for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my need.

Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it , do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them 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 unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

in whom ye 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 fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.

Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-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 upon the earth.

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

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

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

But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

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 know not God;

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

Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

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

For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Quench not the Spirit;

despise not prophesyings;

rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;

let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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

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

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

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

For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

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

As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge 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 unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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

whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it mat relieve them that are widows indeed.

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.

wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor.

And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.

At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.