You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

You were running well. Who prevented you from obeying the truth?

This persuasion did not come from the One who called you.

because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I bear on my body scars for the cause of Jesus.

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

He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens—

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—

not from works, so that no one can boast.

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

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

From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part.

They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,
and the Messiah will shine on you.

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.

Peace 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.

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

Most of the brothers in the Lord have gained confidence from my imprisonment and dare even more to speak the message fearlessly.

because I know this will lead to my deliverance through your prayers and help from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your deliverance—and this is from God.

and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.

assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.

but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

All the saints greet you, but especially those from Caesar’s household.

To the saints in Christ at Colossae, who are faithful brothers.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

You learned this from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow slave. He is a faithful servant of the Messiah on your behalf,

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.

He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.

if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

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

He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ.

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

and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.

For the Lord’s message rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place that your faith in God has gone out. Therefore, we don’t need to say anything,

for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.

and we didn’t seek glory from people, either from you or from others.

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

For you, brothers, became imitators of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, since you have also suffered the same things from people of your own country, just as they did from the Jews

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

But now Timothy has come to us from you and brought us good news about your faith and love and reported that you always have good memories of us, wanting to see us, as we also want to see you.

Finally then, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you must walk and please God—as you are doing—do so even more.

For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality,

For we say this to you by a revelation from the Lord: We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep.

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

Stay away from every kind of evil.

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

and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength

not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has come.

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not all have faith.

But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.

To Timothy, my true son in the faith.

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

Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

Some have deviated from these and turned aside to fruitless discussion.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry

At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

Those who have believing masters should not be disrespectful to them because they are brothers, but should serve them better, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.

Teach and encourage these things.

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but has a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

But you, man of God, run from these things,
and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, endurance, and gentleness.

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent, empty speech and contradictions from the “knowledge” that falsely bears that name.

By professing it, some people have deviated from the faith.

Grace be with all of you.

To Timothy, my dearly loved son.

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

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

This you know: All those in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from Him on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Keep your attention on Jesus Christ as risen from the dead and descended from David. This is according to my gospel.

They have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are overturning the faith of some.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:

The Lord knows those who are His, and
Everyone who names the name of the Lord
must turn away from unrighteousness.

So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable, he will be a special instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

To Titus, my true son in our common faith.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people for His own possession, eager to do good works.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love
for mankind appeared,

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

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

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,