For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow -- in heaven and on earth and under the earth --

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.

Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,

Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

But our citizenship is in heaven -- and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Give greetings to all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me here send greetings.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts, these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you!

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God's churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?

Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,

He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

and our Lord's grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus.

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" -- and I am the worst of them!

But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,

For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.

If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,

to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!

Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David; such is my gospel,

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and colaborer,

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love -- I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus --

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God's grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever'" --

accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel's does.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!

Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.

Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.