Study Desk

for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

And, masters, do the same to them. Stop threatening them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and with him there is no partiality.

For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace.

Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.

Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

I am sending him to you for this very purpose, to let you know how we are, and to encourage your hearts.

Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you,

It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in God's grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus.