For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.

Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

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

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

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

By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all.

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

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,