2 Corinthians 12 Cross References - Living_Oracles

¹ To boast, indeed, is not profitable to me; yet I will proceed to visions and revelations of the Lord. ² I knew a man in Christ fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know; God knows:) such a one suddenly conveyed away to the third heaven. ³ Indeed, I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know:) ⁴ that he was suddenly conveyed away into paradise, and heard unspeakable things, which are not lawful for man to utter. ⁵ Concerning such a one I will boast; but concerning myself I will not boast, except of my weaknesses. ⁶ Yet if I should incline to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any one should think concerning me, above what he sees me to be, or what he hears from me. ⁷ Indeed, that I might not be exalted above measure by the transcendency of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. ⁸ Concerning this, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. ⁹ But he said to me, My favor is sufficient for you, besides, my power is perfected in weakness: most gladly, therefore, I will boast rather of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me. ¹⁰ Wherefore, I am well pleased with weaknesses, with insults, with necessities, with persecutions, with distresses, for Christ's sake; because when I am weak, then I am strong. ¹¹ Have I become a fool-? You have constrained me to it; for I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in nothing behind the very greatest Apostles, though I am nothing. ¹² Truly the signs of an Apostle were fully wrought among you with all patience, by signs and wonders, and powers. ¹³ For what is the thing in which you were inferior to other congregations, unless that I myself have not been burdensome to you? Forgive me this injury. ¹⁴ Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you; because I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ Yes, I most gladly will spend and be spent for the sake of your souls; even though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. ¹⁶ Be it so, then, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile! ¹⁷ With respect to any one of them I sent to you, did I by him make gain of you? ¹⁸ I besought Titus to go to you; and with him I sent a brother: did Titus make any gain of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps? ¹⁹ Again, do you think that we apologize to you? In the presence of God we speak in Christ, that all these things, beloved, are done for your edification. ²⁰ Yet I am afraid, lest, perhaps, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish: and that I shall be found by you, such as you do not wish: -lest, perhaps, there be among you strifes, emulations, wraths, brawlings, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults. ²¹ And lest, when I come again, my God may humble me among you; and I shall bewail many, who have formerly sinned, and have not reformed from the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they have committed.

¹¹ Happy shall you be, when men shall revile and persecute you; and, on my account, accuse you falsely of every evil thing! ¹² Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for thus the Prophets were persecuted, who were before you.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how, or what you shall speak; for what you shall speak shall be suggested to you in that moment. ²⁰ For it shall not be you that shall speak; but the Spirit of my Father, who will speak by you.

²¹ He said to her, What do you wish? She answered, That, in your Reign, one of these my two sons may sit at your right hand, the other at your left. ²² Jesus replying, said, You know not what you ask. Can you drink such a cup as I must drink? They said to him, We can.

³⁹ And going a little before, he threw himself on his face, and praying, said, My Father, remove this cup from me, if it be possible; nevertheless, not as I would, but as thou wilt. ⁴⁰ And he returned to his disciples, and finding them asleep, said to Peter, Is it so, then, that you could not keep awake with me a single hour? ⁴¹ Watch and pray, that you be not overcome by temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. ⁴² A second time he withdrew and prayed, saying, O my Father, if there be no exemption for me; if I must drink this cup, thy will be done. ⁴³ Upon his return, he again found them sleeping, (for their eyes were overpowered.) ⁴⁴ Again, leaving them, he went and prayed the third time, using the same words.

⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face. Some gave him blows on the head, and others struck him on the cheeks,

¹⁸ Jesus came near, and said to them, All authority is given to me in heaven and upon the earth;

²⁰ teaching them to observe all the things which I have commanded you: and behold, I am with you always, even to the conclusion of this state.

²¹ that all may be one; that as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me; ²² and that thou gavest me the glory, which I have given them; that they may be one, as we are one; ²³ I in them, and thou in me, that their union may be perfected; that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and that thou lovest them, as thou lovest me.

¹⁴ Now it was Caiaphas, who had said in council to the Jews, It is expedient that one man die for the people.

⁵ Now, I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia, (for I do pass through Macedonia;)

¹⁰ Now, if Timothy be come, take care that he be among you without fear; for he works, even as I do, the work of the Lord.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith, which works by love.

¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, take care lest you be consumed by one another.

¹⁹ Now, the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these. Fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

¹⁹ Now, the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these. Fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ²⁰ sorcery, enmities, strifes, emulations, wraths, brawlings, factions, sects, ²¹ envying, murders, intoxications, revellings, and such like: concerning which I foretell you now, as I also have foretold, that they who practice these things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

²⁶ Let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

²¹ Besides, to this you were called; for even Christ suffered for us, leaving us a pattern, that you should follow his footsteps;

² so that he no longer lives his remaining time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. ³ For the time which has passed of life, is sufficient to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, having walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excesses in wine, revellings, carousals, and abominable idolatries.

¹³ but, seeing you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice: that, also, at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice, with exceeding great joy. ¹⁴ If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

² Feed the flock of God, which is with you; exercising the overseer's office, not by constraint, but willingly; neither for the sake of sordid gain, but from good disposition; ³ neither as lording it over the heritage of God, but, being patterns to the flock: ⁴ and when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive the crown of glory which fades not away.

²² Happy shall you be when men shall hate you, and separate your from their society; yes, reproach and defame you, on account of the Son of Man!

⁴¹ Then, Jesus answering, said, O incredulous and perverse generation! how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring your son hither. ⁴² And as he was coming, the demon dashed him down in convulsions. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and having cured the child, delivered him to his father.

¹⁶ And must not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound, lo! these eighteen years, be released from this bond on the Sabbath day?

¹⁰ In like manner say you, when you have done all that is commanded of you, We, your servants, have conferred no favor; we have done only what we were bound to do.

¹⁵ for I will give you an utterance, and wisdom, which none of your adversaries shall be able to refute or resist.

⁴³ Jesus answered, Indeed, I say to you, Today you shall be with me in paradise.

⁵¹ And while he was blessing them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

⁴⁸ Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and prodigies, you will not believe.

⁵⁶ He who eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, abides in me, and I abide in him.

¹⁰ The thief comes in only to steal, to slay, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. ¹¹ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.

⁴ Abide in me, and I will abide in you; as the branch can not bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in me, and in whom I abide, produces much fruit; for, severed from me, you can do nothing. ⁶ If any man abide not in me, he is cast forth like withered branches, which are gathered for fuel, and burnt.

²¹ But all this treatment they will give you on my account, because they know not him who sent me.

⁷ Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is for your good that I depart; for if I do not depart, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you.

⁴¹ And they departed from the presence of the Sanhedrim. rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be exposed to infamy for the sake of his name.

³⁹ And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly conveyed away Philip, and the officer saw him no more: so he went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Azotus; and going on thence, he proclaimed the glad tidings in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

¹⁰ Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, whose name was Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus, whose name is Saul; for, behold, he is praying to me; ¹² and he has seen in a vision, a man whose name is Ananias, coming in and laying his hand upon him, that he might recover his sight. ¹³ Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many concerning this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem; ¹⁴ and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name. ¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, Go your way; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the children of Israel: ¹⁶ for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name. ¹⁷ Then Ananias went, and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on the way, as you came, has sent me; that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

⁶ they, having received intelligence of it, fled to Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the adjacent country:

⁹ But the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear not, but speak, and do not keep silence;

³³ I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

³³ I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. ³⁴ Yes, you yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those that were with me. ³⁵ I have showed you all things; how, that thus laboring, you ought to assist the infirm, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is much happier to give than to receive.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, that when I was returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, I was in a trance:

¹⁷ And it came to pass, that when I was returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, I was in a trance: ¹⁸ and I saw him, saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem; for they will not receive your testimony concerning me. ¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they know I was imprisoning, and scourging in the synagogues, them that believed in thee; ²⁰ and when the blood of Stephen thy martyr was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and kept the garments of those who slew him. ²¹ And he said to me, Go your way, for I will send you afar off to the Gentiles-

¹¹ And in the following night, the Lord, standing by him, said, Be of good courage, Paul; for as you have testified the things concerning me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear testimony in Rome.

¹³ at mid-day, on the road, King Agrippa, I saw a light from heaven, exceeding the splendor of the sun, shining about me, and those who traveled with me. ¹⁴ And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying, in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads. ¹⁵ And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you persecute. ¹⁶ But arise, and stand upon your feet, for to this purpose I have appeared to you, to ordain you a minister and a witness, both of the things which you have seen, and of those which I will hereafter show you: ¹⁷ delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles; to whom I now send you- ¹⁸ to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; that they may receive forgiveness of sons, and an inheritance amongst the sanctified, through faith in me. ¹⁹ From that time, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

²⁹ being filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, bad habits, whisperers,

¹² And a father to the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had whilst in uncircumcision.

³ and not only so, but we rejoice even in afflictions; knowing that affliction produces patience;

¹ There is, then, no condemnation, now, to those who are in Christ Jesus.

³⁵ Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ As it is written, "Truly, for thy sake, we are put to death all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." ³⁷ Nay, in all these things, we do more than overcome, through him who has loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life; neither angels, nor principalities; nor powers; neither things present, nor to come; ³⁹ neither height, nor depth; nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹ I speak the truth in Christ, I do not speak falsely, my conscience bearing me witness, in the Holy Spirit, ² that I have great grief and unceasing anguish, in my heart,

¹⁹ Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but give place to the wrath of God; for it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

¹³ Let us walk about decently, as in the day, not in revellings and drunkenness; not in chamberings and lasciviousness; not in strife and envy.

¹⁸ But, I will not dare to speak anything of what Christ has not wrought; but, of what he has wrought, by me, in order to the obedience of the Gentiles in word and deed; ¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Holy Spirit: so that from Jerusalem, and round about, as far as Illyricum, I have fully declared the gospel of Christ;

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

⁵ that you were enriched with every gift, by him; even with all speech, and all knowledge, ⁶ just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you: ⁷ so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the full manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹¹ For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by some of the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

³⁰ Of him, therefore, you are in Christ Jesus, who is become to us wisdom from God, justification, also, and sanctification, and redemption.

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

⁵ That your faith might not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

³ For, whereas, among you, envying, and strife, and divisions subsist; are you not fleshly, and walk after the manner of men? ⁴ Besides, while one says, I, indeed, am of Paul; and another, I of Apollos, are you not fleshly?

⁴ Besides, while one says, I, indeed, am of Paul; and another, I of Apollos, are you not fleshly? ⁵ For who is Paul, and who is Apollos; but ministers, by whom you have believed, even as the Lord has given to each?

⁵ For who is Paul, and who is Apollos; but ministers, by whom you have believed, even as the Lord has given to each? ⁶ I have planted, Apollos has watered; but God has made to grow. ⁷ So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God, who makes to grow.

⁹ Wherefore, we are joint laborers, employed by God. You are God's field; you are God's building. ¹⁰ According to the favor of God, which is given to me as a skillful architect, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon it. But let every one take heed how he builds on it.

²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come-all are yours;

⁶ Now, these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself, and Apollos, for your sakes, that by us you may learn not to esteem teachers above what has been written, that no one of you may, on account of one teacher, be puffed up against another. ⁷ Besides, who makes you to differ? For what have you which you did not receive? And now, if you did receive it, why do you boast as not receiving it? ⁸ Now you are filled! now you are become rich! you have reigned without it! and I wish, indeed, you had reigned, that we also might reign with you.

⁸ Now you are filled! now you are become rich! you have reigned without it! and I wish, indeed, you had reigned, that we also might reign with you. ⁹ For I think that God has set forth us, the Apostles, last, as persons appointed to death; because we are made a spectacle to the world, even to angels, and to men. ¹⁰ We are fools on account of Christ; but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honored, but we are despised.

¹⁰ We are fools on account of Christ; but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honored, but we are despised. ¹¹ To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place,

¹¹ To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place, ¹² and labor, working with our own hands: when reviled, we bless: when persecuted, we bear: ¹³ when defamed, we beseech: when we are become as the purgations of the world, the filth of all things until now. ¹⁴ I write not these things to shame you; but, as my beloved children, I instruct you.

¹⁴ I write not these things to shame you; but, as my beloved children, I instruct you. ¹⁵ For, though you have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet you have not many fathers; for, to Christ Jesus, through the gospel, I have begotten you.

¹⁵ For, though you have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet you have not many fathers; for, to Christ Jesus, through the gospel, I have begotten you. ¹⁶ Wherefore, I beseech you, be imitators of me. ¹⁷ For this purpose I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord: he will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere, in every congregation.

¹⁷ For this purpose I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord: he will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere, in every congregation. ¹⁸ Now, some are puffed up, as if I were not coming to you.

¹⁸ Now, some are puffed up, as if I were not coming to you. ¹⁹ But I will come to you soon, if the Lord will, and shall know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.

¹⁹ But I will come to you soon, if the Lord will, and shall know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power. ²⁰ For the Reign of God is not in word, but in power. ²¹ What do you incline? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

¹ It is generally reported that there is incest among you; and such incest as is not even among the heathens-that one has his father's wife.

³ Wherefore, I, indeed, as absent in the body yet present in spirit, have already, as present, judged him who committed this act. ⁴ My sentence is this: You being assembled, my spirit also being with you; in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, with the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵ deliver this very person up to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

⁵ deliver this very person up to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

⁹ I wrote you, in that epistle, not to associate with the vicious; ¹⁰ but I did not mean in general the fornicators of this world, the avaricious, the rapacious, or the idolaters; seeing, then, indeed, you must go out of the world. ¹¹ But now I write to you, if any one, called a brother, be a fornicator, or a covetous person, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; not to associate, not even to eat, with such a person.

⁷ Now, therefore, indeed, there is plainly a fault in you, that you have law-suits with one another. Why do you not rather bear the being defrauded? ⁸ But you injure and defraud; and that, too, your own brethren. ⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor misers, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were some of you; but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified, by the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. ¹² All meats are lawful for me to eat, but all are not proper: all meats are lawful for me to eat; but I will not be enslaved by any meat.

¹⁵ Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall, I, then, take the members of Christ and make them the members of a harlot? By no means. ¹⁶ What! do you not know that he who is strongly attached to a harlot is one body? for he says, "The two shall be one flesh." ¹⁷ But he, who is strongly attached to the Lord, is one spirit. ¹⁸ Flee uncleanness. Every sin which a man commits, is without the body: but he who commits uncleanness, sins against his own body.

¹ Am I not an Apostle? Am I not a freeman? Have I not seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? ² If to others I am not an Apostle, yet, to you, at least, I am; for the seal of my apostleship, are you, in the Lord.

⁶ Or, have I, only, and Barnabas, not liberty to forbear working?

¹² If others partake of this authority over you, ought not we, rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power; but we bear all things, that we may not give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

¹² If others partake of this authority over you, ought not we, rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power; but we bear all things, that we may not give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ. ¹³ Do you not know that they who perform sacred offices, eat from the temple? Do not they who wait at the altar share with the altar? ¹⁴ So also, the Lord has appointed them who announce the gospel, to live by the gospel. ¹⁵ But I have used none of these privileges; neither have I written these things that it should be done to me: for it were good for me rather to die, than that any one should make my boasting void.

¹⁵ But I have used none of these privileges; neither have I written these things that it should be done to me: for it were good for me rather to die, than that any one should make my boasting void. ¹⁶ For when I declared the gospel, I have nothing to boast of; because necessity is laud upon me: yes, woe awaits me if I declare not the gospel.

¹⁶ For when I declared the gospel, I have nothing to boast of; because necessity is laud upon me: yes, woe awaits me if I declare not the gospel. ¹⁷ Now, if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but, if against my will, still I am entrusted with the stewardship.

¹⁷ Now, if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but, if against my will, still I am entrusted with the stewardship. ¹⁸ What, then, is my reward? that, when declaring the gospel, I shall exhibit the gospel of Christ without charge, in order that I may not abuse my power in the gospel.

¹⁸ What, then, is my reward? that, when declaring the gospel, I shall exhibit the gospel of Christ without charge, in order that I may not abuse my power in the gospel. ¹⁹ For, though I be a freeman, with respect to all; I have made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more. ²⁰ So, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those under the law, (though not under the law) as under the law, that I might gain those under the law: ²¹ to those without law, as without law, (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ,) that I might gain those that are without law. ²² To the weak, I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. To all, I have become all things, that, by all means, I might same some. ²³ Now, this I do for the sake of the gospel, and that I may become a joint partaker of its rewards.

¹³ No trial has come upon you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tried above what you are able, but will, with the trial, also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear. ¹⁴ Wherefore, my beloved, fly from idolatry.

²³ All things are lawful, but all are not expedient; all are lawful, but all do not edify. ²⁴ Let no one seek his own, but that of his neighbor, also.

³³ Even as I please all men in all things; not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

¹⁶ However, if any one resolve to be contentious, we have no such custom; neither the congregations of God. ¹⁷ Now, in declaring this, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse, I do not praise you. ¹⁸ For, first, indeed, I hear, that when you come together in the congregation, there are schisms among you; and I partly believe it. ¹⁹ For there must even be sects among you, that the approved among you may be made manifest.

³⁴ And if any one hunger, let him eat at home, that you may not come together for judgment. And the other things I will set in order when I come.

¹⁸ I give thanks to God, speaking in more foreign languages than all of you;

²⁶ What is it, then, brethren? When you are come together, each of you has a psalm, has a discourse, has a foreign language, has a revelation, has an interpretation! Let all things be done to edification.

³³ Besides, God is not the author of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

³⁶ What! went the word of God forth from you? or did it come to you only? ³⁷ If any one be really a prophet, or spiritual person, let him acknowledge the things I write to you, that they are the commandments of the Lord.

⁸ And, last of all he was seen by me, as by one born out of due time. ⁹ For I am the least of the Apostles; who am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the congregation of God. ¹⁰ But, by the favor of God, I am what I am: and his favor which was bestowed on me, was not vain; for I have labored more abundantly than all of them; yet not I, but the favor of God, which is with me.

¹⁰ But, by the favor of God, I am what I am: and his favor which was bestowed on me, was not vain; for I have labored more abundantly than all of them; yet not I, but the favor of God, which is with me.

⁴ who comforts us in all out affliction, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any affliction, by the consolation with which they are comforted of God.

⁶ Now, whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort, and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effected by enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer.

¹² For this is our glorying-the testimony of our conscience, that with godly simplicity and sincerity, (not with fleshly wisdom, but by the favor of God,) we have behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly among you.

¹⁴ seeing, indeed, you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁵ And in this persuasions I purposed to come to you first, that you might have a second gift;

¹⁸ But as God is faithful, certainly our word, which was to you, was not yes and no.

²³ Moreover, I call on God as a witness against my soul, that to spare you, I have not as yet come to Corinth.

¹ Besides, I determined this with myself, not to come again to you with sorrow. ² For if I should make you sorry, who then is he that could make me glad, unless the same who is made sorry by me? ³ Wherefore, I wrote to you this very thing, that, coming, I might not have sorrow from them in whom I ought to rejoice; being firmly persuaded concerning you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

³ Wherefore, I wrote to you this very thing, that, coming, I might not have sorrow from them in whom I ought to rejoice; being firmly persuaded concerning you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. ⁴ For out of much affliction and distress of heart, I wrote to you with many tears; not that you might be made sorry, but that you might know the love which I have most abundantly toward you. ⁵ Now, if a certain person has grieved me, he has not grieved me except by a part of you, that I may not lay a load on you all. ⁶ Sufficient for such a one is the punishment, which was inflicted by the majority. ⁷ So that, on the other hand, you ought more willingly to forgive and comfort him, lest such a one should be swallowed up by excessive grief. ⁸ Wherefore, I beseech you to confirm your love to him. ⁹ For to this end, also, I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you be obedient in all things. ¹⁰ Now, to whom you forgive anything, I also forgive: and even I, if I have now forgiven anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it, in the person of Christ: ¹¹ that we may not be overreached by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices. ¹² Moreover, when I came to Troas, in order to declare the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord; ¹³ I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus, my brother: therefore, bidding them farewell, I went away into Macedonia.

¹ Must we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some, letters of recommendation to you, or letters of recommendation from you?

⁵ not that we are competent by ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves: but our competency is from God, ⁶ who has made us competent ministers of a new institution; not of letter, but of spirit: for the letter kills; but the spirit makes alive.

² but have commanded away the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

⁵ Now, we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants, for Jesus' sake.

⁸ We are pressed on every side, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹ persecuted, but not utterly forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed. ¹⁰ At all times carrying about in the body, the putting to death of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. ¹¹ For we who live are always exposed to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

¹⁷ For our momentary light afflictions work out for us an eternal weight of glory, great beyond expression;

⁶ We are, therefore, always courageous; knowing that while at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: ⁷ (for we walk by faith, not by sight.) ⁸ We are courageous, indeed, and desirous rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

¹² However, we do not again commend ourselves to you, but only give you occasion of boasting concerning us, that you may have an answer to them who boast in appearance, not in heart. ¹³ For, whether we be beside ourselves, it is for God; or whether we be sober, it is for you.

¹³ For, whether we be beside ourselves, it is for God; or whether we be sober, it is for you.

¹⁵ and that he has died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who has died and rose again for them.

¹⁷ For, if any one be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new!

²¹ For he has made him, who knew no sin, a sin-offering for us; that we might become the justified of God, by him.

⁴ But by everything approving ourselves as ministers of God, by much patience, by oppressions, by necessities, by distresses,

⁴ But by everything approving ourselves as ministers of God, by much patience, by oppressions, by necessities, by distresses, ⁵ by stripes, by imprisonments, by tumults, by labors, by watchings, by fastings; ⁶ by purity, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by goodness, by a holy spirit, by love unfeigned; ⁷ by the word of truth, by the power of God, through the armor of righteousness of the right hand and of the left; ⁸ through honor and dishonor, through bad fame and good fame; as deceivers, yet true; ⁹ as unknown, yet well known; as dying, yet, behold, we live; as chastened, yet not killed; ¹⁰ as sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

¹² You are not straitened in us, but you are straitened in your own bowels. ¹³ Now, in return, (I speak as to children,) be you also enlarged.

¹ Wherefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit; perfecting holiness in the fear of God. ² Receive us cordially. We have injured no one; we have corrupted no one; we have defrauded no one. ³ I speak not this to condemn you; for I have said before, that you are in our hearts, to die and live with you. ⁴ Great is my freedom of speech to you; great is my boasting concerning you: I am filled with consolation, I exceedingly abound in joy in all our affliction.

⁶ Nevertheless, God, who comforts them who are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus-

⁹ I now rejoice; not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow produced reformation: for you were made to sorrow in a godly manner, that you might be injured by us in nothing. ¹⁰ For godly sorrow produces a reformation to salvation, never to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world produces death. ¹¹ Behold, now, this very thing-your being made sorry with a godly sorrow-what carefulness it wrought in you; yes, what clearing of yourselves; yes, what indignation; yes, what fear; yes, what earnest desire; yes, what zeal; yes, what revenge! Upon the whole, you have showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.

⁶ This moved us to entreat Titus, that as he had formerly begun, so he would also finish the same charity among you likewise.

¹⁰ And in this I give my opinion, not only to do, but also to be willing since the last year.

¹⁶ Now thanks be to God, who has put the same earnest care concerning you, into the heart of Titus. ¹⁷ For he, indeed, received an exhortation; but from his great earnestness, was going to you of his own accord. ¹⁸ And with him we have sent the brother, whose praise in the gospel is throughout all the congregations. ¹⁹ And not only so, but who was also chosen by the congregations our fellow-traveler, with this charity, which is ministered by us, to the glory of the Lord himself, and of your readiness: ²⁰ using this precaution, that none may blame us in the distribution of this abundance; ²¹ premeditating things comely, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in sight of men. ²² And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes found diligent in many things; but now much more diligent, from the great confidence which he has in you. ²³ If any inquire concerning Titus, he is my partner and fellow-laborer for you; or if our brethren be inquired of, they are Apostles of congregations, and a glory of Christ. ²⁴ Wherefore, the proof of your love, and of our boasting concerning you, display before them, and before the face of the congregations.

³ Yet I have sent the brethren, that our boasting concerning you, may not be rendered false in this particular; but that as I said you may be prepared. ⁴ Lest, perhaps, if the Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not you) should be put to shame by this confidence. ⁵ Therefore, I thought it necessary to entreat the brethren, that they would go before you, and complete beforehand your formerly announced bounty; that the same might be thus ready as a gift, and not as a thing extorted.

² beseech you, by the mildness and clemency of Christ. And I request that, when present I may not be bold with that confidence with which I conclude to be bold against some, who conclude us to be really persons who walk according to the flesh.

² beseech you, by the mildness and clemency of Christ. And I request that, when present I may not be bold with that confidence with which I conclude to be bold against some, who conclude us to be really persons who walk according to the flesh. ³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh;

⁵ overturning reasonings, and every high thing raised up against the knowledge of God; and leading captive every thought to the obedience of Christ; ⁶ and are prepared to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is completed.

⁸ And, therefore, I should not be ashamed, if I should boast somewhat more of our power, which the Lord has given us for your edification, and not for your destruction.

⁸ And, therefore, I should not be ashamed, if I should boast somewhat more of our power, which the Lord has given us for your edification, and not for your destruction.

⁸ And, therefore, I should not be ashamed, if I should boast somewhat more of our power, which the Lord has given us for your edification, and not for your destruction. ⁹ That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters;

⁹ That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters; ¹⁰ (for his letters, says one, are indeed weighty and strong; but his bodily presence weak, and his speech contemptible;)

¹⁸ For not he who commends himself is approved; but whom the Lord commends.

¹ I wish you would bear with me a little in my foolishness: yes, indeed, bear with me:

⁴ For, if, indeed, he who has come preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached; or, if you receive another Spirit which you have not received; or another gospel which you have not embraced; you might justly bear with him. ⁵ For I reckon myself to have come nothing short of the very chief of the Apostles. ⁶ And even though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge. But upon the whole, we have been made manifest to you in all things. ⁷ Have I committed an offense in humbling myself that you might be exalted; because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? ⁸ I robbed other congregations, taking wages of them to do you service; ⁹ for being present with you, and in want, we were burdensome to no one; but what I wanted, the brethren from Macedonia supplied: and in everything I have kept, and will keep myself from being burdensome to you.

⁹ for being present with you, and in want, we were burdensome to no one; but what I wanted, the brethren from Macedonia supplied: and in everything I have kept, and will keep myself from being burdensome to you. ¹⁰ Is the truth in me? then this my boasting shall not be prevented in the regions of Achaia.

¹⁰ Is the truth in me? then this my boasting shall not be prevented in the regions of Achaia. ¹¹ For what reason? because I do not love you? God knows.

¹⁶ Moreover, I say, let no one think me a fool; but, if otherwise, at least, as a fool, bear with me, that I also may boast a little.

¹⁶ Moreover, I say, let no one think me a fool; but, if otherwise, at least, as a fool, bear with me, that I also may boast a little.

¹⁶ Moreover, I say, let no one think me a fool; but, if otherwise, at least, as a fool, bear with me, that I also may boast a little. ¹⁷ What I speak in this confident boasting, I do not speak according to the Lord; but as in foolishness.

¹⁷ What I speak in this confident boasting, I do not speak according to the Lord; but as in foolishness. ¹⁸ Seeing many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. ¹⁹ For, being wise, you bear with fools cheerfully. ²⁰ For if one enslave you, you bear it; if one devour you, if one take your goods, if one exalt himself, if one strike you on the face-

²⁰ For if one enslave you, you bear it; if one devour you, if one take your goods, if one exalt himself, if one strike you on the face- ²¹ I speak of reproach, as, that we are weak. But, in whatever any one is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. ²² Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. ²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool,) I am above them: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often; ²⁴ of the Jews, five times I received forty stripes, save one: ²⁵ thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stone, thrice I was ship-wrecked: I have spent a night and a day in the deep. ²⁶ In journeys often, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the heathens, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brethren. ²⁷ In labor and toil; in watching often; in hunger and thirst; in fastings often; in cold and nakedness. ²⁸ Besides these troubles from without, that which is my daily pressure, the anxious care of all the congregations. ²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn? ³⁰ If I must boast, I will boast of the things which relate to my weakness.

³⁰ If I must boast, I will boast of the things which relate to my weakness. ³¹ The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.

³ Indeed, I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know:) ⁴ that he was suddenly conveyed away into paradise, and heard unspeakable things, which are not lawful for man to utter. ⁵ Concerning such a one I will boast; but concerning myself I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.

⁵ Concerning such a one I will boast; but concerning myself I will not boast, except of my weaknesses. ⁶ Yet if I should incline to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any one should think concerning me, above what he sees me to be, or what he hears from me. ⁷ Indeed, that I might not be exalted above measure by the transcendency of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

⁹ But he said to me, My favor is sufficient for you, besides, my power is perfected in weakness: most gladly, therefore, I will boast rather of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me.

⁹ But he said to me, My favor is sufficient for you, besides, my power is perfected in weakness: most gladly, therefore, I will boast rather of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me. ¹⁰ Wherefore, I am well pleased with weaknesses, with insults, with necessities, with persecutions, with distresses, for Christ's sake; because when I am weak, then I am strong.

¹⁰ Wherefore, I am well pleased with weaknesses, with insults, with necessities, with persecutions, with distresses, for Christ's sake; because when I am weak, then I am strong. ¹¹ Have I become a fool-? You have constrained me to it; for I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in nothing behind the very greatest Apostles, though I am nothing. ¹² Truly the signs of an Apostle were fully wrought among you with all patience, by signs and wonders, and powers. ¹³ For what is the thing in which you were inferior to other congregations, unless that I myself have not been burdensome to you? Forgive me this injury. ¹⁴ Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you; because I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ Yes, I most gladly will spend and be spent for the sake of your souls; even though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

¹⁸ I besought Titus to go to you; and with him I sent a brother: did Titus make any gain of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?

²¹ And lest, when I come again, my God may humble me among you; and I shall bewail many, who have formerly sinned, and have not reformed from the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they have committed.

¹ I am coming this third time to you: by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every matter shall be established. ² I have told you before, and now forewarn the second time, (as if present, though still absent,) those who have formerly sinned, and all others, that when I come again I will not spare;

² I have told you before, and now forewarn the second time, (as if present, though still absent,) those who have formerly sinned, and all others, that when I come again I will not spare;

⁴ for though we was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; and though we also are weak with him, yet we shall live with him, by the power of God toward you.) ⁵ Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove yourselves: know you not yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are disapproved?

⁹ Therefore we rejoice when we are weak, and you are strong: and this, also, we pray for, even your perfection.

⁹ Therefore we rejoice when we are weak, and you are strong: and this, also, we pray for, even your perfection. ¹⁰ For this reason, being absent, I write these things, that, when present, I may not act sharply, according to the power which the Lord has give me for edification, and not for destruction.

¹⁰ For this reason, being absent, I write these things, that, when present, I may not act sharply, according to the power which the Lord has give me for edification, and not for destruction.

¹² For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, except by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

²² and I was personally unknown to the congregations of Judea which are in Christ.

² And I went up by revelation; and communicated to them the gospel which I proclaimed to the Gentiles; but privately to them who were of reputation; lest, perhaps, I should run, or had run in vain.

⁶ Besides, from them who were of reputation, I received nothing; (whatever they were formerly, is no matter to me: God respects not a man's appearance. For they who were of reputation, communicated nothing to me.) ⁷ But, on the contrary, perceiving that I was entrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, just as Peter was with that of the circumcision; ⁸ (for he who wrought effectually in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision, also wrought effectually in me for the Gentiles): ⁹ even James, and Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, having perceived the favor granted to me, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we, indeed, should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision; ¹⁰ requesting only, that we would remember the poor, which very thing I had also been diligent to do. ¹¹ Moreover, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was to be blamed. ¹² For, before certain persons came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles; but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, being afraid of them of the circumcision. ¹³ And the other Jews also dissembled with them, insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter, before them all-If you, being a Jew, live after the manner of the Gentiles, and not after the manner of the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to Judaize?

¹⁰ You carefully observe days and moons, and seasons and years.

¹³ You know, indeed, that in weakness of the flesh, I declared the gospel to you at first.

³ that by revelation the secret was made known to me, (as I wrote before in a few words;

⁸ to me, the least of saints, was this favor given, to publish among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ;

¹⁶ praying that, according to the riches of his glory, he would grant you to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inward man:

¹⁰ He who descended, is the same who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

³¹ Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamor, and detraction, be taken away from among you, with all malice. ³² But be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, even as God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you.

⁵ For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor lascivious man, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with vain speeches; for on account of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.

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

²² But whether to live in the flesh would be to my advantage; or what to choose, I do not know: ²³ for I am in a strait between the two, having a strong desire to depart and be with Christ, which is by far the better.

²⁹ For to you it is graciously given, on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

¹⁷ Yes, and if I be made a drink-offering upon the sacrifice and ministry of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all;

¹⁷ Yes, and if I be made a drink-offering upon the sacrifice and ministry of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all; ¹⁸ and for the same do you also joy and rejoice with me. ¹⁹ Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be of good courage, that I also may be of good courage, when I know your affairs. ²⁰ For I have no one like disposed, who will sincerely take care of your affairs; ²¹ for all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. ²² But you know the proof of him, that, as a son with a father, so he has served with me in the gospel.

¹⁸ (For I have often told you, and now tell you, even weeping, that many walk as the enemies of the cross of Christ; ¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetites, whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

¹ Wherefore, my brethren, beloved and much desired, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

¹³ I can do all things, through him who strengthens me.

¹⁷ not that I earnestly seek the fruit, which abounds to your account.

¹¹ being strengthened with all strength, according to his glorious power, to all patience and long-suffering with joy:

²⁴ I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and fill up the remainder of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the congregation;

²⁸ whom we announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, with all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ. ²⁹ For which I also labor, combating vigorously, according to the effectual working of him who works effectually in me with power.

⁵ Mortify, therefore, your members which are on the earth; fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and licentiousness, which is idolatry;

³ Besides, our exhortation was not from error, nor from impurity, nor with guile.

⁵ For neither did we, at any time, use flattering words, or a pretext for covetousness; God is witness.

⁵ For neither did we, at any time, use flattering words, or a pretext for covetousness; God is witness. ⁶ Neither sought we honor from men; neither from you, nor from others. We might have acted with authority, as Apostles of Christ;

⁸ so, having a strong affection for you, we were well pleased to have imparted to you, not only the gospel of God, but our own souls, also; because you were become dear to us.

¹¹ As, also, you know, how we addressed every one of you as a father his own children, exhorting and comforting you;

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, at his coming? ²⁰ You, indeed, are our glory and our joy.

³ for this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from whoredom- ⁴ that every one of you should know how to possess his own body in sanctification and honor- ⁵ not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God. ⁶ That no man should go beyond bounds, or defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all such; ⁷ for God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

¹⁷ afterward we, the living, who remain, shall, at the same time with them, be instantly taken up in clouds, to join the Lord in the air; and so we shall be for ever with the Lord.

⁴ so that we ourselves boast of you to the congregations of God, on account of your patience and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions, which you endure;

¹⁴ and the favor of the Lord has superabounded, with the faith and love which is by Christ Jesus.

⁶ Not a new convert, lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

¹⁰ For this cause I patiently bear all things on account of the elect; that they, indeed, may obtain the salvation which is by Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

¹⁶ Let us, therefore, approach, with boldness, to the throne of favor, that we may receive mercy, and obtain favor for the purpose of seasonable help.

⁷ He, (who, in the days of his flesh, having, with loud cries, and with tears, offered up prayers and supplications to him who was able to save him from death, and was delivered from his fear,)

²⁴ Therefore, Christ has not entered into the holy places made with hands, the antitypes of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God, on our account.

³⁴ quenched the strength of fire, escaped the edges of the sword, grew strong from sickness, became valiant in battle, overturned the camps of the aliens.

⁴ Let marriage be honorable among all, and the bed unpolluted; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

¹⁷ Obey your rulers, and submit yourselves; for they watch for your souls, as those who must give account: -that they may do this with joy, and not with mourning; for that would be unprofitable for you.

² My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into diverse trials;

¹⁴ But if you have bitter anger and strife in your heart, do you not boast and lie against the truth? ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom which comes from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish: ¹⁶ for where there is anger and strife, there is disorder, and every evil work.

¹ Whence wars and fightings among you? Do they not come hence, even from your lusts, which war in your members? ² You strongly desire, and have not; you kill, and are zealous, and can not obtain. You fight and war, but have not, because you ask not. ³ You ask, and do not receive, because you ask wickedly, that you may spend upon your lusts. ⁴ Adulterers, and adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world, is counted an enemy of God. ⁵ Do you think that the scripture speaks in vain? And does the spirit, who dwells in us, strongly incline to envy?

⁶ On account of this, be exceeding glad, though now, for a little while, (since it is needful,) you are made sorry by divers trials; ⁷ that the trying of your faith, (much more precious than of gold, which perishes, though proved by fire,) may be found to praise, and honor, and glory, at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹ Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speaking;

³ Because, indeed, you have tasted that the Lord is good;

¹⁰ but especially those who go after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and who despise government: being audacious, self-willed, who fear not to revile dignitaries; ¹¹ whereas, angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. ¹² But these, as natural, irrational animals, made for capture and destruction, speaking evil of matters which they do not understand, shall be utterly destroyed by their own corruptions; ¹³ receiving the due reward of unrighteousness. These delight to spend the day in luxurious festivity: they are spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits when they feast with you; ¹⁴ having eyes full of the adulteress, incessantly sinning, alluring unstable souls; having a heart exercised with insatiable desires; an accursed progeny:

¹⁸ for, speaking great swelling words of falsehood, they allure by the lusts of the flesh, even by lasciviousness, those who have actually fled away from them who are living in error.

²⁰ Moreover, we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, that we might know him that is true; and we are in him that is true-in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the eternal life.

⁷ Likewise Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, which, after their example, had habitually committed uncleanness, and gone after other flesh, are set forth an example, suffering the punishment of an eternal fire.

¹⁶ These are murmurers, and complainers, who walk according to their own lusts; and their mouths speak great swelling words. They admire persons for the sake of gain.

²³ but others, save by fear, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard a great voice behind me, as of a trumpet,

³ and you have patience; and have borne for my name's sake, and have not fainted.

⁷ Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who conquers, I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

² And immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sitting upon it;

⁵ And she brought forth a masculine son, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and he child was suddenly taken up to God, even to his throne.

⁸ But, as for the cowards, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and prostitutes, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars-their part shall be in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

¹⁵ Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who loves and invents a lie.)

²⁰ He who testifies these things, says, Surely, I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.