Study Desk

But it has made me exceedingly happy, not that you were sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance: for you were sorry over the things of God, so that you lack nothing from us.

For you know the gracious gift of our LORD Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might be rich.

So that he also has been chosen by the churches to travel with us for this relief which is administered by us to the very glory of God and for our own encouragement:

Yet I have sent the brethren, so that our pride in you should not be in vain because of this question; for as I have said, you must be prepared:

And we shall become strengthened so that we may preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not boast of the things already done by others.

I WISH you to be patient with me for a while, so that I may speak plainly, and I am sure you will be.

Therefore I write these things while I am far away, so that when I come, I need not deal harshly with you, according to the authority which my LORD has given me, which is for your edification and not for your destruction.

These men do not envy you for good, but they would dominate you, so that you might envy them.

For the flesh craves that which is harmful to the Spirit, and the Spirit opposes the things of the flesh: and the two are contrary to one another, so that you are unable to do whatever you please.

For not even they who are circumcised obey the law; but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast over your flesh.

So that the God of our LORD Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

And so that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the glorious riches of his inheritance in the saints;

So that when you read it you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,

So that you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the height and depth and length and breadth;

But that we be sincere in our love, so that in everything we may progress through Christ, who is the head.

And for me also, that words may be given to me as soon as I open my mouth, so that I may boldly preach the mystery of the gospel,

So that you may choose the things that are excellent; and that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ;

So that when I come again to you, your rejoicing in Jesus Christ will abound through me.

Only conduct yourselves as becomes the gospel of Christ: so that whether I come and see you, or whether I am far away, I may hear of your good conduct, that you are standing firm in one spirit, and in one soul, and triumphing together through the faith of the gospel;

Therefore I have sent him quickly, so that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be relieved from anxiety.