Study Desk

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that [is] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal to God,

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that [is] above every name,

and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,

not having my righteousness, which [is] of law, but that which [is] through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

As many, therefore, as [are] perfect -- let us think this, and if [in] anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,

whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and whose glory [is] in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

and to God, even our Father, [is] the glory -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.