Philippians 2 Cross References - Riverside

¹ IF there is any encouragement in Christ, any persuasive power in love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any sympathies and compassions, ² fill up my joy by having the same love, being of the same mind, thinking the same thing, ³ doing nothing in a partisan or vainglorious way, but each modestly regarding the others as of more account than himself. ⁴ Do not be each intent on his own interests, but also on the interests of others. ⁵ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, though he was in the form of God, did not think that equality with God was something to be grasped, ⁷ but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant and coming into the likeness of men, ⁸ and when found in the condition of a man he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death — death on the cross. ⁹ Therefore, God has highly exalted him and has graciously given him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee may bow, of beings in heaven and those on earth and those under the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ¹² So then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with reverence and awe. ¹³ For it is God who is working in you both the willing and the doing because of his kindness. ¹⁴ Do everything without murmurings or disputings ¹⁵ that you may be blameless and pure, children of God, spotless in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation among whom you shine as lights in the world, ¹⁶ holding forth the message of life, so that on the day of Christ I can boast that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. ¹⁷ But if I am poured out as a libation on your sacrificial offering of faith, I rejoice and share the joy of you all. ¹⁸ In the same way you must rejoice and share my joy. ¹⁹ But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I may be cheered by knowing about you. ²⁰ For I have no one likeminded with him who will so sincerely care for your interests. ²¹ For all pursue their own aims, not those of Christ Jesus. ²² But you know how he has been tested and how like a child with a father he has served with me in spreading the good news. ²³ So I hope to send him at once when I see how my affairs are going. ²⁴ And I trust in the Lord that I myself shall come quickly. ²⁵ I think it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my needs, ²⁶ since he longs for you all and is troubled because you have heard that he was sick. ²⁷ Indeed he was sick and near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not on him alone, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸ I send him the more readily that you may see him and rejoice again and I be less sorrowful. ²⁹ Receive him in the Lord with all joy and hold such men in honor, ³⁰ because for the work of Christ he was near to death, hazarding his life to complete the service you were not here to do for me.

²³ "Behold the virgin will conceive and will bear a son, and they will call his name Immanuel" (which means, God is with us).

¹⁴ You are the light of the world. A city cannot be hidden if set on a hill. ¹⁵ People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure, but on the stand, and it gives light for all in the house. ¹⁶ So let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

⁴⁵ that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun to rise upon the bad and the good, and sends rain upon the just and the unjust.

⁴⁸ You must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

¹⁶ See, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be as wise as serpents and as pure as doves.

²⁷ What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what is whispered into your ear proclaim on the housetops.

³² Every one who shall confess me before men I too will confess before my Father in heaven.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him that sent me. ⁴¹ He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will get a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will get a righteous man's reward.

¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence and violent men have been seizing it.

²⁷ "All things have been delivered tome by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father but the Son and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal him. ²⁸ "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls.

¹⁸ "Behold my servant whom I have chosen, the Beloved in whom my soul delights. I will put my spirit upon him and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

²¹ In his name will Gentiles hope."

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If any one chooses to come after me, let him disown self and take up his cross and follow me.

² There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as the light.

¹⁷ Jesus answered, "O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I bear you? Bring him here."

⁶ and whoever causes one of these little ones that believe in me to stumble, it were better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and be cast into the depths of the lake.

¹¹ When they received it, they grumbled at the householder

²⁶ It is not so among you. But whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, ²⁷ and whoever wants to be first among you will be your slave; ²⁸ just as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many."

²⁸ just as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many."

³⁶ naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you cared for me. I was in prison and you came to me.' ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?' ⁴⁰ The King will answer, 'I tell you truly, inasmuch as you did it to one of these my brothers — even the least — you did it to me.'

³⁷ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.

³⁹ Then he went a little farther and fell on his face and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as thou wilt."

⁴² Again a second time he went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done."

²⁹ twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head, put a reed into his right hand, and, going down on their knees before him, made sport of him, shouting, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

¹⁸ Jesus came to them and talked with them. He said, "To me has been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

² Six days later, Jesus took Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain. They were all alone. There in their presence he became transfigured. ³ His clothes became dazzlingly white, with a whiteness that no bleacher on earth can impart.

¹² He said, "Elijah does come first and reforms everything. How is it written also of the Son of Man that he suffers many things and is treated with contempt?

³³ They came to Capernaum. After entering the house, Jesus asked them, "What were you discussing on the road?" ³⁴ They were silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves which was the greatest.

⁴⁴ and whoever of you wishes to be first shall be the slave of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many."

⁵ This perfume could have been sold for more than three hundred shillings and the money given to the poor." So they were indignant at her.

⁶ They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord blameless.

¹⁰ but the angel said to them, "Have no fear! Indeed, I am bringing you good news of a great joy which is to be for all the people; ¹¹ for there was born for you to-day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

¹¹ for there was born for you to-day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

²⁵ There was in Jerusalem a man named Simeon, and this man was upright and God-fearing, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

³⁵ But love your enemies and do good and lend without hope of return, and your reward will be great and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is generous to the ungrateful and wicked.

⁵ Whoever do not receive you — as you go out from that city, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

²⁹ While he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothing became radiant white.

⁵⁷ As they were traveling on the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." ⁵⁸ Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have coverts, but the Son of Man has not where to lay his head." ⁵⁹ He said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go and bury my father." ⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and announce far and wide the kingdom of God." ⁶¹ Another said, "I will follow you, Sir, but first let me say good-bye to those at my home." ⁶² Jesus said to him, "No one who has put his hand to the plow and is looking backward is fit for the kingdom of God."

²² "All things have been committed to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, or who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may will to reveal him."

⁸ But I tell you every one who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man confess before the angels of God.

³² Never fear, little flock! For it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

²³ A man said to him, "Master, are there few that are saved?" He said to them, ²⁴ "Try hard to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

⁷ Observing how the guests were choosing the best couches, he gave them an illustration: ⁸ "When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not recline on the best couch, for some one more honored than you may have been invited, ⁹ and when he who invited you and him comes he may say to you, 'Give place to this man,' and then you will with shame begin and take the humblest place. ¹⁰ But when you are invited, go and recline in the humblest place, so that when he who has invited you comes he may say, 'Friend, come up higher.' Then you will have honor before all your fellow guests. ¹¹ For every one who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

²⁶ "If any one comes to me and does not hate his father and his mother and his wife and his children and his brothers and his sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

¹⁴ I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

²⁷ For which is superior, he who reclines at table or he who serves? Is not he who reclines? But I am in the midst of you as the one who serves.

¹ IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and tented among us, and we looked upon his glory, glory as of an only son from a father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has interpreted him.

²⁷ John answered, "A man can assume nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

³⁵ The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hand. ³⁶ He who believes in the Son has life eternal. He who disbelieves in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.

³⁴ Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

¹⁸ On this account the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only kept breaking the Sabbath, but even spoke of God as his own Father, making himself equal with God.

²² Neither does the Father judge any one, but he has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

²³ that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has life eternal and does not come into condemnation, but has passed over from death into life. ²⁵ Truly, truly, I tell you that the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. ²⁷ He has given him authority to do judgment, because he is Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not wonder at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice ²⁹ and will come forth — those who have done good to a resurrection of life and those who have done evil to a resurrection of condemnation.

³⁵ He was the burning and shining light and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.

²⁷ Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of Man will give you. For him God the Father has sealed." ²⁸ They said to him, "What are we to do to work the works of God?" ²⁹ Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, to believe in him whom he has sent."

⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Every one who has heard from the Father and has learned comes to me.

⁶³ The spirit is what gives life; the flesh is of no account. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

⁶⁵ He said, "For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him from the Father."

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, "Sir, to whom shall we go? You have the words of life eternal,

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham came into being I am." ⁵⁹ They took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus concealed himself and left the Temple courts.

²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed Jesus as the Christ, he should be cast out of the synagogue.

¹³ because he is a hireling and does not care for the sheep.

¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down and have power to take it again. This command I received from my Father."

³⁰ I and my Father are one."

³³ The Jews answered him, "For a good work we are not stoning you, but for profane words, because you, a man, are making yourself God."

³⁸ But if I do, even though you do not believe me, believe the works; that you may perceive and know that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father."

³ So the sisters sent to Jesus, saying, "Master, he whom you love is sick." ⁴ When Jesus heard it he said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it."

³⁵ Jesus wept. ³⁶ The Jews said, "See, how he loved him!"

⁶ He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and having the purse used to pilfer what was put into it.

²⁸ Father, glorify thy name!" There came a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it and will again glorify it." ²⁹ The crowd that was standing there and heard said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel spoke to him." ³⁰ Jesus said, "This voice came, not on my account, but for you. ³¹ Now is the judgment of this world. Now the Ruler of this world will be cast out. ³² And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me."

⁴² Nevertheless, even of the rulers many did believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, in order not to be expelled from the synagogue;

³ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going to God,

³ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going to God, ⁴ rose from supper and laid aside his upper garments and took a towel and put it around him. ⁵ Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel he had around him. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, "Master, are you washing my feet?" ⁷ Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not know now; but you will know hereafter." ⁸ Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me." ⁹ Simon Peter said to him, "Master, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head." ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed has no need to be washed, except his feet, but is all clean. And you are clean, though not all." ¹¹ For he knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, "You are not all clean." ¹² When he had washed their feet and had taken his upper garments and lain down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³ You call me Teacher and Master and you say rightly, for so I am.

¹³ You call me Teacher and Master and you say rightly, for so I am. ¹⁴ If then I, the Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet.

¹⁴ If then I, the Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example that you may do as I have done to you.

²⁰ Truly, truly, I tell you, he who receives any one whom I send receives me. He who receives me receives him who sent me."

³¹ When Judas had gone, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified and God has been glorified in him. ³² If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and immediately will glorify him.

⁹ Jesus said, "Have I been so much time with you and you have not known me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

¹³ Whatever you ask in my name that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

¹⁸ I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you.

²³ Jesus answered him, "If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and abide with him.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor fearful. ²⁸ You heard that I said to you I am going away and am coming back to you. If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

³¹ But that the world may know that I love the Father, even as the Father commanded me, so I am doing. Rise, let us go hence."

¹⁰ If you keep my commands, you will abide in my love as I have kept my Father's commands and abide in his love.

¹⁰ If you keep my commands, you will abide in my love as I have kept my Father's commands and abide in his love. ¹¹ These things I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you and your joy may be made complete. ¹² This is my command — to love one another as I have loved you.

¹⁴ He will glorify me because he will take of mine and will announce it to you. ¹⁵ All things that the Father has are mine. For that reason I say, 'He will take of mine and announce it to you.'

²² And you have grief now, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

²² And you have grief now, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. ²³ On that day you will ask me no questions. Truly, truly, I tell you, if you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it to you. ²⁴ So far you have asked for nothing in my name; ask and you will obtain, that your joy may be made full.

¹ THESE words spoke Jesus, and lifted his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee,

¹ THESE words spoke Jesus, and lifted his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, ² as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that he may give life eternal to all that thou hast given him. ³ This is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.

⁵ And now glorify me, Father, at thy side with the glory that I had at thy side before the existence of the world.

¹³ Now I am coming to thee, and these things I speak in the world that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

¹⁸ As thou didst send me into the world, so have I sent them into the world,

²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

¹⁴ All of these continued earnestly and unitedly in prayer with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.

¹ DURING the course of the day of Pentecost they were all together in the same place,

³² This Jesus, God raised up, and all of us are witnesses of it. ³³ Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear. ³⁴ For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ till I make your enemies your footstool.' ³⁶ Let all the house of Israel know surely that this Jesus, whom you crucified, God has made both Lord and Christ."

³⁶ Let all the house of Israel know surely that this Jesus, whom you crucified, God has made both Lord and Christ."

⁴⁰ With many other words he bore witness and exhorted them, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation."

⁴⁶ Every day, continuing with one accord in the Temple courts and in breaking bread from house to house, they ate together in joy and simplicity of heart,

³² The multitude of those who had believed was of one heart and one soul, and no one said that any part of his property was his own, but they had all things in common.

¹² Many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. They were all with one purpose in Solomon's Colonnade.

³¹ God has exalted him as Leader and Savior at his own right hand to give to Israel change of heart and forgiveness of sins.

¹ IN those days, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Greek-speaking Jews began to grumble at the Hebrew Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily service.

⁸ There was great rejoicing in that city.

³³ In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who will describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth."

⁶ But stand up and go into the city and it will be told you what you must do."

³⁷ It happened at that time that she fell sick and died. They bathed her and laid her out in an upper room.

³⁹ Peter arose and went along with them. On his arrival they took him up to the room. All of the widows came around him wailing and showing the tunics and cloaks that Dorcas had made while she was with them. ⁴⁰ Peter sent them all out and kneeling down he prayed. Then turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, rise." She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. ⁴¹ Giving her his hand he raised her to her feet. Then calling the holy and the widows he presented her to them alive.

³⁶ As to the message which he sent to the children of Israel telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ — who is Lord of all —

³⁸ You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were harassed by the Devil, for God was with him.

²¹ The hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number believed and turned to the Lord.

¹³ Sailing away from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia. John left them there and returned to Jerusalem.

²⁶ "Brethren, sons of Abraham's race and those among you who reverence God, the message of this salvation has been sent to you.

² Since no little dissension and controversy arose between Paul and Barnabas and these men, it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

⁷ After there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in early days God chose among you that through my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of good news and should believe.

³⁸ But Paul did not approve of taking him along, since he had left them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them into the work. ³⁹ Such a difference of feeling resulted that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark and sailed away to Cyprus.

³ Paul wished to have Timothy go with him. So he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts. For they all knew that his father was a Greek. ⁴ Thus they traveled through the cities and delivered to the disciples for observance the rules that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. ⁵ So the churches grew firmer in faith and increased in numbers from day to day. ⁶ They went through Phrygia and the Galatian country, the Holy Spirit having prevented their speaking the message in Asia. ⁷ Upon reaching Mysia they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the spirit of Jesus did not allow them. ⁸ Passing by Mysia they came down to Troas. ⁹ There a vision appeared to Paul in the night — a Macedonian man was standing and begging him saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us." ¹⁰ After Paul had seen the vision, we at once tried to go out to Macedonia, inferring that God had called on us to tell the good news to the people there. ¹¹ Sailing away from Troas we made a straight run to Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis. ¹² From there we went to Philippi, which is the first city of that part of Macedonia and is a Roman colony. We remained in that city for a number of days.

²⁹ Calling for a light he sprang in and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

²⁴ But I do not hold my life as of any account if only I may finish my race and the service which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of the grace of God.

³⁰ And from among yourselves men will arise speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after themselves.

³⁵ In all things I showed you that so laboring we ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

³⁸ grieving especially because he had said that they would never see his face again; and they escorted him to the ship.

¹³ Paul answered, "What are you accomplishing by weeping and breaking my heart? For I hold myself ready not only to be bound, but to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

¹⁰ They bestowed many honors on us and when we sailed they put on board supplies for our needs.

³ concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord (who became one of the descendants of David according to the flesh,

¹¹ For I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift of grace in order that you may be strengthened,

⁷ To those who by constancy in good work seek for glory and honor and immortality he will award life eternal.

¹ SO then, since we have been accounted righteous by faith, let us have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. ² Through him we obtained entrance into this grace in which we stand and exult in hope of the glory of God.

⁵ and hope does not disappoint, for the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit granted to us.

¹⁹ For as by the disobedience of the one man the many were set down as sinners, so by the obedience of the one the many will be set down as righteous.

³ For, what was impossible for the Law, because it was weak through the flesh — God, sending his own Son in the form of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned the sin that is in the flesh,

⁹ But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God dwells in you. If any one has not the Spirit of Christ, that man is not his. ¹⁰ If Christ is in you the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹ If the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead gives life even to your mortal bodies, through his indwelling Spirit in you. ¹² So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh; ¹³ for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live. ¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. ¹⁵ For you did not receive a spirit of bondage leading again to fear, but you received a spirit of sonship, in which we cry, Abba, Father. ¹⁶ The Spirit itself witnesses with our spirits that we are children of God.

²⁶ Thus also the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with sighs beyond words.

² that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart.

⁵ whose are the fathers and from whom by physical descent the Christ came. God who is over all be blessed through the ages! Amen.

¹¹ though the same man was father of both children and they were not yet born and had done nothing good or bad, in order that the purpose of God according to his choice might stand, not according to their works, but according to his call,

¹⁶ So then it is not a question of the man who wills or who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

⁸ But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" — that is, the word of faith which we are proclaiming, ⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved.

⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart a man believes and becomes righteous, and with the mouth he confesses and attains salvation.

¹⁰ For with the heart a man believes and becomes righteous, and with the mouth he confesses and attains salvation. ¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame."

¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame." ¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. For there is the same Lord of all, rich toward all who call upon him.

¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. For there is the same Lord of all, rich toward all who call upon him. ¹³ For "Every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." ¹⁴ How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? How shall they hear without some one to proclaim him? ¹⁵ How shall they proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

¹⁵ How shall they proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" ¹⁶ But have not all heard the good news? For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

⁴ But what was the divine response? "I have left to myself seven thousand men who have not knelt to Baal."

¹ I BEG you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, pleasing to God — your rational worship.

¹⁰ Have brotherly love toward one another like family affection, in honor preferring one another,

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. ¹⁶ Be in harmony with one another. Do not be thinking of high things, but be content with humble things. Do not become conceited.

¹⁸ If possible, so far as depends on you, live at peace with all men.

¹¹ Live thus because you know this crisis, for it is already time for you to awake from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers. ¹² The night is far spent, the day draws near. Let us put away the deeds of darkness, let us put on the weapons of light. ¹³ Let us live becomingly as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in sensuality and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy.

¹³ Let us live becomingly as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in sensuality and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for gratifying physical passions.

¹ WELCOME him who is weak in the faith, but not in order to decide disputed questions.

⁹ For to this end Christ died and lived again, in order that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

⁹ For to this end Christ died and lived again, in order that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. ¹⁰ But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you treat your brother with contempt? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. ¹¹ For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend to me and every tongue shall confess to God."

¹¹ For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend to me and every tongue shall confess to God."

¹⁵ If because of your food your brother is grieved, you are no longer walking in love. Do not with your food destroy him for whom Christ died.

¹⁹ Therefore, let us seek for what makes for peace and our mutual upbuilding. ²⁰ Do not for the sake of food break down the work of God. All things are pure, but anything is evil to the man who eats it with a feeling of doing wrong. ²¹ It is noble not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything over which your brother stumbles. ²² The faith that you have, have to yourself before God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself for what he allows himself.

¹ WE who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

³ For Christ did not please himself, but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell on me."

⁵ May the God of patience and encouragement grant to you to have harmony with one another, in the manner of Christ Jesus,

⁵ May the God of patience and encouragement grant to you to have harmony with one another, in the manner of Christ Jesus, ⁶ so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ For I say that Christ became a servant of circumcision for the sake of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises given to the fathers ⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written, "For this will I confess thee among the Gentiles and sing to thy name."

¹² And again Isaiah says, "There will be a root of Jesse, and one who rises to rule Gentiles: in him Gentiles will hope."

¹² And again Isaiah says, "There will be a root of Jesse, and one who rises to rule Gentiles: in him Gentiles will hope." ¹³ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit!

¹⁶ that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, in priestly service of the good news of God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

²⁸ So after completing this and sealing to them this fruit, I shall come away and pass by you to Spain. ²⁹ And I know that when I come to you it will be in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

² that you may receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the holy, and help her in any matter in which she may need you. For she has been a provider for many, myself included.

⁴ who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not I alone give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

¹⁷ I beg you, brethren, to keep your eye on those who are making divisions and occasions for sin contrary to the teaching which you have learned, and to shun them.

¹⁹ For your obedience has come to the knowledge of all men. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I wish you to be wise regarding what is good, and simple in regard to what is evil.

²¹ Timothy, my fellow worker, sends his greeting, and so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, who are of my race.

⁸ He will keep you strong to the end and free from reproach on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ I beg you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, all to say the same thing and not to have divisions among you, but to be united in the same mind and in the same opinion.

¹⁰ I beg you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, all to say the same thing and not to have divisions among you, but to be united in the same mind and in the same opinion.

¹⁰ I beg you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, all to say the same thing and not to have divisions among you, but to be united in the same mind and in the same opinion. ¹¹ For it has been told me regarding you, brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions among you.

¹¹ For it has been told me regarding you, brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions among you. ¹² I mean that each of you is saying, "I belong to Paul," "I belong to Apollos," "I belong to Cephas," or, "I belong to Christ."

³ And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

³ For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and living in man's way?

³ For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and living in man's way? ⁴ For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not men? ⁵ What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to faith, as the Lord granted to each of us.

⁹ We are God's fellow workers: you are God's farm God's building.

¹⁶ Do you not know that you are God's temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

¹⁴ I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

¹⁷ For this very purpose I have sent to you Timothy, who is my loved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ — how I teach everywhere in every church.

¹⁹ Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? ²⁰ For you were bought with a price. Glorify God then in your bodies.

⁶ still to us there is one God the Father, of whom are all things and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and we through him.

⁹ But be careful that this power of yours may not become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰ For if any one sees you who have knowledge reclining at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of that weak one be emboldened to eat things that have been sacrificed to idols? ¹¹ Thus the weak man is ruined by your knowledge — the brother for whom Christ died. ¹² So sinning against the brethren and wounding their weak consciences you sin against Christ. ¹³ Therefore if food makes my brother stumble I will not eat meat while the world stands, for fear of making my brother stumble.

²⁰ I became to the Jews a Jew, to gain the Jews; to those under law as under law, though not myself under law, to gain those who are under law. ²¹ To those without law, I became as without law, though not without the law of God and under the law of Christ, to gain those who are without law. ²² To the weak I became weak to gain the weak. To all men I became all things in order by all means to save some. ²³ I do all things for the sake of the good news that I may become a partner with it. ²⁴ Do you not know that those who run in a stadium all run, yet one gets the prize? Run so as to win. ²⁵ Every one who contends in the games practices self-restraint in all things. They do it to win a fading crown, but we for an unfading one. ²⁶ Thus I run with no uncertain goal: thus I strike, not as if pounding the air.

²⁶ Thus I run with no uncertain goal: thus I strike, not as if pounding the air. ²⁷ On the contrary, I maul and master my body so that I may not, after preaching to others, become myself unable to stand the test.

¹⁰ Nor murmur, as some of them murmured and perished by the destroyer.

¹³ No trial has taken you but what belongs to human nature. God is faithful and he will not let you be tried beyond your power, but will make, with the trial, a way of escape so that you can endure it.

²⁴ Let no one seek his own interest, but the interest of others.

³² Cause no offense either to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God, ³³ as I also in all things accommodate myself to all men, not seeking my own interest but that of the many, in order that they may be saved.

³³ as I also in all things accommodate myself to all men, not seeking my own interest but that of the many, in order that they may be saved.

³³ as I also in all things accommodate myself to all men, not seeking my own interest but that of the many, in order that they may be saved.

³ Therefore I inform you that no one speaking in the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except in the Holy Spirit.

⁶ And there are varieties of products, but the same God who produces all things in all.

¹³ For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

²² Indeed, much more those members of the body that seem to be the weaker are necessary, ²³ and those that we deem the less honorable parts of the body we surround with greater honor and our uncomely parts have additional dignity, ²⁴ while our comely parts have no need. But God has organized the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacks, ²⁵ that there may be no discord in the body, but that the members may have a common concern for one another. ²⁶ And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if a member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

²⁶ And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if a member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

⁴ Love is longsuffering, love is kind, is not jealous, love does not boast, is not conceited, ⁵ does not behave unbecomingly, does not seek her own interest, is not irritable, does not count up her wrongs,

⁵ does not behave unbecomingly, does not seek her own interest, is not irritable, does not count up her wrongs,

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without result, but I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

²⁴ Then will be the end when he delivers up the kingship to God his Father, when he has defeated every archangel and authority and power. ²⁵ For he must be king until he "puts all his enemies under his feet." ²⁶ The last enemy to be defeated will be death. ²⁷ For "he subjected all things under his feet." But when it says, "all things have been subjected," it is plain that it means all things except God who subjected all things to him.

³¹ I die every day, I swear it by the boast I make of you and which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁴⁷ The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

⁵³ For this perishable must clothe itself with imperishability, and this mortal must clothe itself with immortality.

⁵⁸ So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; since you know that your labor is not fruitless in the Lord.

¹⁰ If Timothy comes, see to it that he becomes free from fear in his relations to you. For he is doing the Lord's work, just as I am.

¹⁷ I rejoice in the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they made up for my lack of you. ¹⁸ For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Appreciate such men.

⁵ Because as the sufferings of Christ are abundant in our case, so through Christ our encouragement is abundant.

⁵ Because as the sufferings of Christ are abundant in our case, so through Christ our encouragement is abundant. ⁶ But if we are in distress, it is for your encouragement and salvation. If we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement which is effective in the endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer.

¹⁴ as you have partly acknowledged it about us, that we are your ground of boasting and you are ours on the day of our Lord Jesus.

³ I am writing this very thing so that I may not come and have grief from those who ought to make me glad, for I am confident in regard to all of you that my joy is yours.

⁷ so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and encourage him, that such a one may not be swallowed up in excessive grief.

⁹ Because for this purpose I am writing, that I may know your tested character, whether you are obedient in everything.

¹³ I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find Titus my brother, but bidding them farewell I came away to Macedonia. ¹⁴ Thanks be to God who always leads us in his triumph in Christ and spreads through us the sweet odor of the knowledge of him in every place.

⁵ Not that of ourselves we are fit to reason out anything as from ourselves, but our fitness is from God,

⁴ in whom the god of this world has blinded the thinking of the unbelieving so that the light of the glorious good news of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine in.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ impels us, convinced of this, that if one died for all, then all died, ¹⁵ and he died for all that the living may no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again.

³ We give no occasion for stumbling to any one that our service may not be blamed,

¹⁷ Therefore come out from the midst of them and be separate, says the Lord, and do not touch an unclean thing, and I will receive you

² Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one; we have injured no one; we have taken advantage of no one.

⁴ Great is my frankness in speaking to you; great is my boasting of you; I am filled with encouragement, running over with joy at every distress of ours.

⁷ and not by his coming only, but also by the encouragement by which he was encouraged about you. He told us of your longing for me, your lamentation, your zeal in my behalf, so that I rejoice the more.

¹⁵ And his affections go out more strongly to you when he remembers the obedience of you all, how with reverence and trembling you received him.

⁸ I speak not by way of command, but testing the genuineness of your love by the earnestness of others. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich yet for your sake he became poor, that you by his poverty might become rich.

²² We are sending along with them also our brother whose earnestness we have tested many times in many ways, and who is now especially earnest because of his great confidence in you.

²² We are sending along with them also our brother whose earnestness we have tested many times in many ways, and who is now especially earnest because of his great confidence in you. ²³ If any one asks about Titus, he is my intimate friend and fellow worker for you. If it is our brethren, they are the messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ. ²⁴ Show them in the sight of the churches your love and the ground of our boasting to them about you.

¹⁴ In their prayers in your behalf they pour out their longing love for you because of the surpassing grace of God that is upon you.

¹⁸ For it is not he who commends himself that is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

⁷ Did I commit a sin when I humbled myself that you might be exalted, because I proclaimed to you the good news of God without pay? ⁸ I robbed other churches by taking wages for serving you, ⁹ and when I was with you and in need I was not a burden to any one, for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied my need. In every way I kept myself from being a burden to you, and shall keep myself so.

²⁹ Who is weak and I am not weak? Who stumbles and I am not burning?

¹⁵ And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you too much, am I loved the less?

²⁰ For I am afraid that when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and I myself may not be found by you such as you wish. I am afraid that there may be strife, jealousy, anger, rivalry, slanders, whisperings, conceit, disorders.

¹¹ Now, brethren, farewell. Be fully equipped; take courage; be of one mind; live in peace; then the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹⁴ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

² I went up by revelation, and I stated to them the good news which I proclaim among the Gentiles. But I did this privately before those who were most esteemed, that I might not be running, or have run, to no Purpose.

¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for our sake, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree,"

⁴ but, when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the Law,

⁶ Because you are sons, God has sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son crying Abba, Father.

¹¹ You make me afraid that I have labored over you uselessly.

¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.

²⁰ idolatry, magic, hatred, strife, jealousy, anger, rivalries, dissensions, factions, ²¹ envyings, drinking bouts, revelries, and the like. Of these I tell you beforehand, as I have already told you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, slowness to anger, kindness, benevolence, faithfulness,

²⁶ Let us not be vainglorious, irritating one another, envying one another.

² Bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.

⁷ Do not be deceived; God is not mocked; what a man sows that he will also reap. ⁸ For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap decay; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap life eternal. ⁹ Let us not grow discouraged in doing what is noble, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow faint.

⁵ He predestined us to recognition as sons to himself through Jesus Christ according to the kindness of his will,

⁹ He has made known to us the mystery of his will according to his grace which he purposed in him ¹⁰ for the government of the fullness of the ages, to bring to unity all things in Christ, both things in the heavens and things on the earth. ¹¹ In him we were predestined according to the plan of him who works in all things according to the purpose of his will,

¹³ In him you also, after hearing the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and putting your faith in him, were sealed by the promised Holy Spirit,

¹³ In him you also, after hearing the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and putting your faith in him, were sealed by the promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ which is the pledge of our inheritance in anticipation of the full redemption of God's own people to the praise of his glory.

²⁰ which he put forth in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his own right hand in the heavenly heights, ²¹ far above every archangel and authority and power and lordship and every name that is named not only in this world but also in the world to come. ²² He put all things under his feet and placed him as head over all for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in misdeeds, made us alive along with Christ — by grace we have been saved —

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

¹⁸ For through him we, both Jews and Gentiles, have access through one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer strangers and resident aliens, but fellow citizens with the holy and members of the household of God, ²⁰ built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner stone. ²¹ In him all the building, framed together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, ²² in whom you also are being built for a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

¹³ So I beg you not to lose heart because of the distresses that come on me for your sake. They are a high honor to you. ¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees to the Father

² with all modesty and gentleness, being slow to anger, bearing with one another in love,

⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called with one hope that belongs to your calling,

⁹ What does "he ascended" mean, except that he had descended into the lowest parts of the earth?

⁹ What does "he ascended" mean, except that he had descended into the lowest parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is also he who "ascended" high above all the heavens to fill all things. ¹¹ And he "gave" to some to be apostles, some prophets, some tellers of the good news, some shepherds and teachers, ¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the work of service, for building up the body of Christ,

³⁰ Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹ Let all bitterness and anger and wrath and clamor and abusive language be put away from you with every kind of malice. ³² Be kind to one another, sympathetic, forgiving one another just as God in Christ has forgiven you.

¹ BE imitators of God as beloved children ² and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God yielding a fragrant odor.

² and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God yielding a fragrant odor.

⁷ Do not, then, be partakers with them. ⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light —

²¹ Be subject to one another in reverence for Christ,

²⁷ that he might present to himself the church glorious, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and faultless.

⁵ Slaves, obey those who according to the flesh are your masters, with reverence and awe in singleness of your hearts as to Christ,

²¹ That you also may know my situation, what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, ²² whom I am sending to you for this very purpose, will tell you everything, so that you may know the news of me and he may encourage your hearts.

¹ PAUL and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the Holy in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with Bishops and Deacons:

³ I thank my God for all your remembrance of me, ⁴ always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy ⁵ for your fellowship in spreading the good news from the first day until now,

⁸ For God is my witness how much I long for you all in the affections of Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ so that you may discriminate between the things that differ, that you may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,

¹⁵ Some indeed proclaim Christ because of envy and rivalry, some also because of good will. ¹⁶ Some announce Christ from love, knowing that I am placed for the defense of the good news, ¹⁷ but others out of partisanship, thinking to add distress to my chains.

¹⁹ For I know that this will make for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope that I may be put to shame in nothing, but with all courage, as always, so now Christ may be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death.

²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope that I may be put to shame in nothing, but with all courage, as always, so now Christ may be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death.

²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope that I may be put to shame in nothing, but with all courage, as always, so now Christ may be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death. ²¹ For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

²⁵ And this I confidently know, that I shall stay and stay near you all for your advancement and joy of faith, ²⁶ that your exultation in Christ Jesus may overflow on my account, because of my presence again with you.

²⁶ that your exultation in Christ Jesus may overflow on my account, because of my presence again with you. ²⁷ Only exercise your citizenship in a manner worthy of the good news of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or in absence hear news of you, I may know that you are standing in one spirit, with one mind wrestling in the faith of the good news

²⁷ Only exercise your citizenship in a manner worthy of the good news of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or in absence hear news of you, I may know that you are standing in one spirit, with one mind wrestling in the faith of the good news

²⁹ because it has been graciously allowed you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for his sake,

² fill up my joy by having the same love, being of the same mind, thinking the same thing, ³ doing nothing in a partisan or vainglorious way, but each modestly regarding the others as of more account than himself. ⁴ Do not be each intent on his own interests, but also on the interests of others.

⁶ who, though he was in the form of God, did not think that equality with God was something to be grasped,

¹⁴ Do everything without murmurings or disputings

¹⁶ holding forth the message of life, so that on the day of Christ I can boast that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. ¹⁷ But if I am poured out as a libation on your sacrificial offering of faith, I rejoice and share the joy of you all.

¹⁹ But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I may be cheered by knowing about you. ²⁰ For I have no one likeminded with him who will so sincerely care for your interests.

²² But you know how he has been tested and how like a child with a father he has served with me in spreading the good news. ²³ So I hope to send him at once when I see how my affairs are going. ²⁴ And I trust in the Lord that I myself shall come quickly. ²⁵ I think it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my needs, ²⁶ since he longs for you all and is troubled because you have heard that he was sick. ²⁷ Indeed he was sick and near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not on him alone, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁷ Indeed he was sick and near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not on him alone, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸ I send him the more readily that you may see him and rejoice again and I be less sorrowful.

³⁰ because for the work of Christ he was near to death, hazarding his life to complete the service you were not here to do for me.

¹ TO conclude, my brethren: rejoice in the Lord. To repeat to you the same things is not tiresome to me and it is safe for you.

³ For we are the circumcision, we who worship in the Spirit of God and exult in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

¹³ Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have laid hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and stretching forward to what is in front ¹⁴ I press toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let us all who are full grown think in this way. If in anything you think differently, even that God will reveal to you, ¹⁶ but so far as we have attained let us walk in the same path.

¹ SO, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, beloved. ² I beg Euodia and I beg Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. ³ Yes, I ask you, true yokefellow, help them, since they struggled in spreading the good news along with me and Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the book of life. ⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say rejoice.

¹⁰ I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length your thoughtfulness for me had revived. You were thoughtful for me all along, but lacked opportunity.

¹⁵ You Philippians know that at the beginning of the good news, when I came away from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only,

¹⁸ I have enough of everything and more than enough. I am fully supplied since receiving from Epaphroditus the things from you, a fragrant odor, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

⁷ So you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ in your behalf,

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation; ¹⁶ for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, both visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or archangels or powers — all things have been created through him and for him,

¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he may be first in all things,

²⁴ Now I rejoice in what I suffer for your sake, and in my turn am filling up in my flesh what was lacking in the afflictions of Christ for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

² that your hearts may be encouraged and that joined together in love you may reach all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, which is Christ.

⁵ For even though I am absent in the flesh, yet in the spirit I am with you, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

⁸ But now you also must put away all wrath, anger, malice, abusive language. Vile talk must not be in your mouths.

¹² Put on, then, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, sympathies, compassions, kindness, humility, gentleness, slowness to anger,

⁸ I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know my situation and that he may encourage your hearts. ⁹ And with him I am sending Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you all about affairs here. ¹⁰ Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends his greetings, and so does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (you have received letters about him; if he comes, welcome him), ¹¹ and so does Jesus who is called Justus. These alone of those who are circumcised are my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

³ unceasingly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before God our Father.

⁸ Yearning over you so, we would gladly have imparted to you not only God's good news but our own lives as well, because you had become dear to us.

¹⁹ For what is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

¹⁹ For what is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? ²⁰ You are our glory and joy.

² and sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

⁵ Therefore, when I could no longer endure the anxiety, I sent to know about your faith for fear that the tempter had tempted you and our labor had gone for nothing. ⁶ But now that Timothy has come to us from you and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always keep us well in mind and long to see us, just as we long to see you,

⁶ But now that Timothy has come to us from you and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always keep us well in mind and long to see us, just as we long to see you, ⁷ we have been cheered, brethren, in regard to you, in all our straits and distresses by your faith.

⁷ we have been cheered, brethren, in regard to you, in all our straits and distresses by your faith.

⁷ we have been cheered, brethren, in regard to you, in all our straits and distresses by your faith. ⁸ Now we are living, since you are standing firm in the Lord.

⁸ Now we are living, since you are standing firm in the Lord.

⁸ Now we are living, since you are standing firm in the Lord. ⁹ For how can we be grateful enough to God for you in view of all the joy we have because of you,

⁹ For how can we be grateful enough to God for you in view of all the joy we have because of you, ¹⁰ while we pray beyond measure night and day that we may see your faces and make good whatever lacks there may be in your faith?

¹² We beg you, brethren, to regard those who are laboring among you and who preside over you in the Lord and give you counsel, ¹³ and to esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

¹⁵ Take care that no one repays evil with evil, but always seek eagerly what is good in dealing with one another and with every one.

²³ May the God of peace himself make you completely holy, and may your spirits and souls and bodies be kept faultless and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, as is fitting, since your faith is growing greatly and the love of each and all of you toward one another is increasing,

¹¹ To this end we are always praying for you that our God will make you worthy of the call, and will by his power bring to completion every one of your kind purposes and works of faith,

¹³ We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's making you holy and your own faith in the truth.

¹³ We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's making you holy and your own faith in the truth. ¹⁴ To this he called you through the good news that we brought, so that you may share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal encouragement and good hope through grace, ¹⁷ encourage your hearts and make you strong in every good word and work.

² to Timothy my true child in faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁷ To the King of the ages, the immortal, invisible, only God, be honor and glory for the ages of the ages! Amen. ¹⁸ This command I lay down for you, my child Timothy, in accordance with the prophecies that came in advance regarding you, in order that armed with them you may wage the noble war,

² A bishop, then, should be above reproach, true to one woman, temperate, self-controlled, dignified, hospitable, with a gift for teaching,

¹⁰ They must first be tested, and then let them fill the office of deacon if there is nothing against them.

¹⁶ Confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: "Who was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory."

⁷ Give these commands that they may be free from reproach.

¹⁴ I would, therefore, have the younger widows marry, bear children, keep house, give no occasion to our enemies for slander.

¹⁷ The elders who preside well should be thought worthy of double salary, especially those who labor in speaking and teaching.

²⁰ Those who are going on in sin rebuke before all, that the rest may fear.

³ If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree to wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to religious teaching, ⁴ he is conceited, knowing nothing, but morbidly fond of disputes and controversies from which come envy, strife, abusive language, wicked suspicions,

⁴ he is conceited, knowing nothing, but morbidly fond of disputes and controversies from which come envy, strife, abusive language, wicked suspicions, ⁵ and wranglings of men of depraved minds who are destitute of the truth. They think of religion as a source of gain.

² to Timothy my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁴ remembering your tears and longing to see you, that I may be filled with joy. ⁵ I remember the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and then in your mother Eunice, and I am confident that it lives in you also.

⁹ It is he who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our deeds but according to his own purpose and grace, given to us in Christ Jesus ages ago

¹² and for this reason I am suffering these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have put my faith, and am confident that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

¹⁵ You know that all of those in Asia have deserted me. Among them are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

³ Take your share of hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴ No one while serving as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of life, for the soldier must please him who enlisted him.

¹⁰ For this reason I am enduring all for the sake of the chosen, that they may gain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

¹⁵ Be earnest in presenting yourself to God as a tested man, a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, rightly handling the message of truth. ¹⁶ But shun profane and empty talk. It will grow into greater impiety, ¹⁷ and its teachings will spread like a gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort.

² for people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,

¹⁰ But you have kept track of my teaching, my course of life, my purpose, my faith, my slowness to anger, my love, my patience,

⁶ For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is near.

¹⁰ For Demas deserted me because he loved the present world and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

¹⁶ At my first defense no one came to my help; all deserted me. May it not be laid up against them!

⁴ to Titus my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus, our Savior.

⁶ wherever there is a man of irreproachable character, true to one woman, with believing children who are not charged with dissolute conduct and not unruly.

¹⁰ not pilfering, but showing all kindly fidelity, so as to make the teaching about God our Savior seem beautiful in all respects.

¹³ waiting for the blessed hope, the glorious appearing of the great God and of our Savior Christ Jesus, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all sin and purify us as his own people earnest in honorable work. ¹⁵ Tell them these things, urge, convince with all authority; let no one slight you.

⁴ But when the kindness of our Savior, God, and his love to men appeared, ⁵ "not because of works that we had done in righteousness, but out of his own mercy he saved us through the bath of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit

¹ PAUL, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker, ² and to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the Church that meets at your house:

⁵ for I hear of the love and the loyalty that you have to the Lord Jesus Christ and to all the holy. ⁶ I pray that your fellowship in the faith may become effective in the knowledge of all the good there is in us in our relation to Christ. ⁷ For I have had great joy and encouragement in your love, because the hearts of the holy have been refreshed by you, brother.

¹³ I should like to have him for my own, to serve me in my chains for the good news, as your representative,

²⁰ Yes, brother, let me have this help from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

²² At the same time I want you to prepare a lodging for me, for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given back to you.

²⁴ and Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers, send you their greetings.

³ who is the reflection of his glory and the expression of his nature and sustains all things by his word of power, and who, when he had made purification from sins, took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴ having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited surpasses theirs.

⁶ And again when he brings his first-born into the world of men he says, "And let all the angels of God bow down to him."

⁸ But regarding the Son he says, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. Thy royal scepter is a scepter of justice.

⁹ but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death that by the grace of God he might taste of death for every man, now crowned with glory and honor.

⁹ but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death that by the grace of God he might taste of death for every man, now crowned with glory and honor. ¹⁰ For it was fitting that he through whom are all things and for whom are all things, when leading many sons to glory, should make the great Leader of their salvation perfect through sufferings. ¹¹ For he who makes holy and they who are made holy are all of one. For this cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹² saying, "I will tell thy name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to thee," ¹³ and again, "I will trust in him," and again, "Here am I and the children whom God has given me." ¹⁴ Since then the children share in blood and flesh, he himself in the same way shared in them, in order that through death he might defeat him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil, ¹⁵ and set free all those who through fear of death were all their lives doomed to slavery. ¹⁶ For he does not come to the help of angels, but he comes to the help of the descendants of Abraham. ¹⁷ And for that reason he had to be made like his brethren in everything, so as to be a compassionate and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ For since he himself has suffered when tempted he is able to help those who are tempted.

¹ THEREFORE, holy brethren, sharers in a heavenly call, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,

¹ LET us, then, be afraid that, though the promise of entering his rest is still left, some one of you may seem to have missed it.

¹¹ Let us endeavor then to enter into that rest so that no one shall fall, after that example of lack of faith. ¹² For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any two-edged sword, and it pierces until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

¹⁵ For we have not a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, for he has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

⁵ So too Christ did not take for himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but he who said to him, "Thou art my Son, to-day I have become thy Father," ⁶ and who says in another place, "Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." ⁷ Christ, in the days of his flesh, offered prayers and supplications to him who was able to save him from death, with strong outcries and tears, and was heard and saved from his terrors. ⁸ Although he was a Son he learned obedience from his sufferings, ⁹ and being thus made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

⁹ and being thus made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

¹⁰ For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love that you have shown to his name as you have served and are still serving the holy. ¹¹ But we desire to have each one of you show to the end the same earnestness for the fulfillment of our hope,

¹⁸ that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to be false, we might have strong encouragement, we who have fled to lay hold on the hope that lies before us.

²⁶ For such was the High Priest that we needed, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.

⁷ Then I said, 'Here I have come — in the roll of the book it is written of me — to do thy will, O God.' " ⁸ He first says, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings thou dost not desire nor delight in," such as are offered according to the Law, ⁹ and then he says, "Here I have come to do thy will." He takes away the first to establish the second.

¹ THEREFORE, surrounded as we are by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us, ² looking to Jesus the beginner and finisher of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured a cross, thinking little of the shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁴ Follow after peace with all men and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

²⁸ So then, since we are receiving an unshaken kingdom, let us have grace by which we may worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. ²⁹ For our God is a consuming fire.

³ Keep in mind the prisoners, as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are suffering hardships, since you yourselves are also in the body.

⁸ Jesus Christ is yesterday and to-day the same — yes, and through the ages.

¹⁵ Through him then let us offer to God always the sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that make confession in his name. ¹⁶ Do not forget kindness and generosity, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. ¹⁷ Obey your leaders and yield to their authority; for they watch over your souls as those who must give account, that they may do it with joy and not with sighing. That would be unprofitable for you.

²¹ equip you with every good thing for doing his will, doing in you what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for the ages of the ages. Amen.

² Think it all joy, my brethren, when you fall into all sorts of trials, ³ since you know that the testing of your faith brings out endurance. ⁴ Let endurance do its complete work, that you may be complete and perfect, lacking in nothing.

¹⁶ Make no mistake, my beloved brethren, ¹⁷ every good gift and every perfect boon is from above; it descends from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or shadow caused by turning. ¹⁸ Of his own will he made us his children through the message of truth, so that we might be a sort of first fruits of his creatures.

²⁰ For a man's anger does not work out God's righteousness.

⁸ If you keep the royal law according to the Scripture, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," you do well.

¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and party-spirit in your hearts, do not boast and falsely contradict the truth.

¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and party-spirit in your hearts, do not boast and falsely contradict the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom does not come down from on high, but is earthly, animal, demoniacal. ¹⁶ For where jealousy and party-spirit are, there is confusion and every base affair.

⁵ Do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the Spirit which he made dwell in us long enviously? ⁶ But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

¹⁵ You should rather say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live and do this or that."

⁹ Do not fret at one another, brethren, and then you will not be judged. The Judge is standing before your doors.

² chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and made holy by the Spirit to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace be to you and peace be multiplied. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead —

⁶ In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you are sorrowful in trials of many kinds,

⁶ In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you are sorrowful in trials of many kinds, ⁷ so that your tested faith, much more precious than gold that perishes though tested by fire, may be found to your praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed, ⁸ whom you love though you have not seen him; in whom you have faith though now you do not see him, and you rejoice with unspeakable and glorious joy

¹⁴ As obedient children, do not shape your lives by the passions that ruled you in the former days of ignorance, ¹⁵ but, like the Holy One who has called you, become yourselves holy in all your way of life, ¹⁶ for it is written, "You shall be holy because I am holy." ¹⁷ And if you call upon him as Father who impartially judges by each one's work, live out the time of your sojourn here in reverence,

²¹ who through him are faithful to God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. ²² Now that you have made your souls holy by obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, you must love one another steadily from your hearts, ²³ for you have been reborn, not from mortal seed but from immortal by the living and enduring word of God.

²³ for you have been reborn, not from mortal seed but from immortal by the living and enduring word of God.

¹ THEN lay aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and every kind of slander, ² and, like new-born babes, long for the reasonable pure milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation,

⁵ you also as living stones are built up, a spiritual house, and become a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may proclaim the virtues of him who called you from darkness into his wonderful light.

¹¹ Beloved, I beg you, as foreigners and resident aliens, to shun the passions of the flesh which war against the soul. ¹² Keep your daily life among the Gentiles honorable, so that, although they talk against you as if you were wrongdoers, they may, from your noble deeds that they see, glorify God on the day of inspection.

²¹ For to this you were called, because Christ too suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow in his foot-steps.

²⁴ He bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we might die to sins and live to righteousness.

⁸ Finally, all must be like-minded, sympathetic, full of brotherly love, compassionate, humble-minded, ⁹ not repaying evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but rather blessing, for that is what you were called for — to inherit a blessing.

¹¹ He must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁸ For Christ once for all died for sins, a righteous man for unrighteous men, so that he might lead us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,

²² Now that he has gone into heaven he is at the right hand of God, and angels and authorities and powers have been made subject to him.

¹ SINCE, then, Christ suffered in the flesh, you also must arm yourselves with the same mind. For he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

⁵ In the same way you younger men must be subject to your elders. You all must put on the apron of humble service for one another. For God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

⁵ for this very reason make it your whole endeavor to supply to your faith virtue, and to your virtue knowledge, ⁶ and to your knowledge self-control, and to your self-control endurance, and to your endurance reverence, ⁷ and to your reverence brotherliness, and to your brotherliness love. ⁸ For when you have these in abundance they make you to be neither idle nor fruitless regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he who lacks these is blind, dim-sighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore endeavor more earnestly, brethren, to make sure that you have been called and chosen. For while doing these things you will never stumble.

¹⁷ For he received from God the Father honor and glory when such words as these were borne to him from the majestic glory, "This is my Son, the Beloved; in him I delight."

¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, since you expect this, endeavor earnestly to be found by him in peace, spotless and faultless,

¹⁸ but grow in grace and in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity!

¹ WHAT was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and our hands touched — it is about the Word of Life

³ what wo have seen and heard we are telling you also, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴ We are writing this that our joy may be complete.

⁶ He who says that he is abiding in him ought himself to live as he lived.

¹ SEE what love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God. And so we are. The reason why tho world does not know us is that it did not know him. ² Beloved, we are now children of God and it is not yet plain what we shall be. But we know that if he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. ³ And every one who has this hope set upon Christ purifies himself just as Christ is pure.

¹⁶ By this we have come to know love — that Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

²⁴ He who keeps his commands remains in God and God remains in him. By this we know that God remains in us — by the Spirit which he has given to us.

² By this we know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and every one who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸ He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.

¹² No one has ever seen God. If we love one another God abides in us and his love is made perfect in us.

¹⁵ Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God. ¹⁶ We have come to know and have put our trust in the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God and God remains in him.

⁴ I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children living in truth, as we received command from the Father.

⁷ For many deceivers have come out into the world and they do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

¹² I have much to write to you, but I will not do it with paper and ink. I hope to be with you soon and to speak face to face so that our joy may be complete.

³ For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified to your truth — that you are living in the truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living in the truth.

⁴ I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living in the truth.

¹⁰ Therefore, if I come I will bring to mind the works that he is doing, accusing us with wicked words, and not satisfied with that, neither does he receive the brethren, and he hinders those who wish to do so and expels them from the church.

¹⁴ But I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends send greetings to you. Greet the friends by name.

¹⁶ These men are complaining grumblers, living according to their own passions, and their mouths speak great swelling words. They show admiration for persons for the sake of their own gain.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,

¹⁷ When I saw him I fell at his feet as if dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said: "Do not fear. I am the first and the last ¹⁸ and the living one. I became dead, but now I am living for the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

⁵ He who conquers shall be thus clothed in white garments, and I will not erase his name from the book of life, but will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

⁹ See, I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, men who call themselves Jews when they are not but are lying — I will make them come and bow down before your feet and they shall know that I have loved you.

²¹ He who conquers — to him I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for the ages of the ages, and they cast their crowns before the throne saying,

¹² crying aloud, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing." ¹³ And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all creatures in them, I heard saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and power for the ages of the ages." ¹⁴ The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped.

¹⁵ The seventh angel sounded his trumpet and there came loud voices in heaven saying, "The kingship of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ's and he will be king for the ages of the ages."

¹¹ But they have conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of testimony to him, and they loved not their lives even to death.

¹⁶ He has on his robe and on his thigh a name written, "King of kings and Lord of lords."

¹³ The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and they were judged each according to his deeds.

⁶ He said to me, "They have come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him who is thirsting I will give from the spring of the water of life freely.

¹⁷ The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." Let him who hears say, "Come." Let him who thirsts come. Let him who will take the water of life freely.