Study Desk

God wants everything to be done peacefully and in order. When God's people meet in church,

If there is something they want to know, they can ask their husbands when they get home. It is disgraceful for women to speak in church.

I am the least important of all the apostles. In fact, I caused so much trouble for God's church that I don't even deserve to be called an apostle.

Greetings from the churches in Asia. Aquila and Priscilla, together with the church that meets in their house, send greetings in the name of the Lord.

From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and from Timothy, who is also a follower. To God's church in Corinth and to all of God's people in Achaia.

With Titus we are also sending one of the Lord's followers who is well known in every church for spreading the good news.

You know how I used to live as a Jew. I was cruel to God's church and even tried to destroy it.

James, Peter, and John realized that God had given me the message about his undeserved kindness. And these men are supposed to be the backbone of the church. They even gave Barnabas and me a friendly handshake. This was to show that we would work with Gentiles and that they would work with Jews.

God has put all things under the power of Christ, and for the good of the church he has made him the head of everything.

The church is Christ's body and is filled with Christ who completely fills everything.

Then God would use the church to show the powers and authorities in the spiritual world that he has many different kinds of wisdom.

I pray that Christ Jesus and the church will forever bring praise to God. His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine. Amen.

A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Savior of the church, which is his own body.

Wives should always put their husbands first, as the church puts Christ first.

A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water.

Christ did this, so that he would have a glorious and holy church, without faults or spots or wrinkles or any other flaws.

None of us hate our own bodies. We provide for them and take good care of them, just as Christ does for the church,

This is a great mystery, but I understand it to mean Christ and his church.

From Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus. To all of God's people who belong to Christ Jesus at Philippi and to all of your church officials and officers.