by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

and to bring to light what is the fellowship of the mystery which from eternity has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ;

according to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

For this reason I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,

from whom the whole body, fitted together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of each part, producing the growth of the body to the edifying of itself in love.

Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, so that he may have something to give to him who needs.

neither baseness, foolish talking, jesting, which are not becoming, but rather giving of thanks.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Above all, take the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God,

for which I am an ambassador in bonds; so that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

But I desire that you should understand, brothers, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;

For I am pressed together by the two: having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better.

having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

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

Therefore God has highly exalted Him, and has given Him a name which is above every name,

For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.

and be found in Him; not having my own righteousness, which is of the Law, but through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by faith,

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect, but I am pressing on, if I may lay hold of that for which I also was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which also we are looking for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

And the peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Do those things which you have also learned and received and heard and seen in me. And the God of peace shall be with you.

But I have all, and abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things which you sent, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable and well-pleasing to God.

for the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven, of which you heard before in the Word of the truth of the gospel,

which has come to you as it has also in all the world, and it is bearing fruit, even also among you, since the day you heard and fully knew the grace of God in truth,

if indeed you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard and which was proclaimed in all the creation under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister,

who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I fill up the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, on behalf of His body, which is the church;

of which I became a minister, according to the administration of God given to me for you, to fulfill the Word of God;

the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.

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,

For which I also labor, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power.

blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

Let no one defraud you, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he has not seen, without a cause being vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

which things are all for corruption in the using, according to the commands and doctrines of men?

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (which is idolatry),

on account of which things' sake the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience,

And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which you also are called in one body, and be thankful.

But he who does wrong shall receive justice for the wrong which he did, and there is no respect of persons.

praying together about us also, that God may open to us a door of the Word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I also have been bound,

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

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 you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also have suffered these things by your own countrymen, even as they also by the Jews;

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,

so much so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which you endure.

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,

to which He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my brothers, stand fast and hold the teachings which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

And we have confidence in the Lord regarding you, that you both do and will do the things which we command you.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks disorderly, and not after the teaching which he received from us.

The greeting of Paul by my own hand which is the sign in every letter, so I write.

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies (which provide doubts rather than the nurture of God in faith).

from which some, having swerved, have turned aside to foolish talking,

desiring to be teachers of the law, neither understanding what they say nor that which they affirm.

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

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,

holding faith and a good conscience, which some have put away and made shipwreck as to faith.

but with good works, which becomes women professing godliness.

But if I should delay, that you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

forbidding to marry, saying to abstain from foods which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Having suggested these things to the brothers, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the Words of Faith and by the good doctrine which you have followed.

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

Do not neglect the gift in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders.

he is proud, knowing nothing. He is sick concerning doubts and arguments, from which comes envy, strife, evil speakings, evil suspicions,

But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.

who alone has immortality, dwelling in light which cannot be approached, whom no one of men have seen, nor can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

taking recollection of the unfeigned faith that is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice. And I am persuaded that it is in you also.

Therefore I remind you to inflame anew the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times.

to which I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the nations.

Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

in which I suffer ill as an evildoer, even to bonds. But the Word of God is not chained.

Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

and that from a babe you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day; and not to me only, but also to all those who love His appearing.

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ (according to the faith of God's elect, in the acknowledging of the truth which is according to godliness

on hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times,

but revealed His Word in its own times in a proclamation, with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior,)

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

But you speak the things which become sound doctrine:

not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

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?"

But to which of the angels, did He say at any time, "Sit on My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool?"

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

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

For He has not put in subjection to the angels the world to come, of which we speak.

For both He who sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of One, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brothers,

And Moses truly was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken afterward.

though being a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.