Section 13
have hope. Now the God of endurance and en couragement grant you to be likeminded one to ward another according to Christ Jesus" (vv. 4-5). "Whatever was written" refers to what is quoted in verse 3 concerning Christ and is for the in struction that produces endurance and encour agement with hope. The record concerning Christ in the Scriptures surely is full of instruction. If we receive its instruction, we will be supplied with the endurance and encouragement of Christ that we may have hope. In receiving the believers, we need this kind of endurance and encouragement with hope. In receiving the believers, we need to endure the weaknesses of the ones whom we are going to receive. We also need to be encouraged with the hope that they may improve and be empowered in faith by the Lord's grace. In re ceiving the weaker believers, we have to realize that our God is the God of endurance and en couragement who can cause us to endure others' weaknesses and to be encouraged with what He can do in others by His grace. If we are so en couraged by such a God, we shall be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus, not according to anything else. Since there is only one Christ Jesus, if we are all according to Christ, we shall be likeminded with one another. However,