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Paul excuses his writing. 17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ, in those things which pertain to God.

Study the happiness of others. CHAP. XV, XVI. 20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to 18 For I will not dare to speak of any drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy of those things which Christ hath not brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obemade weak. dient, by word and deed, 22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself be- 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, fore God. Happy is he that condemneth by the power of the Spirit of God; so that not himself in that thing which he alloweth. from Jerusalem, and round about unto Il23 And he that doubteth is damned if he lyricum, I have fully preached the gospel eat, because he eateth not of faith: for what- of Christ. soever is not of faith is sin.

CHAP. XV.

20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest E then that are strong ought to bear I should build upon another man's founda

WE then that ties of the weak, and tion:

not to please ourselves.

2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

26 For it hath pleased them of Macedo7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as nia and Achaia to make a certain contribuChrist also received us to the glory of God. tion for the poor saints which are at Jerusa8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a mi- lem.

nister of the circumcision for the truth of 27 It hath pleased them verily; and God, to confirm the promises made unto the their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles fathers: have been made partakers of their spiritual 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify things, their duty is also to minister unto God for his mercy; as it is written, For them in carnal things. this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

12 And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, 1 will come by you into Spain.

29 And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for

13 Now the God of hope fill you with all me; joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem, may be accepted of the saints;

32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, all. as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

16 That I should be the minister of Je

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33 Now the God of peace be with you Amen.

CHAP. XVI.

COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister,

sus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the is at Cenchrea:

gospel of God, that the offering up of the 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanc- becometh saints, and that ye assist her in tified by the Holy Ghost. whatsoever business she hath need of you:

Caution against divisions.

I. CORINTHIANS.

Paul's salutation. for she hath been a succourer of many, contrary to the doctrine which ye have and of myself also. learned; and avoid them.

3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus:

18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and 4 Who have for my life laid down their by good words and fair speeches deceive own necks: unto whom not only I give the hearts of the simple. thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epenetus, who is the first fruits of Achaia unto Christ.

6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. 9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.

11 Salute Herodian my kiusman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

21 Timotheus my work-fellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

22 ITertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.

23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.

24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

25 Now to him that is of power to 12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who stablish you according to my gospel, labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved and the preaching of Jesus Christ, acPersis, which laboured much in the Lord. cording to the revelation of the mystery, 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and which was kept secret since the world behis mother and mine.

14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.

15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences,

gan,

26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.

The First Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the CORINTHIANS.

CHAP. I.

PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and

Sosthenes our brother,

7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

8 Who shall also confirm you unto the 2 Unto the church of God which is at end, that ye may be blameless in the day Corinth, to them that are sanctified in of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were that in every place call upon the name of called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: Christ our Lord. 3 Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

11 For it hath been declared unto me of

5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all know-you, my brethren, by them which are of ledge; the house of Chloe, that there are conten

6 Even as the testimony of Christ was tions among you. confirmed in you:

12 Now this I say, that every one of you

Paul exhorts to unity.

CHAP. II, III.

The wise counsellors. saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. him crucified.

13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in 16 And I baptized also the household of the wisdom of men, but in the power of Stephanas; beside, I know not whether I God. baptized any other.

6 Howbeit, we speak wisdom among 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of of this world, nor of the princes of this words, lest the cross of Christ should be world, that come to nought: made of none effect.

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God.

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory;

19 For it is written, I will destroy the S Which none of the princes of this wisdom of the wise, and will bring to world knew: for had they known it, they nothing the understanding of the prudent. would not have crucified the Lord of 20 Where is the wise? where is the glory.

scribe? where is the disputer of this world? 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, hath not God made foolish the wisdom of nor ear heard, neither have entered into this world? the heart of man, the things which God

21 For after that in the wisdom of God hath prepared for them that love him. the world by wisdom knew not God, it 10 But God hath revealed them unto us pleased God by the foolishness of preaching by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all to save them that believe. things, yea, the deep things of God.

22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit 24 But unto them which are called, of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power that we might know the things that are of God, and the wisdom of God. freely given to us of God.

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:

27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. CHAP. II.

AND whelle Ley of speel; ND I, brethren, when I came to you, or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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CHAP. III.

ND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos,

Christ the only foundation.

I. CORINTHIANS. How to account of ministers.
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet
am I not hereby justified: but he that
judgeth me is the Lord.

but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

6 I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.

5 Therefore judge nothing before the 7 So then, neither is he that planteth time, until the Lord come, who both will any thing, neither he that watereth: but bring to light the hidden things of darkGod that giveth the increase. ness, and will make manifest the counsels

8 Now he that planteth and he that of the hearts and then shall every man watereth are one: and every man shall have praise of God. receive his own reward, according to his 6 And these things, brethren, I have in own labour. a figure transferred to myself, and to Apol

9 For we are labourers together with los, for your sakes: that ye might learn in God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are us not to think of men above that which is God's building. written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

7 For who maketh thee to differ from

10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, and another another? and what hast thou that thou didst buildeth thereon. But let every man take not receive? now if thou didst receive it, heed how he buildeth thereupon. why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ve have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

13 Every man's work shall be made 9 For I think that God hath set forth us manifest for the day shall declare it, be- the apostles last, as it were appointed to cause it shall be revealed by fire; and the death: for we are made a spectacle unto fire shall try every man's work, of what the world, and to angels, and to men. sort it is.

14 If any man's work abide which hath built thereupon, he shall receive a ward.

10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye he are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye re-are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

12 And labour, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the earth, and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day.

14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

15 For though ye have ten thousand in19 For the wisdom of this world is fool-structors in Christ, yet have ye not many ishness with God. For it is written, He fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten taketh the wise in their own craftiness. you through the gospel.

20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 21 Therefore let no man glory in men: for all things are yours;

16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Ce- faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you phas, or the world, or life, or death, or into remembrance of my ways which be in things present, or things to come; all are Christ, as I teach every where in every

yours;

23 And ye are Christ's: and Christ

God's.

CHAP. IV.

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church.

18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

19 But I will come to you shortly, if the

LET a man so account of us, as of the Lord will, and will know, not the speech ministers of Christ, and stewards of

the mysteries of God.

2 Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.

of them which are puffed up, but the

power.

20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

3 But with me it is a very small thing 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you that I should be judged of you, or of man's with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. meekness?

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T is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

Paul treats of marriage. 6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not present in spirit, have judged already as deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, though I were present, concerning him nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers that hath so done this deed,

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

of themselves with mankind,

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And such were some of you: but ye 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. and by the Spirit of our God. 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole things are not expedient: all things are lump? lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

9 I wrote unto you in an epistle, not to company with fornicators:

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

15 Know ye not, that your bodies are 10 Yet not altogether with the fornica- the members of Christ? shall I then take tors of this world, or with the covetous, or the members of Christ, and make them the extortioners, or with idolaters: for then members of an harlot? God forbid. must ye needs go out of the world.

16 What! know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an is one spirit. extortioner: with such an one no not to eat. 18 Flee fornication. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

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DARE any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the

unjust, and not before the saints?

2 Do ye not know that the saints shall

Every sin that a man doeth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

19 What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. CHAP. VII.

TOW concerning the things whereof ye

judge the world? and if the world shall be Nowote unto me: It is good for a man judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?

4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

not to touch a woman.

2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that 4 The wife hath not power of her own there is not a wise man among you? no, body, but the husband: and likewise also not one that shall be able to judge between the husband hath not power of his own his brethen? body, but the wife.

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