Study Desk

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

I thank my God on all the remembrance of you,

For God is my witness how I long after you all in the affections of Jesus Christ.

being filled with fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

and not being terrified in anything by those who oppose, which to them truly is a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and this from God;

who subsisting in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,

Because of this also God highly exalted Him and gave Him a name above every name,

and "every tongue should confess" that Jesus Christ is "Lord," to the glory of God the Father. Isa. 45:23

for it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for the sake of His good pleasure.

that you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault in the midst of a crooked generation, even having been perverted, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

For indeed he was sick, coming near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him, but also me, lest I should have grief on grief.

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, and who glory in Christ Jesus, and who do not trust in flesh.

and be found in Him; not having my own righteousness of Law, but through the faith of Christ, having the righteousness of God on faith,

I press on after a mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Then as many as are perfect, let us be of this mind; and if you think anything differently, God will also reveal this to you.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and who glory in their shame, the ones thinking earthly things.

Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and by petition with thanksgivings, let your requests be made known to God;

and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

And what things you learned and received and heard and saw in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

But I have all things and more than enough; I have been filled, receiving from Epaphroditus the things from you , an odor of sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.