'May' in the Bible

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

so that you may be able to choose what is best and be pure and blameless until the day when the Messiah returns,

The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

Therefore, I am especially eager to send him so that you may have the joy of seeing him again, and so that I may feel relieved.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with your spirit! Amen.

To: The holy and faithful brothers in Colossae who are in union with the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father be yours!

For this reason, since the day we heard about this, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of God's will with respect to all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

he has now reconciled by the death of his physical body, so that he may present you holy, blameless, and without fault before him.

I became its servant as God commissioned me to work for you, so that I may complete my ministry of the word of God.

It is he whom we proclaim as we admonish and wisely teach everyone, so that we may present everyone mature in the Messiah.

Because they are united in love, I pray that their hearts may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of the full knowledge of the Messiah, who is the mystery of God.

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.

May I reveal it as clearly as I should!

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

I am sending him to you for this very reason, so that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of the Messiah Jesus, sends you his greetings. He is always wrestling in his prayers for you, so that you may stand mature, completely convinced of the entire will of God.

This greeting is written with my own signature "Paul." Remember that I remain imprisoned. May grace be with you! Amen.

From: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. To: The church of the Thessalonians in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

We pray very hard night and day that we may see you again face to face, so that we may equip you with whatever is lacking in your faith.

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

May the Lord greatly increase your love for each other and for all people, just as we love you.

so that you may win the respect of outsiders, and have need of nothing.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.

who died for us in order that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

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.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with you! Amen.

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

May our Lord Jesus, the Messiah himself, and may God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

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.

Also pray that we may be rescued from worthless and evil people, since not everyone holds to the faith.

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of the Messiah.

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.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with all of you. Amen.

To: Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus, our Lord, be yours!

Timothy, my child, I am instructing you in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may continue to fight the good fight

These include Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme.

But they must first be tested. Then, if they prove to be blameless, they may become ministers.

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.

Continue to give these instructions, so that they may be blameless.

A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.

All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.

Although some claim to have it, they have abandoned the faith. May grace be with all of you!

To: Timothy, my dear child. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus our Lord be yours!

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often took care of me and was not ashamed that I was a prisoner.

May the Lord grant that he finds mercy on the day he comes again. You know very well how much he assisted me in Ephesus.

For that reason, I endure everything for the sake of those who have been chosen so that they, too, may receive the salvation that is in the Messiah Jesus, along with eternal glory.

Our faith may fail, his never wanes That's who he is, he cannot change!

so that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good action.

At my first trial no one came to my defense. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be held against them!

May the Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with all of you! Amen.

To: Titus, a genuine child in the faith that we share. May grace and peace from God the Father and the Messiah, Jesus our Savior, be yours!

He must be devoted to the trustworthy message that agrees with what we teach, so that he may be able to encourage others with healthy doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

That statement is true. For this reason, refute them sharply so that they may become healthy in the faith

to be sensible and pure, to manage their households, to be kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands. Otherwise, the word of God may be discredited.

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.

This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have put their faith in God may devote themselves to good actions. These things are good and helpful to other people.

All who are with me send you greetings. Greet our fellow believers who love us. May grace be with all of you! Amen.

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every blessing that is ours in the Messiah.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with your spirit! Amen.

For this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, or we may drift away,

Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God!

This is why the Messiah is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.

Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.

For a short time they disciplined us as they thought best, but God does it for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.

and straighten the paths of your life, so that your lameness may not become worse, but instead may be healed.

The expression "once more" signifies the removal of what can be shaken, that is, what he has made, so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

I especially ask you to do this so that I may be brought back to you sooner.

Now may the God of peace, who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep,

May grace be with all of you!

But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

But someone may say, "You have faith, and I have actions." Show me your faith without any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.

Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your "Yes" mean yes and your "No" mean no! Otherwise, you may fall under condemnation.

Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong path will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

To: The exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying action of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus, the Messiah, and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!

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.

Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.

you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.

Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.

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.

Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of the Messiah, keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.

Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.

May grace and peace be yours in abundance through full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

Through these he has given us his precious and wonderful promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, seeing that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires.

And so, dear friends, since you already know these things, continuously be on your guard not to be carried away by the deception of lawless people. Otherwise, you may fall from your secure position.

We are writing these things so that our joy may be full.

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.

Although I have a great deal to write to you, I would prefer not to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

May peace be with you! Your friends greet you. Greet each of our friends by name.

May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance!

Even the archangel Michael, when he argued with the Devil and fought over the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him. Instead, he said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

From John to the seven churches in Asia. May grace and peace be yours from the one who is, who was, and who is coming, from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne,