10:1Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you: 10:2Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh. 10:3For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh 10:4(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places); 10:5Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ; 10:6Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control. 10:7Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is. 10:8For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me: 10:9That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters. 10:10For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force. 10:11Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present. 10:12For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise. 10:13We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you. 10:14For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ: 10:15Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work, 10:16So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand. 10:17But whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord. 10:18For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.
11:1Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me. 11:2For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ. 11:3But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ. 11:4For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things. 11:5For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles. 11:6But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you. 11:7Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward? 11:8I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant; 11:9And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so. 11:10As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia. 11:11Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge. 11:12But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are. 11:13For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ. 11:14And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light. 11:15So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works. 11:16I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself. 11:17What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems. 11:18Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same. 11:19For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves. 11:20You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face. 11:21I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same. 11:22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death. 11:24Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one. 11:25Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water; 11:26In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers; 11:27In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing. 11:28In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches. 11:29Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry? 11:30If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble. 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true. 11:32In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me: 11:33And being let down in a basket from the wall through a window, I got free from his hands.
12:1As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 12:2I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven. 12:3And I have knowledge of such a man (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), 12:4How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say. 12:5On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body. 12:6For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am. 12:7And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain. 12:8And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me. 12:9And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me. 12:10So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong. 12:11I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing. 12:12Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power. 12:13For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong. 12:14This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children. 12:15And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less? 12:16But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit. 12:17Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you? 12:18I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways? 12:19It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit. 12:20For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority; 12:21And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.
13:1This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain. 13:2I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity; 13:3Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you: 13:4For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you. 13:5Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's? 13:6But it is my hope that you will have no doubt that we are truly Christ's. 13:7Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem. 13:8Because we are able to do nothing against what is true, but only for it. 13:9For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete. 13:10For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction. 13:11Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you. 13:12Give one another a holy kiss. 13:13All the saints send their love to you. 13:14The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Galatians
1:1Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead), 1:2And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: 1:3Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father: 1:5To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it. 1:6I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort; 1:7Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ. 1:8But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him. 1:9As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him. 1:10Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ. 1:11Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's. 1:12For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ. 1:13For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it: 1:14And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers. 1:15But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace, 1:16To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood, 1:17And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus. 1:18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days. 1:19But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother. 1:20Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true. 1:21Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia. 1:22And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person: 1:23Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him; 1:24And they gave glory to God in me.
2:1Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me. 2:2And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect. 2:3But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was made to undergo circumcision: 2:4And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us; 2:5To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you. 2:6But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me; 2:7But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision 2:8(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles); 2:9When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision; 2:10Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do. 2:11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. 2:12For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 2:13And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways. 2:14But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews? 2:15We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 2:16Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness. 2:17But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way! 2:18For if I put up again those things which I gave to destruction, I am seen to be a wrongdoer. 2:19For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God. 2:20I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me. 2:21I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.
3:1O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross? 3:2Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3:3Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh? 3:4Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose. 3:5He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith? 3:6Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness. 3:7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham. 3:8And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing. 3:9So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith. 3:10For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law. 3:11Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith. 3:12And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them. 3:13Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree: 3:14So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give. 3:15Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it. 3:16Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ. 3:17Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect. 3:18Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word. 3:19What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between. 3:20Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one. 3:21Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. 3:22However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith. 3:23But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come. 3:24So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith. 3:25But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a servant. 3:26Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 3:27For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ. 3:28There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ. 3:29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
4:1But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all; 4:2But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father. 4:3So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world; 4:4But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 4:5That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons. 4:6And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father. 4:7So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours. 4:8But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods: 4:9But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again? 4:10You keep days, and months, and fixed times, and years. 4:11I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose. 4:12My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong; 4:13But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time; 4:14And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 4:15Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me. 4:16So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words? 4:17Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them. 4:18But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you. 4:19My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you, 4:20Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you. 4:21Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law? 4:22Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman. 4:23Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God. 4:24Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar. 4:25Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children. 4:26But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother. 4:27For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband. 4:28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God. 4:29But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now. 4:30What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman. 4:31So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.
5:1Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again. 5:2See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you. 5:3Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law. 5:4You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace. 5:5For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness. 5:6Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love. 5:7You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true? 5:8This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his. 5:9A little leaven makes a change in all the mass. 5:10I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is. 5:11But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still attacked? then has the shame of the cross been taken away. 5:12My desire is that they who give you trouble might even be cut off themselves. 5:13Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another. 5:14For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. 5:15But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another. 5:16But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh. 5:17For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do. 5:18But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 5:19Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses, 5:20Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings, 5:21Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God. 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith, 5:23Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law. 5:24And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires. 5:25If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided. 5:26Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.
6:1Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested. 6:2Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ. 6:3For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself. 6:4But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour. 6:5Because every man is responsible for his part of the work. 6:6But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher. 6:7Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. 6:8Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life. 6:9And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness. 6:10So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith. 6:11See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you. 6:12Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ. 6:13Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh. 6:14But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it. 6:15For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence. 6:16And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God. 6:17From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus. 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.
Ephesians
1:1Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus: 1:2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ: 1:4Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love: 1:5As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose, 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: 1:7In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, 1:8Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care; 1:9Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands 1:10The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say, 1:11In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs; 1:12So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ: 1:13In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope, 1:14Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory. 1:15For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints, 1:16Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers; 1:17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 1:18And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints, 1:19And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power, 1:20By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven, 1:21Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come: 1:22And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church, 1:23Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
2:1And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins, 2:2In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; 2:3Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest. 2:4But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, 2:5Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation), 2:6So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus; 2:7That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus: 2:8Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: 2:9Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself. 2:10For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them. 2:11For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 2:12That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world. 2:13But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. 2:14For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, 2:15Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; 2:16And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. 2:17And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near; 2:18Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father. 2:19So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God, 2:20Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, 2:21In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; 2:22In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles, 3:2If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you, 3:3How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, 3:4By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; 3:5Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 3:6Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, 3:7Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. 3:8To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ: 3:9And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things; 3:10So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God, 3:11Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord: 3:12By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him. 3:13For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory. 3:14For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father, 3:15From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 3:16That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts; 3:17So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love, 3:18May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is, 3:19And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete. 3:20Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us, 3:21To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.
4:1I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you, 4:2With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love; 4:3Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace. 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you; 4:5One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all. 4:7But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ. 4:8For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men. 4:9(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth? 4:10He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.) 4:11And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; 4:12For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: 4:13Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ: 4:14So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error; 4:15But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ; 4:16Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love. 4:17This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit, 4:18Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard; 4:19Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire. 4:20For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you; 4:21If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus: 4:22That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit; 4:23And be made new in the spirit of your mind, 4:24And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living. 4:25And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another. 4:26Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath; 4:27And do not give way to the Evil One. 4:28Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need. 4:29Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear. 4:30And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation. 4:31Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts; 4:32And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
5:1Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children; 5:2And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell. 5:3But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints; 5:4And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise. 5:5Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God. 5:6Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him. 5:7Have no part with such men; 5:8For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light 5:9(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true), 5:10Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord; 5:11And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear; 5:12For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words. 5:13But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light. 5:14For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light. 5:15Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise; 5:16Making good use of the time, because the days are evil. 5:17For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure. 5:18And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit; 5:19Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 5:20Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father; 5:21Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ. 5:22Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord. 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. 5:24And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things. 5:25Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it; 5:26So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word, 5:27And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete. 5:28Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself: 5:29For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church; 5:30Because we are parts of his body. 5:31For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 5:32This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church. 5:33But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.
6:1Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right. 6:2Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward), 6:3So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth. 6:4And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord. 6:5Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ; 6:6Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart; 6:7Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men: 6:8In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free. 6:9And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position. 6:10Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power. 6:11Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One. 6:12For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens. 6:13For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place. 6:14Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness; 6:15Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet; 6:16And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One. 6:17And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 6:18With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints, 6:19And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news, 6:20For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say. 6:21But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things: 6:22Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, so that you may have knowledge of our position, and that he may give comfort to your hearts. 6:23Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 6:24Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians
1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church: 1:2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3I give praise to my God at every memory of you, 1:4And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy, 1:5Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now; 1:6For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ: 1:7So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace. 1:8For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus. 1:9And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience; 1:10So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ; 1:11Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. 1:12Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences; 1:13So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ; 1:14And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear. 1:15Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart: 1:16These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news: 1:17But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison. 1:18What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad. 1:19For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 1:20In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death. 1:21For to me life is Christ and death is profit. 1:22But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make. 1:23I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better: 1:24Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you. 1:25And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith; 1:26So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again. 1:27Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news; 1:28Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God; 1:29Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account: 1:30Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.