I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard a loud voice behind me, like a trumpet,

For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ's slave.

Salute Trypheana and Tryphosa, who are ever toiling in the Lord. Salute dear Persis, who has toiled terribly in the Lord's service.

I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.

So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's business, how he may please the Lord;

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons; you cannot be partakers in the Lord's table and in the table of demons.

For this reason do not be thoughtless, but learn to know what the Lord's will is.

More than that, he is the one chosen by the churches to accompany me on my journey, in administering this gift of yours for the Lord's glory. And this has my full consent,

What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord's command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting.

I saw no other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.