He gathered ¹  these ²  together, along with the workmen in similar trades, ³  and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity ⁴  comes from this business.

Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another ¹  in accordance with Christ Jesus,

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.

Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, ¹  so that we would not trust in ourselves ²  but in God who raises the dead.

Are you so foolish? Although you began ¹  with ²  the Spirit, are you now trying to finish ³  by human effort? ⁴ 

Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one. ¹ 

They court you eagerly, ¹  but for no good purpose; ²  they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly. ³ 

Tychicus, my ¹  dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, ²  how I am doing.

For we are the circumcision, ¹  the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, ²  exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials ³ 

You learned the gospel ¹  from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave ²  – a ³  faithful minister of Christ on our ⁴  behalf –

Toward this goal ¹  I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully ²  works in me.

And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

This saying ¹  is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them! ² 

But she will be delivered through childbearing, ¹  if she ²  continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

You have purified ¹  your souls by obeying the truth ²  in order to show sincere mutual love. ³  So ⁴  love one another earnestly from a pure heart. ⁵ 

Let your ¹  beauty ²  not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry ³  or fine clothes –