Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.

This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you.

The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him.

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him

with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.

which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,

if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,

And masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, and that he may comfort your hearts.

For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me;

For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you.

Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard;

and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,

and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;

and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

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

When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,

When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;

and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here.

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also Barnabas’s cousin Mark (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him);

For I testify for him that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,

And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.

If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he will be put to shame.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers,

who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day—and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus.

No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

It is a trustworthy statement:
For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;

If we endure, we will also reign with Him;
If we deny Him, He also will deny us;

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our teaching.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart,

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

If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.

For to which of the angels did He ever say,
“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”? And again,“I will be a Father to Him
And He shall be a Son to Me”?

And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says,
“And let all the angels of God worship Him.”

But one has testified somewhere, saying,
“What is man, that You remember him?
Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?

“You have made him for a little while lower than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
And have appointed him over the works of Your hands;

You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

And again,
“I will put My trust in Him.”And again,“Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me.”

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.

For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”;

In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

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

for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

For it is attested of Him,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

(for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him,
“The Lord has sworn
And will not change His mind,
‘You are a priest forever’”);

Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.