one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

“that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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.

Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow – in heaven and on earth and under the earth –

And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation,

So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

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

I appeal to Euodia and to Syntyche to agree in the Lord.