²² Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places under his rule: give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

⁹ Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.

⁸ So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

⁹ You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

¹⁰ And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

⁸ Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;

⁹ Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

¹⁰ And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

¹³ Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is through all generations.

²⁴ Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

²⁵ And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

²⁶ So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

²⁷ But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

²⁰ For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

²¹ By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

² It has seemed good to me to make clear the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done with me.

³ How great are his signs! and how full of power are his wonders! his kingdom is an eternal kingdom and his rule goes on from generation to generation.

⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my place, and all things were going well for me in my great house:

¹³ I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who was very old, and they took him near before him.

¹⁴ And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.

¹⁵ As for me, Daniel, my spirit was pained because of this, and the visions of my head were troubling me.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

²³ Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

²⁴ And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.

⁷ But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

¹⁹ Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

¹¹ A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

⁴ So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

⁵ Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

⁶ And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

⁵ So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

⁶ And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

⁷ And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

⁸ For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁶ For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

⁷ Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

⁸ The Lord has sent a word to Jacob, and it has come on Israel;

²⁸ He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

² Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.

¹³ Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

¹⁴ In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

¹⁵ Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

⁹ But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

³² He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

²⁰ By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,

²¹ Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

²² And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

¹¹ For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,

¹² Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

¹³ Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

¹⁴ Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

¹ So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;

² So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

³ Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

⁴ And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

⁵ But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.

⁶ For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.

²² For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.

²³ But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.

²⁴ Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power.

²⁵ For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.

²⁶ The last power to come to an end is death.

¹³ You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.