filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.

But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.

The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

Make every effort to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need.

who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.

as also in another place God says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

For here is the testimony about him: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.

We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,

Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme