Greeting or salutation (vv. 1, 2)
1:3 Remembering without ceasing your jwork of faith, and klabour of love, and lpatience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
SALVATION CHANGES A LIFE
Descriptions of an energetic Church
I. Christians should display a work of faith (v. 3, 9)
Jam 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
II. Christians should display a labour of love (v. 3; 2:9; 3:5; 2 Thess 3:8)
Because of love they would labor to exhaustion
III. Christians should display a patience of hope (v. 3)
These Christians were willing to endure trials for the confident expectation of Christ