I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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,

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

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

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

We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”

Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.