Study Desk

and to put on the new man, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Instead, be kind to one another, tender-hearted, graciously forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has graciously forgiven you.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

For this you know with certainty, that no one sexually immoral or impure or greedy, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

also receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

Peace be to the brothers, 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 thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

and that most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord because of my chains, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.

who, although existing in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,