He will strengthen you by His glorious might with all 
the power you need to patiently endure everything with joy. 

You will want to please Him in every way as you grow 
in producing every kind of good work by this knowledge about God. 

You will live the kind of lives 
that prove you belong to the Lord.

This so that you will live the kind of 
lives that prove you belong to the Lord. 

God fills you with the knowledge of His will through 
every kind of spiritual wisdom and insight.

This Good News is present with you now. 
At that time you came to know what God’s kindness truly means. 

Some time ago you heard about the hope 
in the Good News which is the message of truth.

You have faith and love because of the hope 
which is kept safe for you in heaven. 

Thank God because He has heard about your faith 
in Christ Jesus and your love for all of His people.

Always thank God, the Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, in your prayers. 

Good will and peace from God the Father are yours!

You are God’s holy and faithful people, 
brothers and sisters who are united with Christ. 

But your God shall supply all your needs 
according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

You can do everything through Christ who strengthens you.

No matter what the situation, learn the secret of how 
to live when full or when hungry, when having too much 
or when having too little. 

You know how to live in poverty or prosperity.

 You’ve learned to be content in whatever situation you're in. 

Then the God who gives this peace will be with you.

Practice what you have learned and received.

Keep your thoughts on whatever is right or deserves praise: 
things that are true, honorable, fair, pure, acceptable, or commendable.

God’s peace, which goes beyond anything you can imagine, 
will guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus.

In every situation let God know what you need 
in prayers and requests while giving thanks.

Never worry about anything. 

Always be joyful in the Lord! I’ll say it again: Be joyful!

Through His power bringing everything under His authority, 
Jesus will change your earthly bodies and make them like His glorified body.

You are citizens of heaven. Look forward to the 
Lord Jesus Christ coming from heaven as your Savior.

Don’t look back, lengthen your stride, and run 
straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s 
heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus.

You are to run to win that which Jesus Christ 
has already won for you.

Faith knows the power that his coming back to life 
gives and what it means to share his suffering. 

This approval comes from God and is based on your faith that knows Christ. 

You didn’t receive God’s approval by obeying His laws. 
The opposite is true! You have God’s approval through faith in Christ.

It’s because of Him that you think of everything as worthless. 
You threw it all away in order to gain Christ and to have a relationship with Him. 

It’s far more than that! You consider everything else worthless 
because you are much better off knowing Christ Jesus your Lord.

The things that you once considered valuable, 
you now consider worthless for Christ. 

You are the true people of God because you serve God’s 
Spirit and take pride in Christ Jesus. You don’t place any 
confidence in physical things.

Now then, brothers and sisters, be joyful in the Lord!

You will shine like stars among them in the world 
as you hold firmly to the word of life.

Do everything without complaining or arguing. 
Then you will be blameless and innocent.

Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please Him.

Instead, Jesus emptied himself by taking on the form of a servant, by becoming like other humans, and by having a human appearance.

Although Jesus was in the form of God and equal with God,
He did not take advantage of this equality.

Don’t be concerned only about your own interests, 
but also be concerned about the interests of others. 
Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

Don’t act out of selfish ambition or be conceited. 
Instead, humbly think of others as being better than yourselves. 

So then, as Christians, do you have any encouragement? 
Do you have any comfort from love? 
Do you have any spiritual relationships? 
Do you have any sympathy and compassion?

God has given you the privilege not only 
to believe in Christ but also to suffer for Him. 

Don’t let your opponents intimidate you in any way. 
This is God’s way of showing them that they will be 
destroyed and that you will be saved.

Live as citizens who reflect the Good News about Christ.

You are to speak very boldly and honor Christ in your body, 
now and always, whether you live or die.

Some of you tell the message about Christ because of your jealousy and envy. 
Others tell the message about Him because of their good will.

The Lord has given most of our brothers and sisters 
confidence to speak God’s word more boldly and fearlessly than ever.

Jesus Christ will fill your lives with everything that God’s approval produces. 
Your lives will then bring glory and praise to God.

That way you will be able to determine what is best 
and be pure and blameless until the day of Christ.

Pray that your love will keep on growing 
because of your knowledge and insight.

God, who began this good work in you, 
will carry it through to completion on the day of Christ Jesus.

Also pray that God will give you the right words to say.

Use every kind of prayer and 
make every kind of request for all of God’s people.

Use every kind of prayer and request there is.

Pray in the Spirit in every situation.

Also take salvation as your helmet 
and God’s word as the sword that the Spirit supplies.

Take the Christian faith as your shield. With it you 
can put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 

Put on your shoes so that you are ready to spread the Good News that gives peace.

So then, take your stand! Fasten truth around your waist like 
a belt. Put on God’s approval as your breastplate.

For this reason, take up all the armor that God supplies.
Then you will be able to take a stand during these evil days. 
Once you have overcome all obstacles, you will be able to stand your ground.

This is not a wrestling match against a human opponent.
You are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world. 

Put on all the armor that God supplies. 
In this way you can take a stand against the devil’s strategies. 

Receive your power from the Lord and from His mighty strength.

Honor your father and mother that everything may go well for you, and 
you may have a long life on earth. This is an important commandment with a promise.

Place yourselves under each other’s authority out of respect for Christ.

Always thank God the Father for everything 
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Recite psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs for your own good. 
Sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts.

Don’t get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living, 
but instead, be filled with the HolySpirit.

Don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord wants. 

Make the most of your opportunities because these are evil days.

So then, be very careful how you live. 
Don’t live like foolish people but like wise people.

Light exposes the true character of everything 
because light makes everything easy to see. 

It is shameful to talk about what some people do in secret. 

Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. 
Instead, expose them for what they are.

Determine which things please the Lord. 

Light produces everything that is good, 
that has God’s approval, and that is true.

Once you lived in the dark, but now the Lord 
has filled you with light. Live as children who have light.

Don’t let anyone deceive you with meaningless words. 
It is because of sins like these that God’s anger comes 
to those who refuse to obey Him.

 You know very well that no person who is involved in sexual sin, perversion, or greed (which means worshiping wealth) can have any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

It’s not right that dirty stories, foolish talk, or obscene jokes 
should be mentioned among you either; instead, give thanks to God.

Don’t let sexual sin, perversion of any kind, 
or greed even be mentioned among you. 
This is not appropriate behavior for God’s holy people.

Live in love as Christ also loves you. He gave his life for you as an offering and sacrifice, a soothing aroma to God.

Imitate God, since you are the children He loves. 

Get rid of your bitterness, hot tempers, anger, 
loud quarreling, cursing, and hatred.  
Be kind to each other, sympathetic, forgiving 
each other as God has forgiven you through Christ.

Don’t give God’s Holy Spirit any reason to be upset with you. 
He has put his seal on you for the day you will 
be set free from the world of sin.

Don’t say anything that would hurt another person. 
Instead, speak only what is good so that you can give 
help wherever it is needed. That way, what you say 
will help those who hear you.

 Be angry without sinning. Don’t go to bed angry. 
 Don’t give the devil any opportunity to work.

So then, get rid of lies. Speak the truth to each other, 
because you are all members of the same body.

You were taught to have a new attitude and you were 
also taught to become a new person created to be like 
God, with a life that truly has God’s approval and is holy.

You were taught to change the way you were living. 
The person you used to be will ruin you through 
desires that deceive you. 

But that is not what you learned from Christ’s teachings.
You have certainly heard His message and have been taught His ways. Jesus is the truth .

Since they no longer have any sense of shame, they have become promiscuous. 
They practice every kind of perversion with a constant desire for more.

They can’t understand because they are in the dark. They are excluded from the life that God approves of because of their ignorance and stubbornness. 

In the Lord’s name you are not to live any longer like other 
people in the world. Their minds are set on worthless things.

As each and every part does its job, He makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

God makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint.

As you lovingly speak the truth, you will grow up completely in your relationship to Christ, who is the head.

You will no longer be influenced by people who use cunning and clever strategies to lead you astray.

You will no longer be little children, tossed and carried about by all kinds of teachings that change like the wind. 

This is to continue until all of you are united in your faith and in your knowledge about God’s Son, until you become mature, until you measure up to Christ, who is the standard.

He also gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, 
as well as pastors and teachers as gifts to His church. 
Their purpose is to prepare God’s people to serve and 
to build up the body of Christ.

God’s favor has been given to each of you. 
It was measured out to you by Christ who gave it. 

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God 
and Father of all, who is over everything, through 
everything, and in everything.

There is one body and one Spirit. 
In the same way you were called to share one hope.

Through the peace that ties you together, 
do your best to maintain the unity that the Spirit gives. 

Be humble and gentle in every way. 
Be patient with each other and lovingly accept each other.

By His power He can do infinitely more 
than you can ask or imagine.

Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in you.

You will know Christ’s love, which goes far beyond any knowledge 
so that you may be completely filled with God.

With all of God’s people you will be able to understand 
how wide, long, high, and deep His love is.

Love is to be the ground into which you sink your roots 
and on which you have your foundation. 

Christ will live in you through faith. 

He [God] will give you inner strength and power through His Spirit.

You can go to God with bold confidence through faith in Christ. 

This was God’s plan for all of history
which He carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord. 

You became a servant of this Good News 
through God’s kindness freely given to Paul.

The [nonJews/Gentiles] belong to the same body 
and share the same promise that God made in Christ Jesus.

This mystery is the Good News that you who are not Jewish 
have the same inheritance as Jewish people do.

You have heard that God let Paul know 
this mystery through a revelation.

Certainly, you have heard how God gave Paul 
the responsibility of bringing His kindness to you.

This is the reason why Paul was the prisoner 
of Christ Jesus for those of you who are not Jewish.

Through Him you, also, are being built in the Spirit 
together with others into a place where God lives.

In Him all the parts of the building fit together 
and grow into a holy temple in the Lord.

You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets.  
Christ Jesus Himself is the cornerstone.

That is why you are no longer foreigners and outsiders but citizens together with God’s people and members of God’s family.

So, you, Jewish and non-Jewish people can go to the Father in one Spirit.

 God came with the Good News of peace for you 
who were far away and for those who were near. 

In His body He has made Jewish and non-Jewish people one by breaking down the wall of hostility that kept them apart.

But now through Christ Jesus you, who were once far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Remember that once you were not Jewish physically. Those who called themselves 'the circumcised' because of what they had done to their bodies called you 'the uncircumcised.'

God has made you what you are. He has created you in Christ Jesus 
to live lives filled with good works that He has prepared for you to do.

God saved you through faith, You had nothing to do with it. 
Being saved is a gift from God.

God has brought you back to life together with Christ Jesus 
and has given you a position in heaven with Him.

You were dead because of your failures, 
but God made you alive together with Christ.

God is rich in mercy because of His great love for you.

You will also know the unlimited greatness of His power 
as it works with might and strength for you, the believers. 

You will know the confidence that He calls you to have 
and the glorious wealth that God’s people will inherit.

The Holy Spirit is the guarantee that you will receive your inheritance. 

In Him you were sealed with the Holy Spirit Whom He promised. 

God planned all of this so that you who had already focused your hope on Christ would praise Him and give Him glory.

 God decided ahead of time to choose you through Christ 
according to His plan, which makes everything work the way He intends.

God poured out His kindness by giving you every kind of wisdom and insight when He revealed the mystery of His plan to you through Christ.

 God forgives your failures because of His overflowing kindness.

 Through the blood of His Son, you are set free from your sins.

Because of His love He had already decided to adopt you through Jesus Christ.

He chose you through Christ to be holy and perfect in His presence.

God has blessed you with every spiritual blessing 
that heaven has to offer.

Certainly, sin shouldn’t have power over you because 
you’re not controlled by God’s laws, but by God’s favor.

Offer all the parts of your body to God. 
Use them to do everything for Him.

No part of your body should ever be used to do any ungodly thing.

So consider yourselves dead to sin’s power but living for God in the power Christ Jesus gives you in Him.

 We know that Christ, who was brought back to life, will never die again. 
Death no longer has any power over Him.

If we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

We know that the person we used to be was crucified with Him to put an end to sin in our bodies, because of this we are no longer slaves to sin.

If you’ve become united with Jesus in a death like His, 
certainly you will also be united with Him when you come back to life as He did.

Therefore you are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so you also should walk in newness of life.

In Him you are more than conquerors, 
in all things because of His love for you.

Certainly, you live, move, and exist because of Him. 

Both God and the devil are spirits. Christians must line up with the Word of God to be able the live in the Spirit of God and be aware of the spirits that are of the devil.

The Christian must get their spirit in line with God's Spirit by the Word of God.

A Christian must first recognize the consciousness of their inner man before they can walk in the spirit.

This is say then, Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh, Galatians 5:16.

When our spirit, soul and body is in unity with the Holy Spirit, He as our king produces health and happiness.

Our world is out of kilter; the outward man is not in harmony with the inward man.

The human [body, soul and spirit] is any person [saved or unsaved] that is living on planet earth.

The Believer's spirit keeps a sense of worship constantly.
The unbeliever's spirit is dead.

The human spirit will be the lord over the soul and physical body whether saved or not.

The human spirit doesn't rest or sleep, it doesn't need to.

When the human body is sleeping, it regains energy through relaxation and rests the organs and muscles.

As humans we spend most of our hours doing physical tasks, like our jobs that closely corresponds to our soul [mind, will and emotions].

As believers we can and must live a total life, spirit, soul and body, to God.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thessalonians 5:23.

The Spirit of God that is in us must control
our soul (mind, will and emotions) and our body.