So we urged Titus to finish this work of kindness among you in the same way that he had started it.

At the present time, your surplus fills their need, so that their surplus may fill your need. In this way things are fair.

We are trying to avoid any criticism of the way we are administering this great undertaking.

We have also sent with them our brother whom we have often tested in many ways and found to be dedicated. At present he is more dedicated than ever because he has so much confidence in you.

In every way you will grow richer and become even more generous, and this will cause others to give thanks to God because of us,

Of course, we are living in the world, but we do not wage war in a world-like way.

I do not think I'm inferior in any way to those "super-apostles."

Even though I may be untrained as an orator, I am not so in the field of knowledge. We have made this clear to all of you in every possible way.

When I was with you and needed something, I did not bother any of you, because our brothers who came from Macedonia supplied everything I needed. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

Since many people boast in a fleshly way, I will do it, too.

I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. Really, I should have been commended by you, for I am not in any way inferior to your "super-apostles," even if I am nothing.

In the same way, Abraham "believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.

These people who have been instructing you are devoted to you, but not in a good way. They want you to avoid me so that you will be devoted to them.

Practice carrying each other's burdens. In this way you will fulfill the law of the Messiah.

which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills everything in every way.

that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient.

For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life.

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to live in a way that is worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

However, that is not the way you came to know the Messiah.

Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.

In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

Masters, treat your slaves the same way. Do not threaten them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

For it is only right for me to think this way about all of you, because you're constantly on my mind. Both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, all of you are partners with me in this privilege.

But so what? Just this that in every way, whether by false or true motives, the Messiah is being proclaimed. Because of this, I rejoice and will continue to rejoice.

and that you are not intimidated by your opponents in any way. This is evidence that they will be destroyed and that you will be saved and all because of God.

In the same way, you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

Therefore, those of us who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will show you how to think.

You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children.

That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, wanted to come time and again, but Satan blocked our way.

But when I could stand it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith. I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you in some way, and that our work had been a waste of time.

Now may our God and Father and our Lord Jesus provide a way for us to visit you.

May the God of peace himself make you holy in every way. And may your whole being spirit, soul, and body remain blameless when our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, appears.

That way the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus, the Messiah.

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for it will not come unless the rebellion takes place first and the man of sin, who is destined for destruction, is revealed.

For the secret of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly, and that it may be honored the way it is among you.

Now may the Lord of peace give you his peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with all of you.

I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine. It is the way I write.

When I was on my way to Macedonia, I urged you to stay in Ephesus so that you could instruct certain people to stop teaching false doctrine

He must manage his own family well and have children who are submissive and respectful in every way.

She must be well known for her good actions as a woman who has raised children, welcomed strangers, washed the saints' feet, helped the suffering, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

In the same way, good actions are obvious, and those that are not cannot remain hidden.

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

But you have observed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

Because an overseer is God's servant manager, he must be blameless. He must not be arrogant or irritable. He must not drink too much, be a violent person, or make money in shameful ways.

They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.

Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.

or steal from them. Instead, they are to show complete and perfect loyalty, so that in every way they may make the teaching about God our Savior more attractive.

Do all you can to send Zenas the expert in the Law and Apollos on their way, and see that they have everything they need.

18If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.this favor from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Messiah!

thereby becoming like his brothers in every way, so that he could be a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God and could atone for the people's sins.

because he is worthy of greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

even though they had seen my actions for 40 years. That is why I was indignant with that generation and said, "They are always going astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.'

In the same way, the Messiah did not take upon himself the glory of being a high priest. No, it was God who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father."

In the same way, when God wanted to make the unchangeable character of his purpose perfectly clear to the heirs of his promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,

In this way, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing.

In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and everything used in worship.

Nor did he go into heaven to sacrifice himself again and again, the way the high priest goes into the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),

At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way.

Abraham was certain that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did get Isaac back in this way.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him.

Let marriage be kept honorable in every way, and the marriage bed undefiled. For God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not prove itself with actions, is dead.

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.

For you know that it was not with perishable things like silver or gold that you have been ransomed from the worthless way of life handed down to you by your ancestors,

In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives

In a similar way, you husbands must live with your wives in an understanding manner, as with a most delicate partner. Honor them as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing may interfere with your prayers.

Whoever speaks must speak God's words. Whoever serves must serve with the strength that God supplies, so that in every way God may be glorified through Jesus, the Messiah. Glory and power belong to him forever and ever! Amen.

In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."

For in this way you will be generously granted entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah.

Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, think of the kind of holy and godly people you ought to be

The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.

Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love one another.

Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy.

They have testified before the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's authority, and slander his glorious beings.

15He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."

The person who conquers in this way will wear white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.

They sang the song of God's servant Moses and the song of the lamb: "Your deeds are both spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are just and true, King of the nations.

The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great Euphrates River. Its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.