As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,

with perfect modesty and gentleness, showing forbearance to one another patiently, zealous in love

Everyone must remain in the condition of life where he was called.

In view of this we always pray for you, asking our God to make you worthy of his calling and by his power to fulfil every good resolve and every effort of faith,

so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!

So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;

Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel.

to press on to the goal for the prize of God's high call in Christ Jesus.

For there is one Body and one Spirit ??as you were called for the one hope that belongs to your call ??5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.

Why, look at your own ranks, my brothers; not many wise men (that is, judged by human standards), not many leading men, not many of good birth, have been called!

It is your vocation; for when Christ suffered for you, he left you an example, and you must follow his footsteps.

to lead a life worthy of the God who called you to his own realm and glory.

to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, as well as to all who, wherever they may be, invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord no less than ours:

For this reason I Paul, I whom Jesus has made a prisoner for the sake of you Gentiles ??2 for surely you have heard how the grace of God which was vouchsafed me in your interests has ordered it,

illuminating the eyes of your heart so that you can understand the hope to which He calls us, the wealth of his glorious heritage in the saints,

God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.

Holy brothers, you who participate in a heavenly calling, look at Jesus then, at the apostle and high priest of our confession;

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty ??be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

fight in the good fight of the faith, secure that life eternal to which you were called when you voiced the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

and as he belonged to the same trade he stayed with them and they all worked together. (They were workers in leather by trade.)

and pray for me as well, that God may give me an opening for the word, to speak of the open secret of Christ for which I am in custody.

PAUL an apostle ??not appointed by men nor commissioned by any man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead, ??2 with all the brothers who are beside me, to the churches of Galatia;

Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;

This is my reason for asking to see you and have a word with you. I am wearing this chain because I share Israel's hope."