Study Desk

And they glorified God because of me.

I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.

Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery—

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first,

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

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

making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

because we are members of his body.

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.

for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.