1 Corinthians 16 Cross References - ACV

¹ Now concerning the collection for the sanctified, as I arranged for the congregations of Galatia, so also do ye. ² Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then. ³ And when I arrive, whomever ye may approve by letters, I will send these men to bring your gift to Jerusalem. ⁴ And if it is fitting for me to go also, they will go with me. ⁵ But I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia, for I do pass through Macedonia. ⁶ And it may be that I will remain with you, or I will even spend winter, so that ye may set me on my way wherever I go. ⁷ For I do not want to see you now in passing, but I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows. ⁸ But I will remain at Ephesus until Pentecost. ⁹ For a great and effective door has opened to me, and yet there are many who are hostile. ¹⁰ But if Timothy comes, see that he becomes without fear with you, for he works the work of the Lord, as I also. ¹¹ Let not any man therefore disparage him, but send him forth in peace, so that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brothers. ¹² And about Apollos the brother, I urged him much that he would come to you with the brothers, and it was not at all his will that he should come now, but he will come when he has opportunity. ¹³ Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. ¹⁴ Let all things of you be done in love. ¹⁵ Now I beseech you, brothers (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruit of Achaia, and that they committed themselves to service for the sanctified), ¹⁶ that ye also be subject to such men, and to every man working together and laboring. ¹⁷ And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these men filled your lack. ¹⁸ For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge ye such men. ¹⁹ The congregations of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the congregation associated with their house. ²⁰ All the brothers salute you. Salute each other by a holy kiss. ²¹ The salutation of Paul by my hand. ²² If any man does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha. ²³ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with you. ²⁴ My love is with you all in Christ Jesus. Truly.

¹³ But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evil things he did to thy sanctified at Jerusalem.

⁴¹ And having given her a hand, he raised her up. And after calling the sanctified and the widows, he presented her alive.

²⁸ And one of them named Agabus, after standing up, signified by the Spirit there was going be a great famine in the whole world, which also happened under Claudius Caesar.

³⁰ which also they did, having sent it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

⁶ But having passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

²³ And after spending some time, he departed, passing through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, successively, strengthening all the disciples.

¹⁷ Now after more years I came, going to make donations to my nation, and offerings,

¹³ sharing for the needs of the sanctified, pursuing love for strangers.

²⁵ But now I am going to Jerusalem serving the sanctified. ²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem.

¹ And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia, ² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity, ³ so that according to their ability, I testify, and beyond their ability, willingly, ⁴ with much exhortation, begging of us the favor, even the fellowship of service for the sanctified. ⁵ And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God, ⁶ for us to urge Titus that, as he earlier began this kindness, so he would even finish it for you also. ⁷ But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, so that ye may also abound in this kindness. ⁸ I speak not from commandment, but because of the zeal of others, also examining the genuineness of your love. ⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.

¹² Because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the sanctified, but also abounding through many thanksgivings to God ¹³ through the evidence of this service, glorifying God at the subjection of your confession toward the good news of the Christ, and at the generosity of the participation, for them and for all, ¹⁴ and by their supplication about you, yearning for you because of the transcending grace of God in you. ¹⁵ And thanks to God for his indescribable gift.

² and all the brothers with me, to the congregations of Galatia:

¹⁰ only that we should remember the poor, which this same thing I also was eager to do.

⁵ hearing of thy love and faith, which thou have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the sanctified,

⁷ For we have much joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the sanctified have been refreshed by thee, brother.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.

¹⁷ But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

¹² And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And LORD blessed him.

²⁷ And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry, for I have learned by experience that LORD has blessed me for thy sake.

³⁰ For it was little which thou had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and LORD has blessed thee wherever I turned. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?

¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou have shown to thy servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

¹¹ Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

¹⁸ But thou shall remember LORD thy God, for it is he who gives thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to thy fathers, as at this day.

¹¹ For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall surely open thy hand to thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land. ¹² If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to thee, and serves thee six years, then in the seventh year thou shall let him go free from thee. ¹³ And when thou let him go free from thee, thou shall not let him go empty. ¹⁴ Thou shall furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress. As LORD thy God has blessed thee thou shall give to him.

¹⁰ And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since they began to bring the oblations into the house of LORD, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left. For LORD has blessed his people, and that which is left is this great store.

¹⁶ Through all that time, when a man came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When he came to the wine vat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty. ¹⁷ I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands, yet ye turned not to me, says LORD. ¹⁸ Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of LORD's temple was laid, consider it. ¹⁹ Is the seed yet in the barn? Yea, the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not brought forth. From this day I will bless you.

⁹ Ye are cursed with the curse, for ye rob me, even this whole nation. ¹⁰ Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, says LORD of hosts, if I will not open to you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for it.

⁴¹ And having sat down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the multitude cast money into the treasury, and many rich men cast in much. ⁴² And one poor widow having come, she cast in two mites, which are a quadrans. ⁴³ And having summoned his disciples, he says to them, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury. ⁴⁴ For they all cast in from that which is abundant to them, but she from her need cast in all, as many things she had, her whole living.

⁸ She applied what she had to anoint my body. She did it beforehand for the burial.

¹⁰ The man faithful in the least is faithful also in much, and the man unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.

¹ And on the first day of the week, very early morning, they came to the sepulcher bringing the spices that they prepared, and some women with them.

¹⁹ Therefore being evening that day, the first day of the week, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were who assembled because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, Peace to you.

²⁶ And after eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace to you.

⁷ And upon the first day of the week, the disciples having come together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged his speech until midnight.

¹ And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia, ² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity, ³ so that according to their ability, I testify, and beyond their ability, willingly,

¹¹ And now also finish the doing, so that just as was the willingness of the intending, so also to finish from the having. ¹² For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have. ¹³ For it is not so that ease is for others and stress for you, but out of parity your abundance at the present time is for the need of those men. ¹⁴ So that the abundance of those men may also happen for your need, so that there may become equity, ¹⁵ as it is written, he of much did not abound, and he of little did not lack.

³ But I sent the brothers so that our boast about you would not be empty in this regard. So that, as I said, ye may be prepared, ⁴ if somehow Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we (that we might not say, ye) would be embarrassed in this confidence of boast. ⁵ Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers that they would go ahead to you, and arrange in advance your gift that was earlier announced, for this to be ready this way as a gift and not as an exaction.

¹⁰ I became in spirit on the Lord's day and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet

¹ Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance. ² And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables. ³ Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need. ⁴ But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the service of the word. ⁵ And the word was pleasing before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte, a citizen of Antioch, ⁶ men whom they placed before the apostles. And having prayed, they laid hands upon them.

¹⁹ But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord should will, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. ²⁰ For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. ²¹ What do ye want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?

³⁴ And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home so that ye may not come together for condemnation. And the rest I will set in order as soon as I come.

⁴ with much exhortation, begging of us the favor, even the fellowship of service for the sanctified.

⁶ for us to urge Titus that, as he earlier began this kindness, so he would even finish it for you also.

¹⁸ And we sent along with him the brother whose praise in the good news is throughout all the congregations. ¹⁹ And not only so, but who was also chosen by the congregations, a traveling companion of us with this gift administered by us, for the glory of the same Lord and our willingness. ²⁰ Arranging this lest any man may criticize us in this bounty administered by us, ²¹ providing things right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. ²² And we sent along with them our brother whom we often proved being diligent in many things, but is now much more diligent (with much confidence toward you) ²³ whether on behalf of Titus my partner and co-workman for you, or our brothers, apostles of congregations, a glory of Christ. ²⁴ Therefore show ye the proof of your love and our boast about you, for them in the face of the congregations.

²⁵ But now I am going to Jerusalem serving the sanctified.

¹⁹ And not only so, but who was also chosen by the congregations, a traveling companion of us with this gift administered by us, for the glory of the same Lord and our willingness.

²¹ Now when these things were fulfilled, Paul decided in the spirit, after passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, having said, After becoming there, I must also see Rome.

¹ And after the uproar ceased, Paul having summoned the disciples and having embraced them, he departed to go into Macedonia. ² And having passed through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece. ³ And having spent three months there, and a conspiracy having developed against him by Jews, intending to go up into Syria, a decision developed to return through Macedonia.

¹⁹ But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord should will, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

¹⁵ And in this confidence I intended to come to you earlier, so that ye might have a second benefit, ¹⁶ and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be helped on the way toward Judea. ¹⁷ Therefore intending this, did I accordingly employ anything in lightness? Or what I decide, do I decide according to flesh, so that it would be with me the yes, yes and the no, no?

³ Indeed therefore, having been helped for the trip by the congregation, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy to all the brothers.

¹⁵ And those who brought Paul led him as far as Athens. And after taking a command for Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him quickly, they departed.

³⁸ sorrowing especially for the word that he had spoken, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

⁵ And when it came to pass for us to finish the days, having gone forth, we were departing, all accompanying us, with women and children, as far as outside the city. And having knelt on the beach we prayed.

¹² And since the haven was inconvenient to winter in, the majority gave counsel to launch from there also, if somehow they might be able, after arriving at Phoenix, to winter in a haven of Crete, looking toward southwest and northwest.

¹¹ And after three months we set out in a ship that wintered at the island, an Alexandrian with The Twin Brothers emblem.

²⁴ whenever I go to Spain I will come to you. For I hope to see you while passing through, and there to be helped on the way by you, if first I may be partly satisfied from you.

¹¹ Let not any man therefore disparage him, but send him forth in peace, so that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brothers.

¹⁶ and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be helped on the way toward Judea.

¹² When I will send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, be diligence to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to winter there.

⁶ who testified about thy love in sight of the congregation, whom thou will do well having helped send on their way worthily of God. ⁷ For they went forth on behalf of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

²¹ There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of LORD, that shall stand.

²³ O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

²¹ but separated from them, having said, I must definitely keep the coming feast at Jerusalem, but I will return again to you, God willing. And he launched from Ephesus.

¹⁰ pleading, if somehow now at last I will have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you.

¹⁵ And in this confidence I intended to come to you earlier, so that ye might have a second benefit,

¹⁵ in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.

¹⁶ and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sow in the field, and the feast of ingathering at the end of the year, when thou gather in thy labors out of the field.

¹⁵ And ye shall count to you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering, there shall be complete seven sabbaths. ¹⁶ Ye shall number fifty days, even to the morrow after the seventh sabbath, and ye shall offer a new meal offering to LORD. ¹⁷ Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour. They shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits to LORD. ¹⁸ And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, and one young bullock, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to LORD, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to LORD. ¹⁹ And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin offering, and two he-lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. ²⁰ And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave offering before LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to LORD for the priest. ²¹ And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day, there shall be a holy convocation to you. Ye shall do no job work. It is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

¹ And while fulfilling the day of Pentecost, they were all together at the same place.

¹⁹ And he came to Ephesus and left behind those there, but having entered into the synagogue himself, he discoursed with the Jews.

³² If in respect to men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me if the dead are not raised? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

²⁷ And after arriving, and after gathering the assembly together, they reported as many things as God did with them, and that he opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

⁸ And after entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for three months, discoursing and persuading the things about the kingdom of God. ⁹ But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, having withdrawn from them, he separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of a certain Tyrannus. ¹⁰ And this happened for two years, so as for all those dwelling in Asia to hear the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

⁸ For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive. ⁹ But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead. ¹⁰ Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue.

¹² Now having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the Lord,

¹⁸ For many walk, who (I told you often, and now also say while weeping) are enemies of the cross of Christ,

³ Praying simultaneously about us also, so that God may open to us a door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, because of which I have also been bound,

⁷ And to the agent of the congregation in Philadelphia write, These things says the Holy, the True, he who has the key of David, who opens, and none will shut it except he who opens, and none will open: ⁸ I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee an opened door that none is able to shut it, because thou have little power, and thou keep my word, and did not deny my name.

¹ And he came to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain faithful Jewish woman, but of a Greek father,

²² And having sent into Macedonia two of those who help him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

²¹ Timothy my co-workman, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

¹⁷ Because of this I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every congregation.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in the Lord.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the congregation of God that is at Corinth, with all the sanctified who are in the whole of Achaia.

¹ And working jointly, we urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain

¹⁹ But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I also may be cheerful when I know the things about you. ²⁰ For I have no man like-minded who will genuinely care for the things about you. ²¹ For they all seek the things of themselves, not the things of Christ Jesus. ²² But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child to a father, he served with me for the good news.

² And we sent Timothy, our brother, and a helper of God, and our fellow workman in the good news of the Christ, in order to establish you and to encourage you about your faith,

¹² so that ye may walk properly toward those outside, and may have nothing lacking.

¹⁶ He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.

³³ And after spending some time, they were dismissed with peace from the brothers to the apostles.

⁶ And it may be that I will remain with you, or I will even spend winter, so that ye may set me on my way wherever I go.

¹⁰ But if Timothy comes, see that he becomes without fear with you, for he works the work of the Lord, as I also.

⁸ Therefore he who disregards, disregards not man, but God, who also gave his Holy Spirit to you.

¹² Let no man disparage thy youth, but become an example of the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

¹⁵ These things speak and exhort and rebuke with every command. Let no man disregard thee.

⁶ who testified about thy love in sight of the congregation, whom thou will do well having helped send on their way worthily of God.

¹ For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

²¹ And having become an opportune day, when Herod on his birthday made a dinner for his chiefs, and the high captains, and the leading men of Galilee,

²⁴ Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by origin, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.

²⁵ And as he discoursed about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment going to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, Go now, and having a convenient time, I will summon thee.

¹² Now I say this. That each of you actually say, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

⁵ Who therefore is Paul and who is Apollos? But rather helpers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each man.

²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours,

⁴ But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared,

⁶ Be strong and of good courage, for thou shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷ Only be strong and very courageous to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou may have good success wherever thou go.

⁹ Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Be not frightened, neither be thou dismayed, for LORD thy God is with thee wherever thou go.

¹⁸ Whoever he is who shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken to thy words in all that thou command him, he shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.

⁹ Be strong, and strengthen yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight.

¹² Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God. And LORD do that which seems good to him.

² I am going the way of all the earth. Be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man,

¹³ Be of good courage, and let us act the man for our people, and for the cities of our God. And LORD do that which seems good to him.

¹⁰ Take heed now, for LORD has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.

¹⁴ Wait for LORD. Be strong, and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for LORD.

⁴ Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.

¹⁹ And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not. Peace be to thee. Be strong, yea, be strong. And when he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak, for thou have strengthened me.

³² And he shall pervert by flatteries such as do wickedly against the covenant. But the people who know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

⁴ Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says LORD, and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and be strong, all ye people of the land, says LORD, and work. For I am with you, says LORD of hosts,

⁹ Thus says LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of LORD of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

¹³ And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and ye shall be a blessing. Fear not. Let your hands be strong.

⁴² Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes. ⁴³ But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Because of this ye also be ready, because in that hour ye think not the Son of man comes.

¹³ Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes.

⁴¹ Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

³³ Watch ye! Be alert and pray, for ye know not when the time is, ³⁴ like a man abroad, having left his house, and having given authority to his bondmen, and to each man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch. ³⁵ Watch therefore, for ye know not when the lord of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock crowing, or in the morning, ³⁶ lest having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping. ³⁷ And what I say to you I say to all, watch!

³⁷ And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, Do thou sleep? Could thou not watch one hour? ³⁸ Watch ye and pray that ye may not enter into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

³⁵ Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning, ³⁶ and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him. ³⁷ Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them. ³⁸ And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, blessed are those bondmen. ³⁹ But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ Therefore, ye also become ready, because the Son of man comes at that hour ye do not suppose.

³⁶ Watch ye therefore, making supplication at all times, so that ye may be considered worthy to escape all these things going to happen, and to stand before the Son of man.

²⁵ And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable. ²⁶ I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air. ²⁷ But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

²⁰ Brothers, become not children in your thoughts. Instead be childlike in wickedness, but in your thoughts become mature.

¹ And, brothers, I make known to you the good news that I preached to you, which also ye received, and in which ye stand, ² by which also ye are saved if ye hold firm that word I preached to you, unless ye believed in vain.

²⁴ Not because we lord over your faith, but are co-workmen of your joy, for by faith ye stand.

⁹ And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me. ¹⁰ Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in restrictions, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

¹ Stand firm therefore in the liberty in which Christ freed us, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

¹⁶ So that he would grant you, according to the wealth of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit for the inner man,

¹⁰ Finally my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

¹³ Because of this take ye up the full armor of God, so that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand ye therefore having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet in preparation of the good news of peace. ¹⁶ Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, ¹⁸ praying through every prayer and entreaty at every time in spirit, and being alert in this same thing in all perseverance and entreaty for all the sanctified,

²⁷ Only be citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that, whether having come and having seen you or being absent, I may hear things about you that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the good news.

¹ So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord this way beloved.

¹³ I can do all things in the Christ who strengthens me.

¹¹ being strengthened in every ability, according to the dominion of his glory, for all perseverance and longsuffering with joy. ¹² Giving thanks to the Father who made us qualified for the share of the portion of the sanctified in light.

²³ If ye truly continue in the faith, founded, and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good news that ye heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I Paul became a helper.

² Continue in prayer, being vigilant in it with thankfulness.

¹² Epaphras, the bondman of Christ from you, salutes you, always striving for you in prayers, so that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God.

⁸ Because now we live, if ye stand firm in the Lord.

⁶ So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.

¹⁵ So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that ye were taught, whether by word or by letter from us.

¹² Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life for which thou are called, and confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

¹ Thou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace in Christ Jesus.

³ Thou therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No man who serves in the military entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he may please the man who enlisted the army. ⁵ And also if any man competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.

⁵ But be thou sober in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, bring thy ministry to fullness.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

³² And what shall I say further? For the time would fail me telling about Gideon, also Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who, through faith, conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, closed the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the force of fire, escaped the jaw of the sword. Out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, bowed down armies of aliens.

⁷ But the end of all things has approached. Therefore be serious, and be sober for the prayers.

⁸ Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.

² Become thou watchful, and strengthen the remaining things that thou were going to throw away, for I have not found thy works made complete before my God. ³ Remember therefore how thou have received and heard, and be on guard, and repent. If therefore thou will not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou will, no, not know what hour I will come upon thee.

¹⁵ (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, so that he may not walk naked, and they see his shame.)

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other. ³⁵ By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other.

¹⁷ These things I command you, so that ye may love each other.

⁸ Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law. ⁹ For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁰ Love works no evil to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of law.

¹⁵ For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.

¹ Now about the things sacrificed to idols. We know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

³¹ But be zealous for the better gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.

¹³ For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love. ¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

¹ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, call on you to walk worthily of the calling in which ye were called, ² with all humility and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love. ³ Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,

¹ If therefore any exhortation is in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, ² fulfill my joy, that ye may think the same way, having the same love, being knit in soul, thinking in oneness, ³ in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.

⁶ But now of Timothy, having come to us from you, and having proclaimed good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye always have a good recollection of us, longing to see us, just as we also you,

¹² And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,

⁹ But about brotherly love ye have no need to write to you, for ye yourselves are taught by God in order to love each other. ¹⁰ For ye are also doing it toward all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound more,

³ We are indebted to thank God always about you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith is increasing greatly, and the love of each one of you all toward each other abounds.

⁵ But the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and non-hypocritical faith.

⁴ Marriage is precious in every way, and the undefiled bed, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

⁸ And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,

⁷ and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love.

⁷ Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God. ⁸ He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

³⁶ Now at Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, being translated, is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charities that she did. ³⁷ And in those days, having been ill, she happened to die. And after washing her, they laid her in an upper chamber. ³⁸ And since Lydda is near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter is in it, they sent two men to him, exhorting him not to delay to go through to them. ³⁹ And after rising, Peter went with them, whom, after coming, they brought into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood by him weeping, and exhibiting the coats and garments, as many things as Dorcas made being with them. ⁴⁰ But Peter, having sent them all out, having knelt down, he prayed. And having turned to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And the woman opened her eyes. And when she saw Peter, she sat up. ⁴¹ And having given her a hand, he raised her up. And after calling the sanctified and the widows, he presented her alive.

¹² But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord attacked Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

³¹ So that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may become acceptable to the sanctified,

² so that ye may welcome her in the Lord worthily of the sanctified, and that ye provide for her in whatever matter she may have need of you, for she also became a helper of many, and of me myself.

⁵ Salute Epaenetus my beloved who is the first fruit of Achaia for Christ.

¹⁶ And I also immersed the household of Stephanas. Besides, I know not whether I immersed any other.

¹⁷ And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these men filled your lack.

¹ For indeed it is superfluous for me to write to you about the service for the sanctified.

¹⁰ being testified in good works: if she has reared children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the sanctified, if she has relieved those who are afflicted, if she has followed every good work.

¹⁰ As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

⁴ These are men who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were purchased by Jesus, out of men, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.

¹⁸ Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, We are thine, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to thee, and peace be to thy helpers, for thy God helps thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

³ Salute Prisca and Aquila my co-workmen in Christ Jesus

⁶ Salute Mary who labored many things for us.

⁹ Salute Urbanus our co-workman in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

¹² Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, the women who labor in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis who labored many things in the Lord.

⁹ For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God.

²⁸ And in the church God has placed men who are first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

²¹ submitting yourselves to each other in the fear of Christ.

³ Yes, I ask thee also, genuine yokefellow, help them-the women who labored with me in the good news-with Clement also, and the rest of my co-workmen whose names are in the book of life.

³ remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

⁹ For ye remember, brothers, our labor and the hardship. For, laboring night and day in order not to burden any of you, we preached to you the good news of God.

¹² And we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor among you, and who lead you in the Lord, and who admonish you,

¹⁷ Let the elders who rule well be regarded worthy of double compensation, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

¹⁷ Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you.

⁵ Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.

⁸ We therefore ought to welcome such men, so that we might become fellow workmen for the truth.

³ And thou have perseverance. And thou endured because of my name, and did not become weary.

⁹ And being present with you, and when needy, I was a burden to no man. For the brothers who came from Macedonia, they supplied my need. And in everything I kept and I will keep myself non-burdensome to you.

³⁰ Because for sake of the work of the Christ he came near the point of death, handing over his life so that he might fill up the deficiency of your service toward me.

¹³ Whom I wanted to keep back for myself, so that in thy behalf he might serve me in the bonds of the good news.

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

²⁵ As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

³² so that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and be rested with you.

⁶ Nevertheless God, who encourages the lowly, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus. ⁷ And not only by his presence, but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, reporting to us your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more.

¹³ Because of this we have been encouraged. And from your encouragement, we rejoiced to a greater degree more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

²⁸ Therefore I sent him more urgently, so that having seen him again, ye may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful. ²⁹ Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such men esteemed.

⁸ Whom I sent to you for this same thing, so that he may know the things about you, and may encourage your hearts,

⁶ But now of Timothy, having come to us from you, and having proclaimed good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye always have a good recollection of us, longing to see us, just as we also you, ⁷ because of this, brothers, we were encouraged toward you in all our affliction and necessity through your faith.

²⁰ Yes, brother, let me have a favor of thee in the Lord. Refresh my bowels in the Lord.

⁷ Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith-

⁴ I have no greater joy than these things that I hear my children walking in truth.

¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God. ¹² Demetrius has been testified by all, and by the truth itself. But we also testify, and ye know that our testimony is true.

² And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by origin, who recently came from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius arranged for all the Jews to separate from Rome, he came to them.

¹⁸ But Paul, who still remained considerable days with the brothers, having separated, sailed away to Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shaved his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow.

²⁶ And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside, and expounded to him the way of God more accurately.

¹⁰ And this happened for two years, so as for all those dwelling in Asia to hear the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

³ Salute Prisca and Aquila my co-workmen in Christ Jesus ⁴ (who laid down their own neck for my life, to whom not only I thank, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles), and the congregation associated with their house. ⁵ Salute Epaenetus my beloved who is the first fruit of Achaia for Christ.

¹⁵ Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the sanctified with them.

¹⁵ Salute the brothers in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly associated with his house.

¹⁹ Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

² and to the beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the congregation at thy house:

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen who are sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

¹¹ saying, What thou see, write in a book and send to the seven congregations: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

¹⁶ Salute each other by a holy kiss. The congregations of Christ salute you.

²³ Gaius my host, and of the whole congregation, salutes you. Erastus, the manager of the city, salutes you, and Quartus the brother.

¹² Salute each other by a holy kiss. ¹³ All the sanctified salute you.

²² All the sanctified salute you, and especially those of the house of Caesar.

²⁶ Salute all the brothers by a holy kiss.

²³ Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, salutes thee, ²⁴ and Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my co-workmen.

²⁴ Salute all those who lead you, and all the sanctified. The men from Italy salute you.

¹⁴ Salute each other by a kiss of love. Peace to you, to all those in Christ Jesus. Truly.

²² I Tertius, the man who transcribed the letter, salute you in the Lord.

¹¹ See in how large letters I wrote to you with my hand.

¹⁸ The salutation of Paul by my hand. Remember my bonds. Grace is with you. Truly.

¹⁷ The salutation of Paul by my hand, which is a mark in every letter I write this way.

¹⁹ I Paul write with my hand, I will repay, so that I may not say to thee that thou owe me in return even thyself.

³ Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee. ⁴ Draw me, we will run after thee. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in thee. We will make mention of thy love more than of wine. Rightly do they love thee.

⁷ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loves, where thou feed thy flock, where thou make it to rest at noon. For why should I be as she who is veiled beside the flocks of thy companions?

¹ By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him. ² I said, I will rise now, and go around the city. In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him. ³ The watchmen who go about the city found me. I said, Did ye see him whom my soul loves?

¹⁶ His mouth is most sweet. Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

¹ Let me sing for my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

⁴⁰ And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me. ⁴¹ Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents.

⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these least, ye did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

⁴² Therefore Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I came forth and have come from God. For, neither have I come for myself, but he sent me.

¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

²¹ He who has my commandments, and keeps them, that man it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

²³ Jesus answered and said to him, If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a dwelling with him.

²⁴ If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

¹⁴ He will glorify me because he will receive from me, and will report to you.

¹⁵ So when they ate breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me more than these things? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷ He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do thou love me? And he said to him, Lord, thou know all things. Thou know that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

¹⁴ who, having come near to the chief priests and the elders, said, We have put ourselves under a curse, a curse to taste of nothing until we would kill Paul.

³ For I wished I myself to be accursed from the Christ, for my brothers, my kinsmen according to flesh,

³ Therefore I make known to you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus is accursed, and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ holds us together, having judge this, that if one died for all, then all died. ¹⁵ And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised.

⁸ But even if we, or an agent from heaven, should preach a good news to you contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹ As we have said before, I now also say again, if any man preaches a good news to you contrary to what ye received, let him be accursed.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

²⁴ The grace is with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptibility. Truly.

⁸ in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ Men who will suffer punishment, a penalty of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

⁸ Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

⁷ To you therefore who believe is the preciousness, but for men who disobey, A stone that the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner,

¹⁹ We love him, because he first loved us.

¹ Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.

¹⁴ And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads, ¹⁵ to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the irreverent of them about all the works of their own irreverence that they have done irreverently, and about all the harsh things that irreverent sinners spoke against him.

²⁰ He who testifies these things says, Yea, I come quickly. Truly. Yea, come, Lord Jesus!

²⁰ And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you.

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

¹⁴ I do not write these things shaming you, but I warn you as my beloved children. ¹⁵ For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good news.

¹⁶ Otherwise if thou would bless with the spirit, how will the man who fills the place of the unlearned, say the Truly at thy thanksgiving, since he knows not what thou say?

¹⁴ Let all things of you be done in love.

¹¹ Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.

¹⁵ And I most gladly will spend, and will be spent for your souls. Even though more earnestly loving you, the worse I am loved.

⁸ For God is my witness, how I long for you all in bowels of Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.