Study Desk

So then, you Gentiles are not foreigners or strangers any longer; you are now citizens together with God's people and members of the family of God.

So then, dear friends, as you always obeyed me when I was with you, it is even more important that you obey me now while I am away from you. Keep on working with fear and trembling to complete your salvation,

So then, my friends, how dear you are to me and how I miss you! How happy you make me, and how proud I am of you!—this, dear friends, is how you should stand firm in your life in the Lord.

You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

So then, whoever rejects this teaching is not rejecting a human being, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

So then, encourage one another with these words.

So then, we should not be sleeping like the others; we should be awake and sober.

So then, our friends, stand firm and hold on to those truths which we taught you, both in our preaching and in our letter.

So then, if we have food and clothes, that should be enough for us.

So then, as the Holy Spirit says, "If you hear God's voice today,

As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.

So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, also faith without actions is dead.

So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.

So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin.

So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.

So then, have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hope completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

You call him Father, when you pray to God, who judges all people by the same standard, according to what each one has done; so then, spend the rest of your lives here on earth in reverence for him.

So then, those who suffer because it is God's will for them, should by their good actions trust themselves completely to their Creator, who always keeps his promise.

So then, my friends, try even harder to make God's call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith.

There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.