You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

so that he may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.

I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

– whose appearing the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time.

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.

not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”