²² Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, In all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

⁹ knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!

⁸ Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

⁹ But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

¹⁰ If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

⁸ Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

⁹ Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

¹⁰ But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

²⁴ Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

²⁵ Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

²⁶ I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,

²⁷ but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

²⁰ For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

²¹ who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

⁷ For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

² It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.

³ How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

¹³ I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

¹⁴ There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

¹⁵ As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

²³ gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

²⁴ Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

⁷ But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

¹⁹ In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.

¹¹ A fool vents all of his anger, But a wise man brings himself under control.

⁴ that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

⁵ not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;

⁶ that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

⁵ Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

⁶ and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness;

⁷ and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

⁸ For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁶ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

⁷ Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Hosts will perform this.

⁸ The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted on Israel.

²⁸ Like a city that is broken down and without walls Is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

² "Dominion and fear are with him; He makes peace in his high places.

¹³ who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

¹⁴ in whom we have our redemption,{TR adds "through his blood,"} the forgiveness of our sins;

¹⁵ who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

⁹ But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

³² One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

²⁰ which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

²¹ far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

²² He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

¹² instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

¹³ looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

¹ Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

² that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

³ For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

⁴ They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:

⁵ who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

⁶ For to this end was the Gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

²² For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

²³ But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.

²⁴ Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

²⁵ For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

²⁶ The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

¹³ No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.