Study Desk

It is because of these sins that the anger of God comes down on those who do not obey Him.

God has chosen you. You are holy and loved by Him. Because of this, your new life should be full of loving-pity. You should be kind to others and have no pride. Be gentle and be willing to wait for others.

You who are servants who are owned by someone, obey your owners. Work hard for them all the time, not just when they are watching you. Work for them as you would for the Lord because you honor God.

You followed our way of life and the life of the Lord. You suffered from others because of listening to us. But you had the joy that came from the Holy Spirit.

Because of your good lives, you are showing all the Christians in the countries of Macedonia and Greece how to live.

God has allowed us to be trusted with the Good News. Because of this, we preach it to please God, not man. God tests and proves our hearts.

We never looked for thanks from men, not from you or from anyone else. But because we were missionaries of Christ, we could have asked you to do much for us.

We had such a strong desire to help you that we were happy to give you the Good News. Because we loved you so much, we were ready to give you our own lives also.

Christian brothers, because we have not been able to be with you, our hearts have been with you. We have wanted very much to see you.

We do not want anyone to give up because of troubles. You know that we can expect troubles.

Christian brothers, we ask you, because of the Lord Jesus, to keep on living in a way that will please God. I have already told you how to grow in the Christian life.

We believe that Jesus died and then came to life again. Because we believe this, we know that God will bring to life again all those who belong to Jesus.

Because of this, comfort each other with these words.

Because we are men of the day, let us keep our minds awake. Let us cover our chests with faith and love. Let us cover our heads with the hope of being saved.

You must think much of them and love them because of their work. Live in peace with each other.

In everything give thanks. This is what God wants you to do because of Christ Jesus.

We must give thanks to God for you always, Christian brothers. It is the right thing to do because your faith is growing so much. Your love for each other is stronger all the time.

Those who are lost in sin will be fooled by the things he can do. They are lost in sin because they did not love the truth that would save them.

They will all be guilty as they stand before God because they wanted to do what was wrong.

Christian brothers, the Lord loves you. We always thank God for you. It is because God has chosen you from the beginning to save you from the punishment of sin. He chose to make you holy by the Holy Spirit and to give you faith to believe the truth.