Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

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

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

Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord’s message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you,

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.

Then I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final plagues (they are final because in them God’s anger is completed).

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.