Study Desk

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may be cheered by news of you.

So receive him in the Lord with all joy; and honor such men,

Brethren, join in imitating me, and mark those who so live as you have an example in us.

which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing--so among yourselves, from the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth,

And so, from the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,

forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one.

so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedo'nia and in Acha'ia.

For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedo'nia and Acha'ia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please men, but to please God who tests our hearts.

So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved--so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!

so that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.

and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedo'nia. But we exhort you, brethren, to do so more and more,