Study Desk

And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not see the end of the fading splendor.

always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

so that by putting it on we may not be found naked.

For while we are still in this tent, we sigh with anxiety; not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body.

We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who pride themselves on a man's position and not on his heart.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting; for you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have.

but that as a matter of equality your abundance at the present time should supply their want, so that their abundance may supply your want, that there may be equality.

But I am sending the brethren so that our boasting about you may not prove vain in this case, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be;

So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on to you before me, and arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.

And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work.

so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another's field.