I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproduct
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with t
who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that
For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions o
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good
So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to t
and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly am
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, wha
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will b