Colossians 4:3

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

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

having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.

I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.

They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.

When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

you being enriched in everything to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t, for it is sealed;”

Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, “Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

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But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you,

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

Brothers, pray for us.

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained.

Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.