In the Messiah we were also chosen when we were predestined according to the purpose of the one who does everything that he wills to do,

For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

So I ask that what I am having to suffer for your sake may not make me lose heart, for it does you honor.

What does "He went up" mean, except that He had first gone down into the lower regions of the earth?

in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.

For this you know {for certain}, that every sexually immoral [person], or unclean [person], or greedy [person] (who is an idolater), does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever does make manifest is light.

for no one ever hates his own physical person, but he feeds and fosters it, just as Christ does the church;

because you know that whatever good any man does, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be slave or free man.

And you masters should treat your slaves the same way; do not threaten them, knowing that God, who is both their Master and yours, is in heaven and He does not respect any particular person [over another].