Study Desk

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

Yes, and if I am offered on the sacrifice and ministry of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a servant.

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, joying and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

rooted and built up in him, and established in your faith, even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

having been buried with him in baptism, wherein you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we don't need to speak anything.

and sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker under God in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;

For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

But when Timothy came even now to us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;

for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, even as it is meet, for that your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another abounds;

so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure;

To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;

and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all do not have faith.