Study Desk

They have lost all feeling of shame, and they use their lives for doing evil. They continually want to do all kinds of evil.

Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.

Live a life of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God.

But there must be no sexual sin among you, or any kind of evil or greed. Those things are not right for God's holy people.

Also, there must be no evil talk among you, and you must not speak foolishly or tell evil jokes. These things are not right for you. Instead, you should be giving thanks to God.

Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times.

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

Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it

No one ever hates his own body, but feeds and takes care of it. And that is what Christ does for the church,

Remember that the Lord will give a reward to everyone, slave or free, for doing good.

Pray in the Spirit at all times with all kinds of prayers, asking for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready and never give up. Always pray for all God's people.

Also pray for me that when I speak, God will give me words so that I can tell the secret of the Good News without fear.

I am sending him to you for this reason—so that you will know how we are, and he can encourage you.

always praying with joy for all of you.

I thank God for the help you gave me while I preached the Good News—help you gave from the first day you believed until now.

This is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love;

that you will see the difference between good and bad and will choose the good; that you will be pure and without wrong for the coming of Christ;

But the others preach about Christ for selfish and wrong reasons, wanting to make trouble for me in prison.

But it doesn't matter. The important thing is that in every way, whether for right or wrong reasons, they are preaching about Christ. So I am happy, and I will continue to be happy.

Because you are praying for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ is helping me, I know this trouble will bring my freedom.