may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Dayand you know very well all the service he rendered at Ephesus.

No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

Here is a trustworthy saying: if we died with him, we will also live with him;

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in my ministry.

Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him for his deeds.

Be on guard against him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable and disobedient, unfit for any good deed.

Warn a man who is factious once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him,

I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.

I would have been glad to keep him with me, so that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;

Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,

So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my son, today I have begotten you"? And again, "I will be a father to him and he shall be a son to me"?

And again, when God brings the first-born into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

But there is a place where someone has testified, "What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him?

You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor,

and put everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subject to him.

And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

He was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.

And there is no creature hidden from his sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

So also Christ did not exalt himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, "You are my son, today I have begotten you";

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his godly fear.

and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

and then have fallen away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put him to an open shame.

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.

And to him Abraham gave a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

See how great he was! Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the spoils.

But this man whose genealogy is not derived from them received a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

For it is declared of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

Those who formerly became priests took their office without an oath, but he became a priest with an oath through the One who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'"

Therefore he is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.

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

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had taken him. For before he was taken he was attested as having pleased God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

By faith he lived in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise;

By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, because she considered him faithful who had promised.

Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

He considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead; from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king; for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart.

And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are rebuked by him.

See to it that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less shall we escape, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

What good is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can such faith save him?

and the scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness", and he was called the friend of God.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his deeds in the humility of wisdom.

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

and the prayer offered in faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

My brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

As you come to him, the living Stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God

For it stands in scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

when he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he uttered no threats, but he trusted himself to him who judges justly.

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and are not frightened by any fear.

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belongs the glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.

Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.

But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren throughout the world.

To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

With the help of Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence.

For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

We ourselves heard this voice coming from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless.

And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Now by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

He who says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in him:

he who says he abides in him ought to walk as he walked.

Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

I wrote to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

But the anointing which you have received from him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.