harrison, p. 153.]
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