Study Desk

Buying out for yourselves the opportunity, because, the days, are evil;

For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;

Giving thanks, always, for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto your God and Father;

For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and will cleave unto his wife, and, they two, shall become, one flesh.

Ye children, be obedient unto your parents in the Lord, for this is right:

For the rest, be empowering yourselves in the Lord, and in the grasp of his might:

For this cause, take up the complete armour of God, in order that ye may receive power to withstand in the evil day, and, all things, having accomplished, to stand!

With all prayer and supplication, praying in every season, in spirit, and, thereunto, watching, with all perseverance and supplication, for all the saints, -

In behalf of which I am conducting an embassy in chains, that, therein, I may use freedom of utterance as it is needful for me to speak.

Whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may get to know the things concerning us, and he may encourage your hearts.

For God is, my witness, how I long for you all in the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

These, indeed, out of love, knowing that, for the defence of the glad-message, I am set;

For I know that, this, shall turn unto me for salvation - through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, -

For, unto me - living, is Christ, and, dying, gain.

I am held in constraint, however, by reason of the two, - having, the coveting, to be released, and to be with, Christ, for it were far better!

But, to abide still in the flesh, is more needful for your sake;

And, of, this, being assured, know that I shall abide, - yea abide with you all, for your advancement, and the joy of your faith;

Only, in a manner worthy of the glad-message of the Christ, be using your citizenship; in order that - whether coming and seeing you, or being absent, I may hear of the things which concern you - that ye are standing fast in one spirit, with one soul, joining for the combat along with the faith of the glad-message;

For it is, God, who energiseth within you, both the desiring and the energising, in behalf of his good pleasure.

A word of light, holding forth, - as a matter of boasting unto me, for the day of Christ, - that, not in vain, I ran, nor, in vain, I toiled: -