Study Desk

Brothers and sisters, God loves you, and we know he has chosen you,

And the Lord's teaching spread from you not only into Macedonia and Southern Greece, but now your faith in God has become known everywhere. So we do not need to say anything about it.

People everywhere are telling about the way you accepted us when we were there with you. They tell how you stopped worshiping idols and began serving the living and true God.

And you wait for God's Son, whom God raised from the dead, to come from heaven. He is Jesus, who saves us from God's angry judgment that is sure to come.

Before we came to you, we suffered in Philippi. People there insulted us, as you know, and many people were against us. But our God helped us to be brave and to tell you his Good News.

But we speak the Good News because God tested us and trusted us to do it. When we speak, we are not trying to please people, but God, who tests our hearts.

You know that we never tried to influence you by saying nice things about you. We were not trying to get your money; we had no selfishness to hide from you. God knows that this is true.

When we were with you, we lived in a holy and honest way, without fault. You know this is true, and so does God.

We encouraged you, we urged you, and we insisted that you live good lives for God, who calls you to his glorious kingdom.

Also, we always thank God because when you heard his message from us, you accepted it as the word of God, not the words of humans. And it really is God's message which works in you who believe.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and forced us to leave that country. They do not please God and are against all people.

They try to stop us from teaching those who are not Jews so they may be saved. By doing this, they are increasing their sins to the limit. The anger of God has come to them at last.

and send Timothy to you. Timothy, our brother, works with us for God and helps us tell people the Good News about Christ. We sent him to strengthen and encourage you in your faith

We have so much joy before our God because of you. We cannot thank him enough for all the joy we feel.

Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus prepare the way for us to come to you.

May your hearts be made strong so that you will be holy and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

Brothers and sisters, we taught you how to live in a way that will please God, and you are living that way. Now we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live that way even more.

God wants you to be holy and to stay away from sexual sins.

Don't use your body for sexual sin like the people who do not know God.

God called us to be holy and does not want us to live in sin.