So then have I become your enemy telling you the truth?

They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them.

But just as then, the man who was born according to flesh persecuted the man according to Spirit, so also now.

Nevertheless, what does the scripture say? Send away the servant girl and her son, for the son of the servant girl will, no, not inherit with the son of the freewoman.

So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant girl, but of the freewoman.

Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will benefit you nothing.

But I say, walk in Spirit and ye will, no, not fulfill a lust of flesh.

For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit is against the flesh. For these are hostile to each other, so that whatever these things are ye may want, ye may not do.

Bear the burdens of each other, and so fulfill the law of the Christ.

So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.

See in how large letters I wrote to you with my hand.

As many as desire to make a good impression in flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of the Christ.

For not even those who have been circumcised themselves keep law, but they want you to be circumcised, so that they may boast in thy flesh.

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

So that in the coming ages he might show the transcending wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

not from works, so that not any man may boast.

having abolished in his flesh the enmity--the law of the commandments in ordinances--so that he might create in himself the two into one new man, making peace,

So then ye are no more alien and foreign, but fellow citizens of the sanctified, and belonging to the household of God.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God who created all things through Jesus Christ.

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,

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.

He who descended is also the same man who ascended high above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.

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.

This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

But ye did not so learn the Christ,

Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.

Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

But as the church is subject to the Christ, so also the wives to their own husbands in everything.

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.

So ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Nevertheless ye also, each one in particular, shall so love his own wife as himself, and the wife that she fear her husband.

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

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.

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 which I am an ambassador in bondage, so that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Whom I sent to you for this same thing, so that ye might know the things about us, and that he might encourage your hearts.

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,

So that your pride may abound in Christ Jesus in me because of my presence with you again.

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

having the same conflict such as ye saw in me, and now hear is in me.

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

so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

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.

For also he was sick, near death, but God was merciful to him, and not only him, but also me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

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

Because for sake of the work of the Christ he came near the point of death, handing over his life so that he might fill up the deficiency of your service toward me.

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--

Brothers, become fellow-imitators of me, and watch those who so walk, just as ye have us for an example.

For many walk, who (I told you often, and now also say while weeping) are enemies of the cross of Christ,

So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in Lord this way beloved.

Rejoice in Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice.

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

And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might become preeminent in all things.

Whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

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.

And I say this so that not any man may delude you with persuasive speech.

which are a shadow of the things coming, but the body is Christ's.

forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,

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

Praying simultaneously about us also, so that God may open to us a door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, because of which I have also been bound,

so that I may make it known as I ought to speak.

Whom I sent to you for this same thing, so that he may know the things about you, and may encourage your hearts,

Epaphras, the bondman of Christ from you, salutes you, always striving for you in prayers, so that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God.

And say to Archippus, Watch the ministry that thou received in Lord so that thou may fulfill it.

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

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.

But we, brothers, who were orphaned from you for the time of an hour, in presence not in heart, hastened more earnestly to see your face, with much desire.

But now of Timothy, having come to us from you, and having proclaimed good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye always have a good recollection of us, longing to see us, just as we also you,

praying night and day above extraordinary in order to see your face and to mend the deficiencies of your faith?

so that ye may walk properly toward those outside, and may have nothing lacking.

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.

For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also those who became asleep through Jesus, God will bring with him.

For this we say to you in the word of Lord, that we who are alive, who remain for the coming of the Lord, will no, not precede those who became asleep.

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.

For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

But ye, brothers, are not in darkness, so that the day would seize you as a thief.

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

So that, whether we are awake or sleep, we should live together with him.

See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.

So as for us ourselves to have pride in you in the congregations of God, for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the tribulations that ye endure,

For which also we pray always about you, so that our God will make you worthy of the calling, and will fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power.

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.

who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or an object of worship, so as for him to sit in the temple of God, as God, displaying himself that he is God.

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

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 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.

As I urged thee, while going to Macedonia, remain in Ephesis, so that thou might command certain men not to teach something different,

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

But because of this I obtained mercy, so that in me, the foremost, Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

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.

for kings and all those who are in prominence, so that we may live a quiet and peaceful life in all piety and propriety.

Think on these things--exist within these things--so that thy progress may be visible among all.

And command these things, so that they may be blameless.