But you know his approved character, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

Him, therefore, I hope to send immediately, as soon as I know how it may go with me.

Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labor and fellow-soldier, but your apostle, who also ministered to my want,

And, indeed, he was sick near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

because for the work of the Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he might supply that which was lacking in your service to me.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is to me indeed not burdensome; but for you it is safe.

But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.

Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,

and be found in him, not having my own righteousness which was by law, but the righteousness which is by faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith,

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, by conforming myself to his death,

if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Not that I have already attained, or have already reached the goal; but I am pressing forward, that I may lay hold on that for which I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

Be imitators of me, brethren, and observe those who thus walk as you have us for an example.

So, then, my brethren, beloved and ardently desired, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

Now I beseech you also, true yoke-fellow, to assist those women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and my other fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.

Do those things which you have learned and received, and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length your care for me has revived again; in this, indeed, you had me in mind, but you lacked opportunity.

I am able to do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Yet you have done well in contributing to the relief of my affliction.

Now you Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church contributed to me so that I kept an account of giving and receiving, but you only.

For even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent once and again to aid me in my need.

Not that I seek a gift; but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

But my God will supply all your need, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me salute you.

I PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, I and Timothy my brother,

For this reason, we also, from the day in which we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to request that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, and increasing in the knowledge, of God,

by means of death in his fleshly body, that he may present you holy, and without spot, and blameless in his sight;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up what remains of my sufferings for Christ in my flesh for the sake of his body, which is the church,

of which I was made a minister according to the commission from God, which was given to me for you, that I might fully preach the word of God,

whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

that their hearts may be comforted, they being firmly united in love in order to gain all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may acknowledge the mystery of God, even the Father, and of Christ,

Now I say this, that no one may deceive you by persuasive words.

praying at the same time also for us, that God may open for us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of the Christ, for which I am in bonds,

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every one.

All that relates to me, Tychicus, my beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord, will make known to you.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your condition, and comfort your hearts;

I have sent him with Onesimus, my faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known all things that are done here.

Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, salutes you, and so does Marcus the nephew of Barnabas, concerning whom you received commandments; if he come to you, receive him;

Jesus also, who is called Justus, salutes you: these are of the circumcision: and these only are my fellow-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you; he always strives earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, in order that they may fill up their sins at all times: but the wrath is coming upon them to the full.

For this reason, when I could no longer contain my self, I sent to know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

Now, may God himself, even our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love to one another and to all, even as we toward you,

in order that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness, in the presence of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing.

But concerning those who have fallen asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that you may not grieve, as others who have no hope.

Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

which endurance, of yours is a proof of the righteous judgment of God, in order that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you suffer:

In order to which, we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of this calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power,

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

And now you know what restrains, in order that he may be revealed in his own proper time.

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, in order that they may believe a lie,

that all may be condemned who believe not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace,

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified even as among you;

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for all have not the disposition for faith.

And if any one obey not our word by this letter, note that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed;

The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is the token in every letter: so I write.

to Timothy, my true son in the faith; grace, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been intrusted to me.

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me power, because he counted me faithful, and put me into the ministry;

me, I say, who before was a reviler and a persecutor and an overbearing man. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief:

But for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all long-suffering, for an example to those who might afterward believe on him in order to life eternal.

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, in accordance with the preceding prophecies concerning you, that by them you may war the good warfare,

whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to revile.

for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and gravity.

but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them, that your advancement may be manifest in all things.

These things also give in charge, that they may be blameless.

If any believing man or woman has widows, let him or her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are widows indeed.

Those who sin rebuke before all, that the rest also may fear.

that you keep this commandment, so that you may be spotless and blameless till the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

to Timothy my beloved son; grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the custom of my forefathers, that, without ceasing, I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day,

greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Wherefore I exhort you to kindle up the gift of God that is in you by the laying on of my hands.

Be not, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner: but jointly suffer evil in the gospel according to the power of God,

Hold fast the form of sound words which you have heard from me, in faithfulness and in love which is in Christ Jesus.

You know this, that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me; all those, I say, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

but when he was in Rome, he sought for me very diligently, and found me.

The Lord grant to him, that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day. And in how many things he ministered to me in Ephesus, you know very well.

Do you, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus;

and the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses, these do you commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

Every one that serves as a soldier keeps himself free from the business of this life, that he may please him that has chosen him to be a soldier.

Consider what I say, for I pray that the Lord may give you understanding in all things.

Remember that Jesus Christ, of the posterity of David, was raised from the dead, according to my gospel;

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth,

and that they may awake to sobriety out of the snare of the devil, after having been taken captive by him according to his will.

But you have fully known my teaching, my course of life, my purpose, my faithfulness, my long-suffering, my love, my patience,

my persecutions, my sufferings which came upon me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; you well know what persecutions I endured: and yet out of them all, the Lord delivered me.