Ephesians 6(ESV) Children and Parents Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.2"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),3"that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Bondservan...

Ephesians 5(ESV) Walk in Love Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.2Andwalk in love,as Christ loved us andgave himself up for us, afragrantoffering and sacrifice to God. 3Butsexual immorality and all impurity or covetousnessmust not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.4Let there beno filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking,which are o...

Ephesians 4(ESV) Unity in the Body of Christ I therefore,a prisoner for the Lord, urge you towalk in a manner worthy ofthe calling to which you have been called,2with allhumility andgentleness, withpatience,bearing with one another in love,3eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit inthe bond of peace.4There isone body andone Spiritjust as you were called to the onehop...

Ephesians 3(ESV) The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed For this reason I, Paul,a prisoner of Christ Jesuson behalf of you Gentiles2assuming that you have heard ofthe stewardship ofGod's grace that was given to me for you,3how the mystery was made known to meby revelation,as I have written briefly.4When you read this, you can perceive my insight intothe mystery of Christ,5...

Ephesians 2(ESV) By Grace Through Faith And you weredead in the trespasses and sins2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, followingthe prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work inthe sons of disobedience3among whom we all once lived inthe passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a]and the mind, andwere by ...

Ephesians 1(ESV) Greeting 1Paul,an apostle of Christ Jesusby the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, andare faithful[a]in Christ Jesus: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3Blessed bethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessingin th...

Galatians 6(ESV) Bear One Another's Burdens Brothers,[a]if anyone is caught in any transgression,you who are spiritual should restore him ina spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.2Bear one another's burdens, andso fulfillthe law of Christ.3Forif anyone thinks he is something,when he is nothing, he deceives himself.4But let each onetest ...

Galatians 5(ESV) Christ Has Set Us Free Forfreedom Christ hasset us free;stand firm therefore, and do not submit again toa yoke ofslavery. 2Look: I, Paul, say to you thatif you accept circumcision,Christ will be of no advantage to you.3I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision thathe is obligated to keep the whole law.4You aresevered from Christ,you who wo...

Galatians 4English Standard Version (ESV) Sons and Heirs 4I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,[a]though he is the owner of everything,2but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.3In the same way we also, when we were children,were enslaved to the elementary principles[b]of the world.4Butwhen the full...

Galatians 3(ESV) By Faith, or by Works of the Law? O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publiclyportrayed as crucified.2Let me ask you only this:Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or byhearing with faith?3Are you so foolish?Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by[a]the flesh?4Did you suf...

Galatians 2(ESV) Paul Accepted by the Apostles Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.2I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before thosewho seemed influential) the gospel thatI proclaim among the Gentiles,in order to make sure I was not running or had notrun in vain.3But even T...

Galatians 1(ESV) Greeting 1Paul, anapostlenot from men nor through man, butthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father,who raised him from the dead2and allthe brothers[a]who are with me, Tothe churches of Galatia: 3Grace to you and peacefrom God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,4who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the presentevil age, according to the wi...

2 Corinthians 13(ESV) Final Warnings This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be establishedby the evidence of two or three witnesses.2I warnedthose who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, thatif I come again I will not spare them3since you seek proof that Christis speaking in...

2 Corinthians 12(ESV) Paul's Visions and His Thorn I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heavenwhether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. 3And I know that this man was caught up into paradisewh...

2 Corinthians 11(ESV) Paul and the False Apostles I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! 2For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devoti...

2 Corinthians 10 (ESV) Paul Defends His Ministry I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of ChristI who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away! 2I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh...

2 Corinthians 9(ESV) The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints,2for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. 3But I am sending[a] the brothers so that our boast...

2 Corinthians 8 (ESV) Encouragement to Give Generously We want you to know, brothers,[a] about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and ...

2 Corinthians 7(ESV) Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. Paul's Joy 2Make room in your hearts[b] for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before th...

2 Corinthians 6(ESV) Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2For he says, "In a favorable time I listened to you,and in a day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 3We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministr...

2 Corinthians 5(ESV) Our Heavenly Dwelling For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3if indeed by putting it on[a] we may not be found naked. 4For while we are still in this tent, we groan, bei...

2 Corinthians 4 (ESV) The Light of the Gospel Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God,a]"[a] we do not lose heart.2But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practiceb]"[b]cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. 3And even if o...