Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, to be content.

For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again to my necessities.

Now unto our God and Father be glory for ever and ever.

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (praying always for you,

your love to all the saints) For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,

As ye likewise learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you:

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

For through him were created all things, that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible; whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for him.

For it pleased the Father, that all fulness should dwell in him:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh that which is behind of the sufferings of Christ for his body, which is the church:

Of which I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is given me for you, fully to preach the word of God:

For which also I labour, striving according to his mighty working, who worketh in me mightily.

For I would have you know, how great a conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh:

For though I am absent from you in the flesh, yet I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to behold your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

For in him dwelleth the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

For which things the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision; barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free; but Christ is all, and in all.

Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

for ye serve the Lord Christ.

But he that doth wrong, shall receive for the wrong he hath done; and there is no respect of persons.

Withal, praying likewise for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ: for which I am also in bonds:

Whom I have sent to you for this very thing, that he might know your state and comfort your hearts,

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayer, that ye may stand, perfect and filled, with all the will of God.

For I bear him witness, that he hath a great zeal for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.

We give thanks to God always for you all (making mention of you in our prayers,

For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also with power, and with the Holy Ghost, and with much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you, for your sake.

For from you the word of the Lord sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith toward God went abroad in every place also, so that we need not speak any thing.

For they themselves declare concerning us, what manner of entrance to you we had, and how ye turned from idols to God,

to serve the living and true God, And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he hath raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain: But even after we had suffered before,

For our exhortation is not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile.

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness: God is witness:

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, even because when ye received the word of God from us, ye received it, not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, who likewise effectually worketh in you that believe.

For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God in Christ Jesus, which are in Judea; for ye also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they likewise from the Jews:

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time, in presence, not in heart, laboured with great desire the more abundantly to see your face.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not ye also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For ye are our glory and joy.

That no one might be moved by these afflictions; for ye know that we are appointed hereto.

For when we were with you we told you before, we should be afflicted; as it came to pass, and ye know.

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice for your sake before our God?

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.

Touching brotherly love, we need not write to you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

For if we believe, that Jesus died and rose again, so will God bring with him those also that sleep in Christ.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them that are asleep.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

For ye yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

For they that sleep, sleep in the night, and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

But let us who are of the day keep awake, having put on the breast-plate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation.

For God hath not appointed us to wrath,

but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we may live together with him.

and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, And to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake, and be at peace among yourselves.

See that none render to any man evil for evil, but ever follow that which is good, both to one another and to all men.

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Brethren, pray for us.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth.

So that we ourselves glory of you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and sufferings which ye endure:

A manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be accounted, worthy of the kingdom of God; for which also ye suffer.

In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

To this end we pray always for you, that our God would make you worthy of this calling, and fulfill in you all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power;

Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, unless the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only he that with-holdeth will with-hold, till he be taken out of the way.

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to Salvation, thro' sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

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 unreasonable and wicked men; for all men have not faith.

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you,

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing, but wrought with labour and toil, night and day, that we might not burden any of you.

For when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

For we hear there are some among you who walk disorderly, doing nothing, but being busy-bodies.

Yet for this cause I obtained mercy, that on me the chief Jesus Christ might shew all long-suffering, for a pattern to them who should hereafter believe in him to life everlasting.

Now to the king of eternity, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever, Amen.

I exhort therefore, that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men:

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

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men,

the man Christ Jesus, Who gave himself a ransom for all,

For I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

For they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree and much boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving.

For it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

For bodily exercise profiteth a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of them that believe.

Take heed to thyself and to thy teaching: continue in them, for in so doing thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

and to requite their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God.

But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.

having been the wife of one husband, Well reported of for good works, if she hath brought up children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the feet of the saints, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

But the younger widows refuse; for when they are waxed wanton against Christ, they want to marry;

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn: and, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

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

Drink water no longer, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thy frequent infirmities.

For we brought nothing into the world: it is manifest that neither can we carry any thing out.

For the love of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting, have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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