Study Desk

So, at the proper time, God our Savior gave this message and told me to announce what he had said.

Church officials are in charge of God's work, and so they must also have a good reputation. They must not be bossy, quick-tempered, heavy drinkers, bullies, or dishonest in business.

They must stick to the true message they were taught, so that their good teaching can help others and correct everyone who opposes it.

That surely is a true saying. And you should be hard on such people, so you can help them grow stronger in their faith.

so the younger women will be loving wives and mothers.

This message is certainly true. These teachings are useful and helpful for everyone. I want you to insist that the people follow them, so that all who have faith in God will be sure to do good deeds.

When Zenas the lawyer and Apollos get ready to leave, help them as much as you can, so they won't have need of anything.

Perhaps Onesimus was taken from you for a little while so that you could have him back for good,

and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, who work together with me.

You loved justice and hated evil, and so I, your God, have chosen you. I appointed you and made you happier than any of your friends."

We must give our full attention to what we were told, so that we won't drift away.

So if we refuse this great way of being saved, how can we hope to escape? The Lord himself was the first to tell about it, and people who heard the message proved to us that it was true.

Everything belongs to God, and all things were created by his power. So God did the right thing when he made Jesus perfect by suffering, as Jesus led many of God's children to be saved and to share in his glory.

He had to be one of us, so that he could serve God as our merciful and faithful high priest and sacrifice himself for the forgiveness of our sins.

My friends, God has chosen you to be his holy people. So think about Jesus, the one we call our apostle and high priest!

We were sure about Christ when we first became his people. So let's hold tightly to our faith until the end.

In fact, somewhere the Scriptures say that by the seventh day, God had finished his work, and so he rested.

We should do our best to enter that place of rest, so that none of us will disobey and miss going there, as they did.

So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help.

No one is greater than God. So he made a promise in his own name when he said to Abraham,