And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet – see! – we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,

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

What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

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.

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

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God – given to me for you – in order to complete the word of God,

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.