And receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

for which I am an ambassador in chain; in order that in it I may preach boldly, as it behooves me to speak.

in order that you may distinguish those things which differ; that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ;

and not being intimidated in anything by the adversaries: which is to them the manifestation of destruction, but of your salvation, and this is from God;

Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus:

in reference to zeal, persecuting the church, according to righteousness which was in the law being blameless.

Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ.

and may be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ, the righteousness of God through faith:

if perchance I may attain unto the resurrection which is out from the dead.

Not that I already received it, or have already been made perfect: but I persevere, if I may receive that for which I have indeed been received by Christ Jesus.

but there is one thing, indeed forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal unto the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

who will transform the body of our humility, similitudinous to the body of his own glory, according to the energy by which he is able indeed to subdue all things to himself.

Not that I speak concerning deficiency: for I have learned to be content with those things amid which I am.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the divine love which you have toward all the saints.

on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;

Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

whose minister I became, according to the economy of God which was given to me unto you, to fulfill the word of God,

the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from the generations: but is now made manifest to his saints,

unto which I also labor, agonizing according to his energy, working in me with power.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you are also raised by the faith of the operation of God, who raised him from the dead:

having blotted out the handwriting which was against us in ordinances, which was antagonistical to us: and took it out from the midst, having nailed it to the cross;

which things are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Let no one purposely rob you of your prize by humiliation and worship of the angels, trusting in those things which he has seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his depravity,

and not holding the Head, from which the entire body, by joints and ligaments being supplied and knitted together, increases the increase of God.

those things which are all unto destruction by use according to the commandments and teachings of the people?

Which indeed are having a word of wisdom in will worship, and humiliation, and austerity of the body; not in any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

If then ye are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God;

Therefore kill your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

through which the wrath of God comes.

In which you indeed at one time did walk about, when you lived in them:

and in all these things put on divine love, which is the bond of perfection.

And let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, in which you are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

for the one doing wrong receives that for which he did the injustice: and there is no respect of persons.

Masters, award unto the servants that which is right and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

at the same time also praying for us, in order that God may open to us the door of the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which I indeed am bound;

Tychicus, my beloved brother, and faithful minister and fellow-laborer in the Lord, will make known to you all things which appertain to me:

Salute the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in their house.

And say to Archippus; Take heed to the ministry which you received in the Lord, that you may fill it.

For from you the word of the Lord echoed out, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place your faith which is towards God has gone forth; so that we have no need to say any thing:

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Jesus Christ: because you suffered the same things from your fellow tribes, as they also from the Jews;

For what thanks are we able to render unto God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we rejoice on account of you before our God;

so that we ourselves rejoice over you in the churches of God, on account of your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which you endure;

the manifestation of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed suffer:

Unto which indeed we are praying incessantly for you, in order that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and work of faith, with power;

And now you know that which hinders, that he should be revealed in his time.

unto which He also called you through our gospel, unto the possession of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Then therefore, brethren, stand, and hold fast the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or by our epistle:

Salutation of me Paul with my own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which present questions, rather than the economy of God which is in faith:

from which certain ones having deflected have gone out into empty talking,

according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.

but the grace of our Lord with faith and the divine love which is in Christ Jesus superabounded.

having faith and a good conscience; which some having cast away have made shipwreck concerning the faith;

in which I have been placed a herald and an apostle I speak the truth, I lie not, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and in truth.

For those having ministered the office of a deacon beautifully procure to themselves beautiful progress, and much boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

but if I tarry, in order that you may know how it behooves you to deport yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from meats, which God created for reception with thanksgiving to the faithful and to those perfectly knowing the truth.

Submitting these things to the brethren, you will be a beautiful minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of faith, and the beautiful teaching which you have followed;

For bodily exercise is profitable unto little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given unto you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

and at the same time they learn to be idle, going about houses; and not only idle, but also loquacious even busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

likewise truly are good works manifested beforehand; and those which are otherwise are not able to be hidden.

If any one teaches another doctrine, and does not give heed to the sound words which belonged to our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

he has been inflated, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and controversies, from which come envy, strife, blasphemies, evil surmisings,

But those wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown the people in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is a root of all evils: which some seeking after have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, into which you have been called, and witnessed a beautiful testimony before many witnesses.

which the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of the kings, and Lord of the lords, will manifest in his own due times;

laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.

O Timothy, stand guard over that which has been committed to you, avoiding unsanctified, empty talks and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called,

which some proclaiming have made shipwreck concerning the faith. Grace be with you.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the commandment of life which is in Christ Jesus,

having received the remembrance of the unhypocritical faith which is in you; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded that it is in you also.

On account of which cause I remind you to revive and refire the gift of God which is in you by the laying on of my hands.

the one having 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 to us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times,

unto which I have been placed a herald, and an apostle, and teacher:

on account of which cause I indeed suffer these things: but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to stand guard over that which is committed unto me unto that day.

Hold fast the form of sound words which you heard with me, in the faith and divine love which is in Christ Jesus:

Therefore, my child, be thou filled up with dynamite in the grace which is in Christ Jesus,

On account of this I endure all things for the sake of the elect, in order that they may also have the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

In the manner in which Jannes and Jambres also resisted Moses, so these indeed resist the truth; men who are corrupt as to their mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

But abide thou in those things which thou hast learned and in which thou hast been instructed, knowing from whom thou hast learned;

and that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

All scripture is God-breathed and profitable unto teaching, unto conviction, unto correction, unto instruction which is in righteousness:

finally there is a crown of righteousness laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day: not only to me, but to all those who with divine love, do love his appearing.

Coming, bring the cloak, which I left in Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.

Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the perfect knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

in the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times,

and manifested in his own seasons his word by preaching, with which I am intrusted, according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

holding that which is according to the teaching of the faithful word, in order that he may be able both to exhort with healthy teaching, and to convict the opposers.

whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain.

This testimony is true: on account of which cause convict them sharply, in order that they may be sound in the faith,

But speak you those things which become healthy teaching.

likewise that the elderly women be reverent in demeanor, not tattlers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

not from works which are in righteousness, which we did, but according to his own mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewal of the Holy Ghost,

hearing about your divine love, and the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and all the saints;

in order that the fellowship of your faith may be efficient in the perfect knowledge of every good thing which is in you toward Christ.