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so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything.

so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.

so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.

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 are standing 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 comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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 to 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 too may be cheered by news of you.

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

And so, from the day we heard, 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,

so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

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