Study Desk

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.

Pray that God will protect me from the unbelievers in Judea, and that his people in Jerusalem will be pleased with what I am doing.

Greet Apelles, a faithful servant of Christ. Greet Aristobulus and his family.

Greet Herodion, who is a relative of mine. Greet Narcissus and the others in his family, who have faith in the Lord.

Greet Rufus, that special servant of the Lord, and greet his mother, who has been like a mother to me.

Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all of God's people who are with them.

Timothy, who works with me, sends his greetings, and so do my relatives, Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater.

Gaius welcomes me and the whole church into his home, and he sends his greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our dear friend Quartus send their greetings too.

but now at last it has been told. The eternal God commanded his prophets to write about the good news, so that all nations would obey and have faith.

To God's church in Corinth. Christ Jesus chose you to be his very own people, and you worship in his name, as we and all others do who call him Lord.

God can be trusted, and he chose you to be partners with his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

When I talked with you or preached, I didn't try to prove anything by sounding wise. I simply let God's Spirit show his power.

God's Spirit has shown you everything. His Spirit finds out everything, even what is deep in the mind of God.

But God has given us his Spirit. That's why we don't think the same way that the people of this world think. That's also why we can recognize the blessings that God has given us.

All of you surely know that you are God's temple and that his Spirit lives in you.

Together you are God's holy temple, and God will destroy anyone who destroys his temple.

I have heard terrible things about some of you. In fact, you are behaving worse than the Gentiles. A man is even sleeping with his own stepmother.

You must then hand that man over to Satan. His body will be destroyed, but his spirit will be saved when the Lord Jesus returns.

A wife belongs to her husband instead of to herself, and a husband belongs to his wife instead of to himself.

should either stay single or go back to her husband. And a husband should not leave his wife.