4 A Life Pleasing to God 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is

5 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child;

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians [Colossians] 1 Salutation 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 ¶ To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colossae: ¶ Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Prayer for

2 1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 2 that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the

3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 hen Christ, who is our life, shall appear,

4 1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 2 ¶ Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 3 withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians [Philippians] 1 Salutation 1 Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, ¶ To all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2 ¶ Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul’s Prayer for the

2 Christ’s Humiliation and Exaltation 1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but

3 Pressing toward the Mark 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2 ¶ Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in