that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those who are in heaven, and those who are on earth, and those who are under the earth;

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

that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.

But I trust in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be refreshed by knowing your condition;

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

But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

because he longed after you all, and was much distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.

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.

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.

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,

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

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.

Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold:

For many walk, of whom I often said to you, and now say even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of the Christ,

who will transform our humbled body, and make it like his glorious body, according to that power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself.

I beseech Euodia, and I beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

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.

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.

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

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

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are in Colosse: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

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,

and he is the head of the body, the church: and he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent;

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

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

if you continue in the faith, founded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.

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:

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.

See that no one make you the victims of imposture by means of philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not ac cording to Christ:

If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God;

mind the things that are above, not the things that are on the earth:

Put to death, therefore, your members that are on the earth, lewdness, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds,

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

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ.

But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done; and there is no respect of persons.

Masters, give to your servants what is just and equal, for you know that you have a Master in heaven.

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.

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.

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

Salute the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in his house.

And when this letter has been read among you, cause that it be read in the church of the Laodiceans also; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea;

and say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.

so that you were examples to all that believe, in Macedonia and Achaia.

For from you, the word of the Lord sounded out, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also your faith in God has gone abroad in every place, so that we have no need to speak any thing.

For you yourselves know, brethren, our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.

For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for, laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

You are witnesses, and God also, in how holy and just and blameless a manner we conducted our selves among you that believe,

that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory.

For this reason, also, we thank God without ceasing; be cause, when you received the word of God, as preached by us, you embraced it, not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe.

For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews,

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.

and we sent Timothy our brother and minister of God in the gospel of the Christ, in order that he might strengthen and comfort you with respect to your faith,

that no one be moved by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this:

for even when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, as it also came to pass, and as you know.

But now, since Timothy has come to us from you, and has told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us at all times, greatly desiring to see us, as indeed we desire to see you,

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

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.

Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness;

That each one of you know how to keep his vessel in sanctification and in honor,

That no one take advantage of or injure his brother in this matter; because the Lord takes vengeance for all such things, as we also told you before, and fully testified:

Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit.

But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

and indeed you do this to all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that you abound in love more and more,

and that you earnestly endeavor to live quietly, and that you attend to your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

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.

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.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep

But, brethren, you have no need that I write to you of - the times and seasons;

for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night:

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

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

and that you esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

See that no one render evil for evil to any, but always pursue that which is good toward one another and toward all.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Faithful is he that calls you; and he will do what he has promised.

I adjure you by the Lord, that this letter be read to all the holy brethren.

so that we ourselves glory in you, among the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure;

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:

and to you that are afflicted, rest with us, at the revelation of our Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels,

these shall suffer punishment in that day, even eternal destruction, far from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,

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.

that you be not hastily shaken from the persuasion of your mind, nor be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by report, nor by letter as written by us, as though the day of the Lord is at hand.

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that day will not come, unless the apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

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.

Do you not remember that, while I was with you, I told you these things?

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