You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of Jesus branded on my body.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;

The former insincerely proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I do not make known what I will choose.

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.

But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

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

When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we do not need to say anything.

For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead?Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also 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 suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;

But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, even as you are living, that you excel more and more.

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

Abstain from every form of evil.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of the Lord had come.

and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

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

neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

But refuse younger widows, for whenever their passions lead them away from Christ, they desire to marry;

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News,

However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof. Turn away from these, also.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.

From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"

For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

In the days of his flesh, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection?not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;

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

but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.

For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?