Study Desk

I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility

For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,

and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things,

So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light