Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

You be on guard against him too, because he vehemently opposed our words.

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”

Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.

All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”