Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you because you do the actions of the Law or because you believe what you heard?

Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."

Now it is obvious that no one is justified in the sight of God by the Law, because "The righteous will live by faith."

Why, then, was the Law added? Because of transgressions, until the descendant came about whom the promise pertained. It was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

Because all of you are one in the Messiah Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female.

Now because you are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts to cry out, "Abba! Father!"

So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if you are a child, then you are also an heir because of what God did.

You know that it was because I was ill that I brought you the gospel the first time.

Indeed, I wish I were with you right now so that I could change the tone of my voice, because I am completely baffled by you!

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery along with her children.

Look at how large these letters are because I am writing with my own hand!

Let no one make any more trouble for me, because I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body.

Therefore, because I have heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us

even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),

So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory.

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.

making the best use of your time because the times are evil.

because you know that everyone will receive a reward from the Lord for whatever good he has done, whether he is a slave or free.

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

For it is only right for me to think this way about all of you, because you're constantly on my mind. Both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, all of you are partners with me in this privilege.

Moreover, because of my imprisonment the Lord has caused most of the brothers to become confident to speak God's word more boldly and courageously than ever before.

Some are preaching the Messiah because of jealousy and dissension, while others do so because of their good will.

The latter are motivated by love, because they know that I have been appointed to defend the gospel.

The former proclaim the Messiah because they are selfishly ambitious and insincere, thinking that they will stir up trouble for me during my imprisonment.

But so what? Just this that in every way, whether by false or true motives, the Messiah is being proclaimed. Because of this, I rejoice and will continue to rejoice.

I rejoice because I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of, because through my boldness the Messiah will be exalted through me, now as always, whether I live or die.

and that you are not intimidated by your opponents in any way. This is evidence that they will be destroyed and that you will be saved and all because of God.

For he has been longing for all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick.

because he came close to death for the work of the Messiah by risking his life to complete what remained unfinished in your service to me.

What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah

Now I rejoice in the Lord greatly, because once again you have shown your concern for me. Of course, you were concerned for me but you did not have an opportunity to show it.

I am not saying this because I am in any need, for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.

because we have heard about your faith in the Messiah Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,

Because they are united in love, I pray that their hearts may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of the full knowledge of the Messiah, who is the mystery of God.

because all the essence of deity inhabits him in bodily form.

Even when you were dead because of your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with him when he forgave us all of our offenses,

All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

It is because of these things that the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Rather, because we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, we speak as we do, not trying to please people but God, who tests our motives.

How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we have in God's presence because of you?

Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you.

Hold them in the highest regard, loving them because of their work. Live in peace with each other.

In everything be thankful, because this is God's will for you in the Messiah Jesus.

Brothers, at all times we are obligated to thank God for you. It is right to do this because your faith is growing all the time and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.

when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be regarded with wonder on that day by all who have believed including you, because you believed our testimony.

At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth.

In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief,

because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

To this end we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, that is, of those who believe.

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness, and purity.

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching. Persevere in these things, because if you do so, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

They receive condemnation because they have set aside their prior commitment to the Messiah.

Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine for your stomach because of your frequent illnesses.

Moreover, those who have believing masters should be respectful to them, because they are fellow believers. In fact, they must serve them even better, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dear to them. These are the things you must teach and exhort.

Because of it I am experiencing trouble, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. However, God's word is not chained.

Do not have anything to do with foolish and stupid discussions, because you know they breed arguments.

But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men, their stupidity will be plain to everyone.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and found to be true, because you know from whom you learned it.

because Demas, having fallen in love with this present world, has abandoned me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus in Miletus because he was sick.

Because an overseer is God's servant manager, he must be blameless. He must not be arrogant or irritable. He must not drink too much, be a violent person, or make money in shameful ways.

They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.

Use wholesome speech that cannot be condemned. Then any opponent will be ashamed because he cannot say anything bad about us.

because I keep hearing about your love for all the saints and the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus.

For I have received considerable joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed, brother, through you.

21Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I know that you will do even more than I ask.

because if the message spoken by angels was reliable, and every violation and act of disobedience received its just punishment,

Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers

and might free those who were slaves all their lives because they were terrified by death.

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

because he is worthy of greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

because we are the Messiah's partners only if we hold on to our original confidence to the end.

So we see that they were unable to enter because of their unbelief.

because we have had the good news told to us as well as to them. But the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it.

Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,

because the one who enters God's rest has himself rested from his own actions, just as God did from his.

As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.

We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand.

And so he obtained what he had been promised, because he patiently waited for it.

because Levi was still inside his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

Indeed, because it was weak and ineffective, the former commandment has been annulled,

But because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.

Therefore, because he always lives to intercede for them, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him.

Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the Law.

It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant, I ignored them, declares the Lord.

Never again will everyone teach his neighbor or his brother by saying, "Know the Lord,' because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important.

Otherwise, would they not have stopped offering them, because the worshipers, cleansed once for all, would no longer be aware of any sins?

let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession.

By faith Enoch was taken away without experiencing death. He could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he won approval as one who pleased God.

because he was waiting for the city with permanent foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

By faith Sarah, even though she was old and barren, received the strength to conceive, because she was convinced that the one who had made the promise was faithful.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.

By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after he was born, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and were not afraid of the king's order.

because he preferred being mistreated with God's people to enjoying the pleasures of sin for a short time.