Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

that he might present the church to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world's rulers of this darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I do not make known what I will choose.

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Brothers, I do not regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to the things which are ahead,

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, do not cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

Be careful that you do not let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.

"Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch"

Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we do not need to say anything.

For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,

For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.

But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are contrary to all men;

But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is not it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

Therefore, when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

For this cause I also, when I could not stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who do not know God;

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

You are all children of light, and children of the day. We do not belong to the night, nor to darkness,

so then let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober.

For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Do not quench the Spirit.

Do not treat prophecies with contempt,

giving vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of the Lord had come.

Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

Do you not remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things?

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

that they all might be judged who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we did not behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;

not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who do not work at all, but are busybodies.

But you, brothers, do not be weary in doing well.

If any man does not obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

Do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers,

of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

to which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;

But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;