Study Desk

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because ye had heard that he was sick.

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh to death, not regarding his life, to supply the want of your service towards me.

Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear to us.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil: for laboring night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth;

When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth:

Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves a pattern to you to follow us.

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief:

For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe.

Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.