and with allthe deceptionof wickednessfor thosewho perish,becausethey did not receivethe loveof the truthsoas to be saved.
The fearof the LORDis the beginningof knowledge;Foolsdespisewisdomand instruction.
"I lovethose who loveme; And those who diligentlyseekme will findme.
Jesus answeredthem, "To you it has been grantedto knowthe mysteriesof the kingdomof heaven,but to them it has not been granted.
"For Goddid not sendthe Soninto the worldto judgethe world,but that the worldmight be savedthroughHim.
"But the testimonywhich I receiveis not from man,but I saythese thingssothat you may be saved.
Brethren,my heart'sdesireand my prayerto Godfor them is for [their] salvation.
For such menare slaves,not of our LordChristbut of their ownappetites;and by their smoothand flattering speechthey deceivethe heartsof the unsuspecting.
But thanksbe to Godthat though you were slavesof sin,you became obedientfrom the heartto that formof teachingto whichyou were committed,
For the wordof the crossis foolishnessto thosewho are perishing,but to us who are being savedit is the powerof God.
Ifanyonedoes not lovethe Lord,he is to be accursed.Maranatha.
For such menare false apostles,deceitfulworkers,disguisingthemselves as apostlesof Christ.
Thereforeit is not surprisingifhis servantsalsodisguisethemselves as servantsof righteousness,whoseendwill be accordingto their deeds.
For we are a fragranceof Christto Godamongthosewho are being savedand amongthosewho are perishing;
For we are not likemany,peddlingthe wordof God,but as from sincerity,but as from God,we speakin Christin the sightof God.
As a result,we are no longerto be children,tossed here and there by wavesand carried aboutby everywindof doctrine,by the trickeryof men,by craftinessin deceitfulscheming;
hinderingus from speakingto the Gentilessothat they may be saved;with the result that they alwaysfill up the measureof their sins.But wrathhas comeupon them to the utmost.
in orderthat they allmay be judgedwho did not believethe truth,but took pleasurein wickedness.
But we shouldalwaysgive thanksto Godfor you, brethrenbelovedby the Lord,becauseGodhas chosenyou from the beginningfor salvationthroughsanctificationby the Spiritand faithin the truth.
whodesiresallmento be savedand to cometo the knowledgeof the truth.
But encourageone anotherdayafterday,as longas it is [still] called"Today,"sothat noneof you will be hardenedby the deceitfulnessof sin.
But these,likeunreasoninganimals,bornas creatures of instinctto be capturedand killed,revilingwherethey have no knowledge,will in the destructionof thosecreatures alsobe destroyed,
For speakingout arrogant[words] of vanitythey enticeby fleshlydesires,by sensuality,thosewho barelyescapefrom the ones who livein error,