but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.

Let us walk

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.

Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

Let us mind

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

General references

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.