mGNT Concordance for ἀγαπητοί

Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God's wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion[fn] in the fear of God.

Have you been thinking all along that we were defending ourselves to you? No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up.

Therefore, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

So then, my dearly loved and longed for brothers and sisters, my joy and crown, in this manner stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

Even though we are speaking this way, dearly loved friends, in your case we are confident of things that are better and that pertain to salvation.

Don't be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.

My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.

Dear friends, don't be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you.

Dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written to you; in both letters, I want to stir up your sincere understanding by way of reminder,

Dear friends, don't overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found without spot or blemish in his sight, at peace.

Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stable position.

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word you have heard.

Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears,[fn] we will be like him because we will see him as he is.

Dear friends, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have confidence before God

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.

But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,