Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

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.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:

Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,

but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.

since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.