Study Desk

For it is shameful even to speak about the things being done by them in secret,

for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,

being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church,

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this end being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that in them I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak.

whom I have sent to you for this very reason, that you may know our circumstances, and he may encourage your hearts.

always in my every prayer for all of you, making the prayer with joy,

just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me.

For God is my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have happened instead for the progress of the gospel,

The latter do so from love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

for I know that this will turn out to me for deliverance through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

But if it is to live in the flesh, this is fruitful work for me, and which I will prefer I do not know.