The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, — the things not fit — but rather thanksgiving;

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

become not, then, partakers with them,

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

because of this become not fools, but — understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,

that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,

because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

'for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;'

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

but ye also, every one in particular — let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife — that she may reverence the husband.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

honour thy father and mother,

which is the first command with a promise, 'That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done — to stand.

Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness,

and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace;

above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints —

and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely — as it behoveth me to speak.

And that ye may know — ye also — the things concerning me — what I do, all things make known to you shall Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful ministrant in the Lord,

whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that ye might know the things concerning us, and that he might comfort your hearts.

Peace to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ — undecayingly! Amen.

Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;

Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform [it] till a day of Jesus Christ,

according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and [in] the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless — to a day of Christ,

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that [is] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places — all,

and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold — fearlessly to speak the word.

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed — and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain.

And if to live in the flesh [is] to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.

Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

If, then, any exhortation [is] in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing — having the same love — of one soul — minding the one thing,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves —

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

For, let this mind be in you that [is] also in Christ Jesus,

who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal to God,

but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death — death even of a cross,