Study Desk

May all the Christian brothers have peace and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

May God give loving-favor to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love that never gets weak.

May you have loving-favor and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank God for you whenever I think of you.

I am sure that God Who began the good work in you will keep on working in you until the day Jesus Christ comes again.

God knows what I am saying. He knows how much I love you all with a love that comes from Jesus Christ.

And I pray that you will be filled with the fruits of right living. These come from Jesus Christ, with honor and thanks to God.

Because of this, most of my Christian brothers have had their faith in the Lord made stronger. They have more power to preach the Word of God without fear.

Do not be afraid of those who hate you. Their hate for you proves they will be destroyed. It proves you have life from God that lasts forever.

Jesus has always been as God is. But He did not hold to His rights as God.

Because of this, God lifted Jesus high above everything else. He gave Him a name that is greater than any other name.

And every tongue will say Jesus Christ is Lord. Everyone will give honor to God the Father.

My Christian friends, you have obeyed me when I was with you. You have obeyed even more when I have been away. You must keep on working to show you have been saved from the punishment of sin. Be afraid that you may not please God.

He is working in you. God is helping you obey Him. God is doing what He wants done in you.

Even if I give my life as a gift on the altar to God for you, I am glad and share this joy with you.

It is true, he was sick. Yes, he almost died, but God showed loving-kindness to him and to me. If he had died, I would have had even more sorrow.

The act of becoming a Jew has nothing to do with us becoming Christians. We worship God through His Spirit and are proud of Jesus Christ. We have no faith in what we ourselves can do.

I want to be as one with Him. I could not be right with God by what the Law said I must do. I was made right with God by faith in Christ.

All of us who are full-grown Christians should think this way. If you do not think this way, God will show it to you.

Their god is their stomach. They take pride in things they should be ashamed of. All they think about are the things of this world. In the end they will be destroyed.