"For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two of them shall be one flesh."

This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching to this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ,

even as it is righteous for me to think this of you all, because you have me in your heart, inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers of my grace.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and in all perception;

What then? Nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached. And I rejoice in this. Yet, also I will rejoice.

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of faith,

and terrified in nothing by your adversaries. For this is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be of this mind. And if in anything you are otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this to you.

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and mark those who walk this way, for you have us for a pattern.

Therefore, my brothers, ones loved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand fast in this way in the Lord, beloved ones.

I do not say this because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

For to them God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

And I say this that not anyone should beguile you with enticing words.

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

I sent him to you for this very purpose, that he might know the things about you, and that he might comfort your hearts,

And when this letter is read before you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter of Laodicea.

And for this cause we thank God without ceasing, that when you received the Word of hearing, of God, you welcomed it as the Word of God, not as a word of men, but as it is, truly the Word of God, which also effectually works in you who believe.

For this cause, when I could no longer endure, I also sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you and our labor may have been in vain.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, for you to abstain from fornication,

not to go beyond and defraud his brother in this matter (because the Lord is the avenger concerning all these, as we also have forewarned you and testified).

For we say this to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall not go before those who are asleep.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers.

For this is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which you also suffer,

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie,

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat.

And if anyone does not obey our word by this letter, mark that one and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous one, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, as a pattern to those being about to believe on Him to life everlasting.

This charge I commit to you, my son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before about you, in order that you might war a good warfare by them,

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

To this I am ordained a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of the nations, in faith and truth.

For to this we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the preserver of all men, especially of those who believe.

Hold on to yourself and to the doctrine; continue in them, for doing this you shall both save yourself and those who hear you.

Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,

For this cause I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard My deposit unto that Day.

This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

No one who wars tangles with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.

Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal: "The Lord knew those who are His." And, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity!"

Know this also, that in the last days grievous times will be at hand.

For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and he has departed to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you,

This witness is true; for which cause convict them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,

teaching us that having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live discreetly, righteously and godly, in this present world,

For perhaps because of this he was separated from you for an hour, that you should receive him eternally,

For to which of the angels did He say at any time, "You are My Son, this day I have begotten You?" And again, "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?"

For He spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested the seventh day from all His works."

And in this place again, "They shall not enter into My rest."

And because of this he should, as for the people, so also for himself, offer for sins.

And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called of God, as Aaron was.

And this we will do, if God permits.

But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you and things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this way.

In this way desiring to declare more fully to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, God interposed by an oath,

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

Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

(for those priests were made without an oath, but this one was made with an oath by Him who said to Him, "The Lord swore and will not repent, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek,")

who does not need, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice daily, first for his own sins and then for the people's sins. For He did this once for all, when He offered up Himself.

Now the sum of the things which we have spoken is this: We have such a High Priest, who has sat down on the right of the throne of the Majesty in Heaven,

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One have something to offer also.

"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My Laws into their mind and write them in their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Now when these things were ordained in this way, the priests always went into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

the Holy Spirit signifying by this that the way into the Holiest of all was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.

But when Christ had become a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building

And for this cause He is the Mediator of the new covenant, so that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, those who are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined to you."

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,

By this will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right of God,

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put My Laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"

By faith Enoch was translated so as not to see death, and he was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Because of this came into being from one, and that of one having died, even as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

Because of this, straighten up the hands which hang down and the enfeebled knees.

And this word, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, so that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Do not be forgetful of hospitality, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.

But I beseech you the rather to do this, so that I may be more quickly restored to you.

But whoever looks into the perfect Law of liberty and continues in it, he is not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work. This one shall be blessed in his doing.

If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is vain.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

By this we bless God, even the Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God.

This is not the wisdom coming down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

From where do wars and fightings among you come? Is it not from this, from your lusts which war in your members?

Instead of you saying, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.

but the Word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the Word preached as gospel to you.

Therefore to you who believe is the honor. But to those who are disobedient, He is the Stone which the builders rejected; this One came to be the Head of the corner,

For this is a grace, if for conscience toward God anyone endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

For what glory is it if you patiently endure while sinning and being buffeted? But if you suffer while doing good, and patiently endure, this is a grace from God.

For you were not called to this? For Christ also suffered on our behalf, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps,

Never give back evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, giving blessing, knowing that you are called to this so that you might inherit blessing.

For to this end the gospel was preached also to the dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit.

But if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God because of this.

I wrote to you through a few words, by Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which you stand.