6 Therefore humble yourselves demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation
under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you,
7 Casting the whole of your care all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all on Him,
for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.
25 that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another.
26 If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
6 Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition
(definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.
7 And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ,
and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is,
that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
14 And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony].
15 And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule act as umpire continually in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ’s] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].
16 Let the word spoken by Christ the Messiah have its home in your hearts and minds and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insightand intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with His grace in your hearts.
17 And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him.
18 and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
10 That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition].
11 [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,
12 Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light.
13 [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
10 that this will help you live in a way that brings honor to the Lord and pleases him in every way; that your life will produce good works of every kind and that you will grow in your knowledge of God;
11 that God will strengthen you with his own great power, so that you will be patient and not give up when troubles come.Then you will be happy
12 and give thanks to the Father. He has made you able to have what he has promised to give all his holy people, who live in the light. 13 God made us free from the power of darkness. And he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
2 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,
2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.
35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great,
and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or
whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—
such a one was caught up to the third heaven.
13 And you said in your heart,
I will ascend to heaven;
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the uttermost north.
7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.
36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world.
If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews;
but now My kingdom is not from here.”
And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
10 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
14 We know that we have passed over out of death into Life by the fact that we love the brethren (our fellow Christians). He who does not love abides remains, is held and kept continually in spiritual death
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
18 And all of us, as with unveiled face, because we continued to behold in the Word of God
as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured
into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another;
for this comes from the Lord Who is the Spirit.
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.
He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
14 We know that we have passed over out of death into Life by the fact that we love the brethren (our fellow Christians). He who does not love abides (remains, is held and kept continually) in spiritual death
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,