Study Desk

For that reason we should stop judging each other. We must make up our minds not to do anything that will make another Christian sin.

I am in the Lord Jesus, and I know that there is no food that is wrong to eat. But if a person believes something is wrong, that thing is wrong for him.

If you hurt your brother's or sister's faith because of something you eat, you are not really following the way of love. Do not destroy someone's faith by eating food he thinks is wrong, because Christ died for him.

Let each of us please our neighbors for their good, to help them be stronger in faith.

And he also did this so that those who are not Jews could give glory to God for the mercy he gives to them. It is written in the Scriptures: "So I will praise you among the non-Jewish people. I will sing praises to your name." Psalm 18:49

So I am proud of what I have done for God in Christ Jesus.

Now I have finished my work here. Since for many years I have wanted to come to you,

I hope to visit you on my way to Spain. After I enjoy being with you for a while, I hope you can help me on my trip.

After I am sure the poor in Jerusalem get the money that has been given for them, I will leave for Spain and stop and visit you.

Brothers and sisters, I beg you to help me in my work by praying to God for me. Do this because of our Lord Jesus and the love that the Holy Spirit gives us.

Also, greet for me the church that meets at their house. Greetings to my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first person in Asia to follow Christ.

Greetings to Mary, who worked very hard for you.

Greetings to Urbanus, a worker together with me for Christ. And greetings to my dear friend Stachys.

Greetings to Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who work very hard for the Lord. Greetings to my dear friend Persis, who also has worked very hard for the Lord.

Brothers and sisters, I ask you to look out for those who cause people to be against each other and who upset other people's faith. They are against the true teaching you learned, so stay away from them.

Glory to God who can make you strong in faith by the Good News that I tell people and by the message about Jesus Christ. The message about Christ is the secret that was hidden for long ages past but is now made known.

I always thank my God for you because of the grace God has given you in Christ Jesus.

so you have every gift from God while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come again.

Christ has been divided up into different groups! Did Paul die on the cross for you? No! Were you baptized in the name of Paul? No!

The Jews ask for miracles, and the Greeks want wisdom.