The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Great ¹  fear gripped ²  the whole church ³  and all who heard about these things.

About that time King Herod ¹  laid hands on ²  some from the church to harm them. ³ 

When they had appointed elders ¹  for them in the various churches, ²  with prayer and fasting ³  they entrusted them to the protection ⁴  of the Lord in whom they had believed.

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant ¹  of the church in Cenchrea,

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church? ¹ 

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, ¹  seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints, ¹ 

Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, ¹  the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

And we are sending ¹  along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the gospel. ² 

If there is any question ¹  about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; if there is any question about our brothers, they are messengers ²  of the churches, a glory to Christ.

Therefore show ¹  them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you. ² 

And God ¹  put ²  all things under Christ’s ³  feet, ⁴  and he gave him to the church as head over all things. ⁵ 

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body.

But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

This mystery is great – but I am actually ¹  speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

From Paul ¹  and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians ²  in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.