Philemon 1:4

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

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.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

Pray without ceasing.

To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power,

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

“I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”

One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,