Study Desk

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.

At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.

He did this so that he might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross by which he put the hostility to death.

and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.

and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.

They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.

And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,

and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.

For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit—which is the word of God.

Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you,