Study Desk

And do not make God's Holy Spirit sad; for the Spirit is God's mark of ownership on you, a guarantee that the Day will come when God will set you free.

Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.

Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.

Nor is it fitting for you to use language which is obscene, profane, or vulgar. Rather you should give thanks to God.

You may be sure that no one who is immoral, indecent, or greedy (for greed is a form of idolatry) will ever receive a share in the Kingdom of Christ and of God.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father.

He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water,

Do this not only when they are watching you, because you want to gain their approval; but with all your heart do what God wants, as slaves of Christ.

Put on all the armor that God gives you, so that you will be able to stand up against the Devil's evil tricks.

And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Spirit gives you.

And pray also for me, that God will give me a message when I am ready to speak, so that I may speak boldly and make known the gospel's secret.

May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give to all Christians peace and love with faith.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

I thank my God for you every time I think of you;

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

You are always in my heart! And so it is only right for me to feel as I do about you. For you have all shared with me in this privilege that God has given me, both now that I am in prison and also while I was free to defend the gospel and establish it firmly.

God is my witness that I tell the truth when I say that my deep feeling for you all comes from the heart of Christ Jesus himself.

Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.

These do so from love, because they know that God has given me the work of defending the gospel.

Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose and that you will win, because it is God who gives you the victory.