This readiness to be persuaded is not from him that calls you.

but let each one prove his own work, and then he will have cause to boast with respect to him self only, and not with respect to another:

Let him that is instructed in the word share with his instructor in all good things.

according as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,

in him in whom we have obtained our portion, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the acknowledgment of him,

which he made active in the Christ when he raised him from the dead, and caused him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

and subjected all things under his feet, and made him head over all things for the church,

which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all his members with all things,

for, through him, we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

in whom we have boldness and access with confidence, through our faith in him.

Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to his power which works in us,

to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, through out all the generations of the age of ages. Amen.

but speaking truthfully in love, we might grow up in all things, into him who is the head, even the Christ,

if, indeed, you have heard of him, and been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need.

and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave him self for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.

And you masters, do the same things to them, leaving off threatening, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

him I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.

For to you it is given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but, also, to suffer for him,

For which reason God has highly exalted him, and, also, bestowed on him a name that is above every name;

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

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.

I sent him, therefore, the sooner, that, by seeing him again, you might rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.

Receive him, therefore, in the Lord with all joy, and regard such as worthy of honor;

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,

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,

for by him were all things created, things in heaven and things in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities; all things were created by him, and for him:

and he is before all things, and by him all things consist:

for it pleased the Father that all his fullness should dwell in him,

and by him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace by the blood of his cross; by him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

As, therefore, you received Christ Jesus our Lord, so walk in him,

rooted, and built up in him, and strengthened in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

for in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhood bodily.

And you are complete in him who is the head of all principality and authority:

when you were buried with him in immersion, in which you were also raised with him by your faith in the energy of God, who raised him from the dead.

And you, being dead to your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all your offenses;

When the Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.

and have put on the new man, which is renewed for knowledge, ac cording to the image of him that created him;

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

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;

For I testify for him, that he has a great zeal for you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.

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

who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we might live together with him.

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.

But, we beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of; our Lord Jesus Christ, and our coming together to him,

who opposes and exalts himself above every one that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, openly showing him self that he is God.

he will destroy him, whose coming is, according to the energy of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

For when we were with you, we gave you this commandment, that if any one will not work, neither let him eat.

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;

and yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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.

Do not rebuke an elderly man, but entreat him as a father; the younger men, as brothers:

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.

for which cause I also suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have intrusted to him till that day.

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.

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.

Assuredly true is the saying: If indeed we have died with him, we shall also live with him;

if we are patient, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us;

If, therefore, any one will cleanse him self from these strifes about words, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, highly useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

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.

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for the ministry.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord repay him according to his works.

Do you, also, beware of him, for he has greatly withstood our words.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory from age to age. Amen.

They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.

I send him back, and do you receive him, that is, my son.

I did wish to keep him with me, that, in your stead, he might serve me in my bonds for the gospel;

Perhaps, indeed, lie departed for a short time for this reason, that you might receive him forever;

If, then, you regard me as a partner, receive him as myself.

For to which of the angels did he at any time say: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again: I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

And again, when he brings the first-begotten into the world, he says: And let all the angels of God worship him.

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? which at first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard him;

But one in a certain place testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him; or the son of man, that thou dost visit him?

Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honor;

thou hast put all things under his feet. For, in putting all things under him, he left nothing that is not put under him: but now we do not yet see all things put under him.

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, that he might, by the grace of God, taste death for every man- we see him, on account of his having suffered death, crowned with glory and honor.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold, I, and the children that God has given me.

Since, then, the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also, in like manner, partook of the same, that, through his death, he might deprive of power him that has the power of death, that is, the devil;

"Wherefore, it behooved him to be made like his brethren in all things, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, in order to make expiation for the sins of the people.

who is faithful to him that appointed him, as Moses also was faithful in all his house.

And there is no creature which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked, and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an ac count.

So, also, the Christ did not take upon himself the honor of becoming a high priest: but he gave him this honor, who said to him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee:

In the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard with respect to that which he feared,

and, having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey him,

Of him we have many things to say, and difficult to be explained, if we do say them, since you are slow in understanding.

if they fall away; since they again crucify in themselves the Son of God, and put him to an open shame.

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

but he who does not count his genealogy from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

(for those priests were made such without an oath, but this one with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec;)

Wherefore, he is able also to save through all time those who come to God by him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

which, as a symbol, remains to the present time, in which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that can not make perfect, as it respects the conscience, him that does the service;

so the Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to those who look for him he will appear the second time, without a sin-offering, in order to salvation.

For we know him who has said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

But the just by faith shall live; and if he draw back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.