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so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being firmly rooted and grounded in love,

He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)

so that we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming,

He who steals must steal no longer, but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for building up what is needed, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long in the land.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

for which I am an ambassador in chains—so that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and without fault until the day of Christ,

so that my chains in Christ have become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,

so that your reason for boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me, through my coming to you again.

Only live your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about your circumstances, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind contending together for the faith of the gospel,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

so that you will be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to boast because I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be in good spirits when I learn of your circumstances.

For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.