There is no salvation by anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."

But they could neither refute the wisdom nor withstand the Spirit by which he kept speaking.

""Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me,' declares the Lord, "or what place is there in which I can rest?

Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was known for her good actions and acts of charity that she was always doing.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me to do the work for which I called them."

The priest of the temple of Zeus, which was just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates. He and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices.

From one man he made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth, fixing the seasons of the year and the national boundaries within which they live,

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to be shepherds of God's church, which he acquired with his own blood.

"I'm now entrusting you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and secure for you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

After reading the letter, the governor asked which province Paul was from. On learning that he was from Cilicia,

By examining him for yourself, you will be able to find out from him everything of which we accuse him."

However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets.

When day came, they didn't recognize the land, but they could see a bay with a beach on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if possible.

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures

They show that what the Law requires is written in their hearts, a fact to which their own consciences testify, and their thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

His faith did not weaken when he thought about his own body (which was already as good as dead now that he was about a hundred years old) or about Sarah's inability to have children,

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace by which we have been established, and we boast because of our hope in God's glory.

Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

But thank God that, though you were once slaves of sin, you became obedient from your hearts to that form of teaching with which you were entrusted!

As it is written, "Look! I am placing a stone in Zion over which people will stumble a large rock that will make them fall and the one who believes in him will never be ashamed."

Instead, we speak about God's wisdom in a hidden secret, which God destined before the world began for our glory.

Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or with love and a gentle spirit?

Nevertheless, everyone should live the life that the Lord gave him and to which God called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called.

Brothers, everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called by God.

and every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, which is the same as having her head shaved.

Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!

You have homes in which to eat and drink, don't you? Or do you despise God's church and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

Now I'm making known to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you have taken your stand,

and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

who has also qualified us to be ministers of a new covenant, which is not written but spiritual, because the written text brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

In fact, that which once had glory lost its glory, because the other glory surpassed it.

For if that which fades away came through glory, how much more does that which is permanent have glory?

So if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave us to build you up and not to tear you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!

which he brought about in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realm.

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

and reconciling both groups to God in one body through the cross, on which he eliminated the hostility.

which in previous generations was not made known to human beings as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. This is that secret:

So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory.

that is, you will know the love of the Messiah which transcends knowledge, and will be filled with all the fullness of God.

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,

in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.

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

and to clothe yourselves with the new nature, which was created according to God's image in righteousness and true holiness.

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.

In addition to having clothed yourselves with these things, having taken up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one,

also take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Now if I continue living, fruitful labor is the result, so I do not know which I would prefer.

Then God's peace, which goes far beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your hearts and minds in union with the Messiah Jesus.

He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.

However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the gentiles which is the Messiah in you, our glorious hope.

He does not hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, which is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God enables it.

So put to death your worldly impulses: sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

and have clothed yourselves with the new nature, which is being renewed in full knowledge, consistent with the image of the one who created it.

Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which ties everything together in unity.

Let the peace of the Messiah also rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body, and be thankful.

At the same time also pray for us that God would open before us a door for the word so that we may tell the secret about the Messiah, for which I have been imprisoned.

Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God's word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions, for which you are aware that we were destined.

This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering.

and occupying themselves with myths and endless genealogies. These things promote controversies rather than God's ongoing purpose, which involves faith.

They want to be teachers of the Law, yet they do not understand either what they are talking about or the things about which they speak so confidently.

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

in case I am delayed, so that you may know how to behave in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you.

Fight the good fight for the faith. Keep holding on to eternal life, to which you were called and about which you gave a good testimony in front of many witnesses.

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first existed in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that this faith also exists in you.

The victor's crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on the day that he comes, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.

which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.

For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"?

But to which of the angels did he ever say, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?

but the Messiah was faithful as the Son in charge of God's household, and we are his household if we hold on to our courage and the hope in which we rejoice.

so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

since the Law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is presented, by which we approach God.

For the Law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promised oath, which came after the Law, results in a Son who is eternally perfect.

which had the gold altar for incense and the Ark of the Covenant completely covered with gold. In it were the gold jar holding the manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the Tablets of the Covenant.

But only the high priest went into the second part, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins committed by the people in ignorance.

since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.

In this passage he says, "You never wanted or took delight in sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sin offerings," which are offered according to the Law.

How much more severe a punishment do you think that person deserves who tramples on God's Son, treats as common the blood of the covenant by which it was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace?

Now if you are without any discipline, in which all sons share, then you are illegitimate and not God's sons.

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Are not they the ones who blaspheme the noble Name by which you have been called?

so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.

Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.

in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits

Baptism, which is symbolized by that water, now saves you also, not by removing dirt from the body, but by asking God for a clear conscience based on the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah,

Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is to be the true grace of God in which you are to stand firm!

Dear friends, this is now the second of two letters I am writing to you, in which I have been trying to stimulate your pure minds by reminding you

by which the world at that time was deluged with water and destroyed.

He speaks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, leading to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.

Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and pursued homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire.

Remain in God's love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, which brings eternal life.

This is the revelation of Jesus the Messiah, which God gave him to show his servants the things that must happen soon. He made it known by sending his messenger to his servant John,

But this is to your credit: You hate the actions of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.