Study Desk

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,

if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.

I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.

and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him.

As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come.

For this reason, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do your duty,

I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.

I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.

I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self.

Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

One thing more—prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be restored to you.

And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I and the children whom God has given me."

No one, when tempted, should say, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one.

for it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

For it stands in scripture: "See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."

I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to refresh your memory,

For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased."

This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;