Study Desk

Be sure of this! No person who does sex sins or who is not pure will have any part in the holy nation of Christ and of God. The same is true for the person who always wants what other people have. This becomes a god to him.

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

Be willing to help and care for each other because of Christ. By doing this, you honor Christ.

For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is His body (the church) that He saves.

Husbands, love your wives. You must love them as Christ loved the church. He gave His life for it.

Christ did this so He could set the church apart for Himself. He made it clean by the washing of water with the Word.

No man hates himself. He takes care of his own body. That is the way Christ does. He cares for His body which is the church.

For this reason, a man must leave his father and mother when he gets married and be joined to his wife. The two become one.

You servants who are owned by someone must obey your owners. Work for them as hard as you can. Work for them the same as if you were working for Christ.

Do not work hard only when your owner sees you. You would be doing this just to please men. Work as you would work for Christ. Do what God wants you to do with all your heart.

Be happy as you work. Do your work as for the Lord, not for men.

Remember this, whatever good thing you do, the Lord will pay you for it. It is the same to the Lord if you are a servant owned by someone or if you work for pay.

Owners, do the right thing for those who work for you. Stop saying that you are going to be hard on them. Remember that your Owner and their Owner is in heaven. God does not respect one person more than another.

The covering for your head is that you have been saved from the punishment of sin. Take the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.

You must pray at all times as the Holy Spirit leads you to pray. Pray for the things that are needed. You must watch and keep on praying. Remember to pray for all Christians.

Pray for me also. Pray that I might open my mouth without fear. Pray that I will use the right words to preach that which is hard to understand in the Good News.

This is the reason I was sent out. But now I am in chains for preaching the Good News. I want to keep on speaking for Christ without fear the way I should.

I thank God for you whenever I think of you.

I always have joy as I pray for all of you.

It is right for me to feel like this about all of you. It is because you are very dear to me. While I was in prison and when I was proving that the Good News is true, you all shared God's loving-favor with me.