Paul’s Integrity

For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age,

Godly Living

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

Godly Living

In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the behavior of their wives,

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from a trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,