and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things;

from Whom every family in Heaven and on earth is named,

from Whom all the body, fitly framed and knit together through every joint of supply, according to the working in due measure of each single part, secures the growth of the body to the upbuilding 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 hardness of their hearts;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling, be put away from you, with all wickedness;

Wherefore, He saith: "Awake, you who are sleeping; and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon you!"

not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

knowing that whatsoever good thing each one does, this shall he receive from the Lord, whether bond or free.

Peace be to the brethren, 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.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you??4 always, in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all, making supplication with joy??5 on account of your fellowship for the Gospel, from the first day until now;

the one, from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the Gospel;

and in nothing terrified by the adversaries; which, indeed, to them is a token of destruction, but of your salvation, and this from God;

Him, indeed, therefore, I hope to send immediately, as soon as I may look away from the things which concern me:

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

And know ye also, Philippians, that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I went forth from Macedonia, no assembly had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving, but ye only;

But I have all, and abound; I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, an odor of sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father.

even as ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for us a faithful minister of Christ,

And He is the Head of the body, the assembly; Who is the Beginning, the First-born from the dead, that in all things He may be preeminent;

if, at least, ye continue in the faith, founded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but was now made manifest to His saints;

having been buried with Him in your immersion, in which ye were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, Who raised Him from the dead;

and not holding fast the Head from Whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as if living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to decrees,

knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye are doing service to the Lord, Christ.

together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is from among you; they will make known to you all things here.

Epaphras, who is from among you, salutes you, a servant of Christ Jesus, always striving in your behalf in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

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

For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we have no need to speak anything;

for they themselves report, concerning us, what manner of entrance we had to you, and how ye 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 coming wrath.

nor seeking glory of men, neither from you, nor from others; though able to be in authority, as apostles of Christ.

And, for this reason, we also give thanks to God without ceasing, that, having received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it, not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which also is working in you who believe.

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the assemblies of God, that are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because ye suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they also did from the Jews;

But, Timothy having just now come to us from you, and having brought us good tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us at all times, longing to see us, as we also to see you??7 for this reason, brethren, we were comforted over you, in all our tribulation and distress, through your faith;

Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk, and to please God??ven as ye also are walking??hat ye abound more and more;

For this is the will of God??ven your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

because the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven, with a shout, with a voice of an archangel, and with a trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

Abstain from every form of evil.

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

and to you who suffer tribulation, relief with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with the angels of His power, in flaming fire,

who, indeed, shall pay a penalty, eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might,

that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, as that the day of the Lord has set in.

But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord; because God, from the beginning, chose you to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of truth;

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

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

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the instruction which ye received from us.

to Timothy, a true child in faith: grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.

holding faith, and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith;

And it is needful also that he have an honorable testimony from those without, lest he fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil.

But the Spirit expressly saith, that in later times, some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and to teachings of demons,

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those who believe and have full knowledge of the truth.

And, at the same time, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.

For the love of money is a root of all the evils; which some reaching after wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

O Timothy, guard the deposit; turning away from the profane babblings, and oppositions of that which is falsely called knowledge;

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

I thank God, Whom I serve from my forefathers, in a pure conscience, that I have an unceasing remembrance of you in my supplications night and day;

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

You know this, that all in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

(the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, you know very well.

And the things which you heard from me, through many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who will be competent to teach others also.

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Gospel;

Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God has been standing, having this seal, "The Lord knew those who are His:" and "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

If, therefore, one fully purify himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.

holding a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from these also turn away.

But do you abide in the, things which you learned and were assured of; knowing from whom you learned them;

and that, from a babe, you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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

The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will bring me safe into His heavenly Kingdom; to Whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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

not giving heed to Jewish fables, 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 special people, zealous of good works.

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

Take heed, brethren, lest at any time there shall be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

For we who believed do enter into rest, even as He said, "As I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest; although the works were finished from the founding of a world."

For He hath spoken somewhere concerning the seventh day thus: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works;"

For He Who entered into His rest, Himself also rested from his works, as God did from His Own.

for we have not a High Priest, unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but One Who hath been tempted in all points like as we, apart from sin.

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

Who, in the days of His flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was able to save Him from death, and having been heard by reason of His godly fear,

though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered;

Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

For the land which drank in the rain that often comes upon it, and brings forth an herb fit for those for whose sake also it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;

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

And those, indeed, from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, (though having come out of the loins of Abraham);

but he whose genealogy is not reckoned from them has taken tithes of Abraham, and has blessed him who had the promises.

For He of Whom these things are spoken hath taken part in a different tribe from which no one gave attendance at the altar.

And they, indeed, have been made priests many in number, because by death they are hindered from continuing;

For such a High Priest was befitting us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

and they shall in no wise teach each one his fellow-citizen, and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord'; because all shall know Me, from a small one to a great one of them;

how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

And, for this cause, He is the Mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions against the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

And nearly all things are cleansed, according to the law, with blood; and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

so also Christ, having once for all been offered to bear the sins of many, will, to those who are eagerly waiting for Him; appear a second time apart from sin, unto salvation.

from henceforth awaiting until His foes shall be placed as a footstool for His feet.

let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed with pure water,

And, apart from faith, it is impossible to please Him; for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder to those who seek after Him.

Wherefore also there sprang from one, and one impotent as to these things, as many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.

These all died according to faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.