But thanks be to God, that though you used to be slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from [your] heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

to Him be glory in the church in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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

having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Therefore through Him let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing to His name.

you also, as living stones, are being built [into] a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

If anyone speaks, [let him speak] as the utterances of God. If anyone serves, [let him serve] as from strength, as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I rejoice on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and innocent to what is evil.

For from you the word of the Lord has resounded, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.

For they themselves report about us what kind of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken of all the empire.

And rising up, one of them named Agabus, foretold by the Spirit of a great famine about to happen in all the world, which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar.