even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.

if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,

We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –

because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

I sent him with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

Now to the eternal king, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and colaborer,