which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.

For Gentiles to be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow partakers of his promise in the Christ through the good-news.

So that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principal offices and the positions of authority in the heavenly things, through the church,

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

So that he would grant you, according to the wealth of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit for the inner man.

having been rooted and grounded in love, so that ye may be able to grasp with all the sanctified what is the breadth and length and depth and height,

and to become aware of the love of the Christ, which transcends knowledge, so that ye may be filled in all the fullness of God.

So that we may no longer be childish, tossed about and carried about by every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men in craftiness with the methodology of error.

from whom the whole body, joined together and united together through every connection of the supply, according to the working of each one part within a standard, makes the growth of the body for the construction of itself by love.

and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified,

Let no man deceive you by empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

For it is disgusting even to speak of the things happening by them secretly.

But all things exposed are revealed by the light, for everything that is seen is light.

And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,

so that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the washing of water by the word,

so that he might present it to himself, the glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and unblemished.

Separate from this a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh.

so that it may become well with thee, and thou will be long lasting on the earth.

Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ.

Finally my brothers, be strong in Lord and in the power of his might.

Because of this take ye up the full armor of God, so that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil.

and for me, so that utterance may be given to me in boldness in opening my mouth to make known the mystery of the good-news,

for you to examine the things that are significant. So that ye may be tested by sunlight and not stumbling toward the day of Christ,

And more of the brothers in Lord have been convinced by my bonds to be much more bold to speak the word fearlessly.

according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be shamed in nothing. But with all boldness, now as always, Christ will also be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.

And I am constrained by the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, being far better.

Only be citizens worthy of the good-news of the Christ, so that, whether having come and having seen you or being absent, I may hear things about you that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith o

And not being frightened in anything by those who oppose, which is indeed a sign of destruction to them, but to you of salvation, and this from God.

so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the heavenly, and the earthly, and the sub-earthly,

Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

And in the same way, ye also be glad and rejoice with me.

But I hope in Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I also may be cheerful when I know the things about you.

Therefore I sent him more urgently, so that having seen him again, ye may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful.

Although (I having confidence also in flesh) if any other man seems to be confident in the flesh, I more:

But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C

and be found in him, not having my righteousness, that from law, but that through Christ's faith--the righteousness from God based on faith--

Not that I have already obtained or have already been fully perfected, but I press forward, if also I might seize upon that for which also I was seized by Christ Jesus.

However in what we have attained, to march by the same standard, to think the same way.

Let your meekness be known to all men. The Lord is near.

Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.

And what ye learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

Not that I speak regarding need, for I have learned in what things I am to be content.

I know both how to be abased and how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be lacking.

Because of this we also, from the day that we heard, cease not praying for you and making request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

So that their hearts may be encouraged, having been united together in love, and for all wealth of the full assurance of understanding, to knowledge of the mystery of the God and Father of the Christ.

Take heed lest there will be any man taking you captive through the love of wisdom and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ.

In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.

Having stripped the principal offices and the positions of authority, he exposed them openly, having triumphed over them by it.

Let no man umpire against you insisting on self-mortification, and worship of the heavenly agents, intruding in things that he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

(which are all things for consumption by use), according to the commandments and teachings of men?

When the Christ, our life, is made known, then ye also will be made known with him in glory.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.

Wives, be ye submissive to your own husbands as is proper in Lord.

Husbands, love the wives and do not be made bitter against them.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.

And he who does wrong will be recompensed what he did wrong, and there is no partiality.

And when the letter has been read among you, cause that it be read also in the congregation of Laodiceans, and that ye also read the one from Laodicea.

The salutation of Paul by my hand. Remember my bonds. Grace is with you. Truly.

Knowing, beloved brothers, your selection by God,

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good-news, thus we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who proves our hearts.

For ye, brothers, became imitators of the congregations of God, which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because ye also suffered the same things by your own countrymen, just as also they by the Jews.

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles so that they might be saved, in order to fill up their sins always. But wrath came upon them finally.

Therefore, no longer covering over it, we preferred to be left behind in Athens alone.

for no man to be disturbed by these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are set for this.

For also when we were with you we foretold you that we were going to be oppressed, just as it also happened, and ye know.

But about brotherly love ye have no need to write to you, for ye yourselves are taught by God in order to love each other.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are asleep, so that ye may not grieve, as also the others who have no hope.

then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up simultaneously with them in clouds to the Lord's gathering in the air. And so we will always be with Lord.

But about the times and the seasons, brothers, ye have no need to be written to you.

So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.

But we, being of the day, should be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly. And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Salute all the brothers by a holy kiss.

I adjure you by the Lord that the letter be read to all the holy brothers.

being evidence of the righteous judgment of God, for you to be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also ye suffer.

when he comes to be glorified in his sanctified, and to be marveled in that day by all those who believe (because our testimony among you was believed).

So that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.

for ye not to be quickly shaken from your mind, nor to be alarmed, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by a letter as by us, as that the day of the Christ has come.

Let not any man deceive you in any way, because if not, the defection may come first, and he may be revealed--the man of sin, the son of destruction,

And now ye know that which restrains, for him to be revealed in his own time.

And then the lawless will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth, and will neutralize at the appearance of his coming.

and in all deception of unrighteousness in those who are perishing, in return for which, they did not accept the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.

so that they might be condemned--all those who did not believe the truth, but who delighted in unrighteousness.

But we are indebted to express thanks to God always about you, brothers, beloved by Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that ye were taught, whether by word or by letter from us.

Finally, brothers, pray about us, so that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, just as also with you,

and that we may be delivered from aberrant and wicked men, for the faith is not of all men.

Now to such men we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with quietness, they should eat their own bread.

And if any man does not obey our word by this letter, note that man, and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

The salutation of Paul by my hand, which is a mark in every letter I write this way.

desiring to be law teachers, understanding neither what they say, nor about what they confidently assert.

This command I set before thee, child Timothy, according to the prophecies leading the way for thee, so that by them thou might war the good warfare.

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, so that they may be disciplined not to blaspheme.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men,