2 Corinthians 11 Cross References - MNT

¹ Would that you could put up with a little "folly" from me! Nay, do bear with me. ² I have a divine jealousy on your behalf; for I betrothed you to one only husband, even to Christ, that I might present you to him, a chaste virgin. ³ But I fear lest, just as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, so your minds should be seduced from your single-mindedness and purity toward Christ. ⁴ If indeed some one is coming to preach another Jesus, whom I did not preach, or you are receiving a Spirit other than you once received, or another gospel which you did not accept before, you would do well to bear with me. ⁵ For I reckon that I am in no respect behind your superapostolic apostles. ⁶ Yes, though I be unskilled in speech, at least I am not in knowledge; indeed I made this perfectly plain to you in all things and among all men. ⁷ Is it a sin, forsooth, that I humbled myself that you might be exalted, in preaching the gospel to you free of cost? ⁸ Other churches I spoiled, and took their wages to do you service. ⁹ Even when I lacked the actual necessities of life while I was with you, I was a burden to no one; for whatever I lacked, the brothers from Macedonia supplied, when they came. So I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. ¹⁰ As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine shall not be stopped within the boundaries of Greece! ¹¹ And why? Because I love you not? God knows I do. ¹² I am doing and will continue to do this in order to cut away the ground from under those who wish some cause for slander; and that the ground of their boasting may appear as does mine. ¹³ For such fellows are sham apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ No wonder! for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is no great marvel, then, if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works. ¹⁶ I say again, let no one think me a fool. Or, if you must, at least bear with me as a fool, that I, too, may do a little boasting. ¹⁷ What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord's command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting. ¹⁸ Since so many are making worldly boasts, I shall boast, too! ¹⁹ Although you are wise, you put up with fools willingly enough! ²⁰ You put up with it, though they make slaves of you, live on you, seize your property, lord it over you, even strike you in the face, in the way of degradation! ²¹ I say that I was weak, and yet for whatever reason any one is bold (I speak in mere folly) I too am bold. ²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they descendants of Israel? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. ²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often. ²⁴ Five times at the hands of the Jews, I have received one short of forty lashes. ²⁵ Three times I have been scourged by the Romans; once I have been stoned; three times have I been shipwrecked; a night and a day have I been adrift in the open sea. ²⁶ My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers; ²⁷ in toil and weariness, often in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst, often without anything to eat; in cold and in nakedness. ²⁸ Not to mention other things, there is the crowding pressure of each day upon me, the care of all the churches. ²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, but I burn with indignation? ³⁰ If boast I must, it shall be concerning my weakness. ³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am telling the truth. ³² In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the King, kept guard over the city of the Damascus, to arrest me; ³³ but through an opening in the wall I was let down in a basket, and so escaped and out of his hands.

⁹ And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'—I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.

¹ Then Jesus was led up into the desert by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil. ² And after he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he became hungry, ³ So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread." ⁴ Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." ⁵ Then the devil took him up into the Holy City and stood him on the parapet of the temple, ⁶ and said to him. "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge over thee; Upon their hands they will bear thee up, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." ⁷ "It is written again," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." ⁸ Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them, ⁹ and said to him, "All these will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me." ¹⁰ "Begone, Satan!" answered Jesus, for it is written, "Thou must worship the Lord thy God, and Him only must thou serve."

¹⁵ "Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ "By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered of thorns, or figs of thistles?

¹⁷ "But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

¹⁷ In reply Jesus said: "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him here to me!"

³⁵ And the vine-dressers seized his slaves, flogged one, killed another, and stoned a third.

²⁴ For false christs and false prophets will arise, and will work great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if it were possible, the very elect.

²⁴ "Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered;

⁹ "You yourselves must be on your guard. They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be flogged on the synagogues; and you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, to witness to them for me.

²⁹ To him who gives you a blow on the jaw Turn the other jaw also; And from him who is robbing you of your cloak Withhold not your coat also.

¹⁷ His disciples recalled that it is written, The zeal of thine house will devour me.

²⁴ but for his part Jesus was not trusting himself to them, because he knew all men, ²⁵ and did not need any one's testimony concerning man, for he himself knew what was in man.

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.

³³ "We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been in slavery to any man. What do you mean by saying, 'You shall become free'?" ³⁴ "In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus replied, "every one who commits sin is a slave ³⁵ "Now the slave does not remain permanently in the household, but the son does remain. ³⁶ "So then, if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed. ³⁷ "I know you are Abraham's descendants; but you are seeking to kill me, Because my teaching has no place in you. ³⁸ "I am declaring what I have seen with the Father, and you are acting as you have learned from your father." ³⁹ "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you are indeed Abraham's children," said Jesus "do the deeds of Abraham.

⁴⁴ "You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.

³⁰ "I and my Father are one."

¹⁷ "Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I am not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

¹⁷ The third time Jesus asked him, "Am I really dear to you?" Peter was grieved because the third time he asked, "Am I really dear to you?" and he answered, "Master, you know all things, you know that you are dear to me."

¹² "There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men, in which we must be saved."

⁵⁸ dragged him outside the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. ⁵⁹ So they stoned Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

¹⁶ "for I am going to show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my name."

²³ And when many days were fulfilled the Jews made a plot to kill Saul; ²⁴ but information of their plot was given Saul, and although they kept watch day and night on the gates, in order to make away with him,

²⁴ but information of their plot was given Saul, and although they kept watch day and night on the gates, in order to make away with him, ²⁵ his disciples took him by night, and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.

²⁵ his disciples took him by night, and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.

²⁵ his disciples took him by night, and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket. ²⁶ So he came to Jerusalem, and attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple. ²⁷ But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and told them how Saul had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him; and also how he had preached the Name of the Lord Jesus boldly at Damascus. ²⁸ Henceforth Saul was one of them, going in and out of the city, and speaking fearlessly in the Name of the Lord. ²⁹ He also used to hold conversations and debates with the Grecian Jews, but they kept trying to kill him. ³⁰ When they learned this the brothers took him down to Caesarea, and then sent him forth to Tarsus.

²⁵ Then Barnabas visited Tarsus, to try to find Saul, ²⁶ and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church, and taught many people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians."

¹ Now there were in the church in Antioch prophets and teachers; Barnabas and Symeon, surnamed "the Black," Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. ² And as they were worshiping the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

² And as they were worshiping the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." ³ So after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them, and let them go.

³ So after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them, and let them go. ⁴ So they, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. ⁵ And while they were in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. ⁶ They had John Mark as an assistant; and after going through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain Jewish sorcerer and false prophet, named Bar-Jesus, ⁷ who belonged to the suite of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God. ⁸ But Elymas, "the sorcerer," for that is the translation of his name, opposed them, and tried to divert the proconsul from the faith. ⁹ So Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily at him, and said: ¹⁰ "O full of all craft and cunning, you son of the devil! You enemy of all goodness! Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

¹⁰ "O full of all craft and cunning, you son of the devil! You enemy of all goodness! Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? ¹¹ "The Lord's hand is now upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season." Instantly there fell on him a mist and a darkness, and groping about, he sought some one to lead him by the hand. ¹² Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed. He was astounded at the teaching of the Lord. ¹³ From Paphos Paul and his party set sail for Perga in Pamphylia; but John Mark left them and went back to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ Then they themselves, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia. Here they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day and sat down.

⁵⁰ But the Jews urged on the devout women of high rank, and the leading citizens, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of the district,

⁵ And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,

¹⁹ And now a party of Jews came down form Antioch and Iconium, and after persuading the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

²³ They chose elders for them in every church, after prayer and fasting, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

¹ But some men came down from Judea and attempted to teach the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised according to Moses' custom, you cannot be saved." ² Now when dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, the brethren appointed Paul and Barnabas, and certain others, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. ³ So the church saw them off on their journey, and they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria. Here they set forth the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. ⁴ Upon their arrival in Jerusalem they were received by the church and the apostles and elders, and they told them all things that God had done with them.

⁸ "And God, who knows the hearts of all, gave this testimony in their behalf, by bestowing upon them the Holy Spirit just as he did upon us;

²⁴ "as we have heard that some of your number who went out from us have troubled you with words and upset your souls, without having received any such instruction from us;

³⁶ And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let is go back and visit the brothers in every city in which we have proclaimed the word of the Lord. Let us see how they fare."

⁴⁰ while Paul chose Silas, and set forth commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

⁴⁰ while Paul chose Silas, and set forth commended by the brothers to the grace of God. ⁴¹ He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

²² The crowd, too, rose up together against them, and the praetors, after having them stripped, and after ordering them to be flogged, ²³ had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe.

²³ had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe. ²⁴ On receiving so strict an order he cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

³³ And he took them, the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, he and all his.

³⁷ But Paul said: "They have flogged us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Roman citizens; and have thrown us into prison. Are they now going to get rid of us secretly? No, indeed! Let them come here, themselves and take us out."

⁵ But the Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill-favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

¹ After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. ² Here he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife, Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. ³ Paul came to them, and because he was of the same trade with them, he lodged with them, and worked with them—for by trade they were tentmakers.

³ Paul came to them, and because he was of the same trade with them, he lodged with them, and worked with them—for by trade they were tentmakers.

¹² But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose against Paul, and brought him before the tribunal.

¹⁴ Paul was about to open his mouth, when Gallio said to the Jews. "If it had been some misdemeanor or wicked villainy, it would have been within reason for me to listen to you Jews;

¹⁸ And Paul after remaining in Corinth some time longer, took leave of the brothers, and sailed away to Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. As Paul was under a vow, he had his head shaved at Cenchrea. ¹⁹ When they came to Ephesus he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰ When they begged him to stay longer, he would not consent, ²¹ but said, as he took leave of them, "I will return again to you, if God will." ²² Then, setting sail from Ephesus, he landed at Caesarea; he went up to Jerusalem and saluted the church, and came down to Antioch. ²³ After spending some time there, he set out and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, and strengthened all the disciples.

²³ After spending some time there, he set out and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, and strengthened all the disciples.

²⁷ When he wished to cross over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples in Corinth to receive him. On his arrival he mightily helped those who through grace had believed,

¹ Now it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the hinterland, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.

²³ Now just at this time, there arose no small commotion concerning the Way.

² And when he had passed through those districts and encouraged the disciples in many addresses, he came into Greece where he spent three months.

⁵ Now these had gone on, and were awaiting us at Troas; ⁶ but we ourselves set sail from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and joined them five days later at Troas. There we remained for a week. ⁷ On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread, and Paul, who was going away the next morning, began preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse until midnight. ⁸ Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were assembled, ⁹ and a young man named Eutychus was sitting in a window, overborne by deep sleep, while Paul continued to preach at length. Overcome at last by sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead. ¹⁰ Then Paul went down, threw himself upon him, and embracing him, said: "Do not lament; his life is still in him." ¹¹ Then he went upstairs again, broke bread and took some food, and after talking with them a long time, even until daybreak, he left them.

¹⁸ and when they arrived, he said to them. "You yourselves know quite well, how I lived among you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, ¹⁹ "serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and amid trials that befell me through the plots of the Jews.

¹⁹ "serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and amid trials that befell me through the plots of the Jews. ²⁰ "You know that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, nor from teaching you publicity and in your homes, ²¹ testifying both to Jews and Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. ²² And now I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what will befall me there, ²³ except that in city after city the Holy Spirit is warning me that bonds and afflictions are awaiting me.

²³ except that in city after city the Holy Spirit is warning me that bonds and afflictions are awaiting me. ²⁴ But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself, if only I may run my race, and accomplish the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to attest the gospel of the grace of God. ²⁵ And now I know that not one of you among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see my face again. ²⁶ So I testify to you this day that I am clear from the blood of all men; ²⁷ I never shrank from telling you the whole counsel of God. ²⁸ Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood. ²⁹ I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock; ³⁰ and that from among your own number, men will arise, perverting the truth, to draw away the disciples after them.

³⁰ and that from among your own number, men will arise, perverting the truth, to draw away the disciples after them.

³⁰ and that from among your own number, men will arise, perverting the truth, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹ So be on guard; and remember that for three years I ceased not to admonish you all, night and day, even with tears.

³¹ So be on guard; and remember that for three years I ceased not to admonish you all, night and day, even with tears.

³¹ So be on guard; and remember that for three years I ceased not to admonish you all, night and day, even with tears. ³² "And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace. He is able to build you up, and to give you your inheritance among all those who are consecrated. ³³ "No man's silver or gold of clothing did I ever covet.

³³ "No man's silver or gold of clothing did I ever covet. ³⁴ "You yourselves know how these hands of mine provided for my needs, and those of my companions.

³⁴ "You yourselves know how these hands of mine provided for my needs, and those of my companions. ³⁵ "In all things I have set you an example, how that so toiling, you ought to help the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

¹¹ He came to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'so will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the owner of this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

²⁷ But when the seven days were almost over, the Asiatic Jews caught sight of him in the temple, and began to stir up all the crowd, and laid hands on him, shouting. ²⁸ "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the people, and the Law, and this place. And he has actually brought Gentiles even into the temple, and has desecrated the holy place." ²⁹ (For they had formerly seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.) ³⁰ The whole city was thrown into uproar. The mob surged together, seized Paul, and began to drag him outside the temple. Whereupon the doors were at once shut. ³¹ While they were attempting to kill him, news came to the tribune commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

³ "I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day.

²⁴ the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and examined under the lash, to learn for what reason the people were thus crying out against him.

¹⁰ But when the dissension became violent, the tribune, fearing that they would tear Paul in pieces, ordered the troops to march down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

¹² When day dawned the Jews made a conspiracy, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ¹³ And there were more than forty who had sworn this oath. ¹⁴ They went to the high priests and elders, and said to them. "We have bound ourselves by a solemn oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul. ¹⁵ "Now do you and the Sanhedrin ask the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you would judge his case more exactly; and we are ready to kill him, before he comes near the place." ¹⁶ But Paul's sister's son heard of their intended attack, and he went and got into the barracks, and told Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul called one of the centurions, and said, "Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him." ¹⁸ So he took him, and brought his to the tribune, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, called me to him, and begged me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you." ¹⁹ And the tribune took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?" ²⁰ "The Jews," he answered, "have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the Sanhedrin, as though they wish to examine his case in detail. ²¹ "Now do not let them persuade, for more than forty men are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse, not to eat nor drink until they have killed him; even now they are all ready, awaiting your consent." ²² So the tribune sent the young man home with the injunction, "Tell no man that you have given me this information."

²⁶ He was hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he used to send for him often to converse with him. ²⁷ But after two full years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and because he wished to curry favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.

³ They urged him, asking it as a favor, to send for him to Jerusalem. They meant to lay in wait for him and kill him on the way.

¹⁴ And while they tarried many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. "There is a man here," he said, "whom Felix left a prisoner.

²⁹ "Long or short," answered Paul, "my prayer to God is that not only you but all who are my hearers this day might become such as I am, save for these chains."

¹ When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment.

¹ When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment. ² We embarked in a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports of the province of Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, accompanied us. ³ The next day we touched at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to visit his friends and refresh himself. ⁴ Putting to sea from thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us; ⁵ and after sailing across the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra, in Lycia. ⁶ And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her. ⁷ For many days we sailed slowly, and then arrived with difficulty over against Cnidus; from this point, as the wind did not further favor us, we ran under the lee of Crete, off Cape Salmone; ⁸ and coasting along with difficulty we reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea. ⁹ By this time the season was far advanced, and sailing had become dangerous (for the Autumn Fast was past); so Paul began to warn them. ¹⁰ "Sirs," he said to them, "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss, not only to the cargo and to the ship, but also to our own lives." ¹¹ But the centurion paid greater heed to the master and to the owner than to anything that was spoken by Paul; ¹² and as the harbor was ill adapted for winter quarters, the majority advised putting out to sea from thence, to see whether they could get to Phoenix and winter there, a harbor on the coast of Crete facing northeast and southeast. ¹³ And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore. ¹⁴ But it was not long before a furious wind, called Euroclydon, rushed down from the island; ¹⁵ when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and let her drive. ¹⁶ Then we ran under the lee of a little island named Claudia, where with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship's boat. ¹⁷ After hauling it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and since they were fearful lest they should be driven upon the Syrtes, they lowered the gear and lay to. ¹⁸ And as we were being terribly battered by the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard, ¹⁹ and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship's tackling overboard. ²⁰ Then when for many days neither sun nor stars were seen, and a great tempest still beat upon us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away from us. ²¹ When for a long time they had been without food, Paul stood among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and so have spared yourselves this injury and loss. ²² "But now take courage. There will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship, ²³ "for last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me and said: ²⁴ "'Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.' ²⁵ "So take courage, men! I believe God, I believe that things will turn out exactly as it has been told me. ²⁶ "But we must be cast upon a certain island." ²⁷ It was now the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land. ²⁸ So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; and after a little they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms. ²⁹ Then, fearing lest we should run ashore on the rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern, and longed for day to come. ³⁰ And when the sailors were trying to flee from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea under pretext of laying anchors from the bow, ³¹ Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain on the ship, you cannot be saved." ³² Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship's boat and let her fall off. ³³ And while day was dawning, Paul kept urging them all to take some food. "This is the fourteenth day," he said, "that you have been on the watch, fasting, having eaten nothing. ³⁴ "So I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety. For there shall not a hair perish from the head of any one of you." ³⁵ When he had so said and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God before them all, and broke it and began to eat. ³⁶ Then they all cheered up and themselves took food. ³⁷ There were in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls, all told. ³⁸ After eating a hearty meal, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat overboard. ³⁹ When it was day they tried in vain to recognize the land, but they spied an inlet with a sandy beach, and they began conferring to see whether they could drive the ship into it. ⁴⁰ They cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, and unloosing at the same time the ropes that tied the rudders, they hoisted the foresail to the breeze, and headed for the beach. ⁴¹ But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; the bow struck and remained fixed, but the stern began to break up under the violence of the waves. ⁴² Now the soldiers were planning to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim off and so escape. ⁴³ But the centurion kept them from their purpose, because he wished to save Paul. He gave orders that those who could swim should first jump overboard and get to land; ⁴⁴ and that the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other bits of wreckage. And so it came to pass that all escaped safe to the land.

¹⁰ These loaded us with many honors and, when at last we set sail, they put on board such things as we needed. ¹¹ Three months passed before we set sail an Alexandrian ship which had wintered in the island. Its name was "The Twin Brothers."

¹⁶ When we finally entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier to guard him.

³⁰ After this Paul lived for two whole years in his own rented house, and used to receive all who came to see him.

⁹ God is my witness, to whom I render holy service in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I am ever making mention of you in my prayers,

¹⁴ To Greeks and to barbarians, to the cultured and to the uncultured, I have a debt to discharge.

²⁵ because they exchanged the truth of God for an untruth, and worshiped and served the creature, rather than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen.

¹³ For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness. ¹⁴ For if those who are righteous through law are heirs, faith is empty and the promise becomes void. ¹⁵ For law works wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression. ¹⁶ This is why righteousness is of faith, that it may be a free gift; so that the promise stands firm to all Abraham's posterity; not to his children of his faith. For in the sight of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which is not, Abraham is the father of us all both Jews and Gentiles, ¹⁷ as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations. ¹⁸ For Abraham, hoping against hope, had faith to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So numberless shall your descendants be.

⁴ So also, my brother, you were made dead to the Law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to Him who was raised from the dead that we might bear fruit for God.

¹⁵ For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!"

³⁵ What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ Even as it is written. For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

³⁶ Even as it is written. For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

¹ I am speaking the truth in Christ, it is no lie. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have deep sorrow

⁴ For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises; ⁵ theirs are the patriarchs, and of them, as concerning the flesh, is Christ, who is over all, God, blessed forever, Amen.

¹ Then I ask, Did God cast off his people? No indeed. For I also am an Israelite, a son of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

¹³ For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

⁸ Let the teacher give himself to his teaching; and he who exhorts others to his exhortation. He who gives, let him do it in singleness of mind. He who rules, let him rule with diligence; and he who shows mercy must be cheerful.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

¹ Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.

⁶ so that with one heart and with one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ through the might of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. So that beginning at Jerusalem and its environs, I have proclaimed without reserve the gospel of Christ, even as far as Illyricum.

²⁴ whenever I go to Spain, I am hoping to see you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my journey thither, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while. ²⁵ Just now I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints. ²⁶ For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make an offering for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. ²⁷ Yes, it has been made their good pleasure, and their debt, too. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual riches, they owe it to them also to minister to them the Jews in worldly goods. ²⁸ When, therefore, I have settled this, and have secured to them the poor at Jerusalem the fruit of this collection, I shall come on by you into Spain.

⁴ who risked their own lives to save mine; who are thanked not only by me, ⁵ but by all the churches among the Gentiles. Salute likewise the church that meets in their home. Salute Epaenetus, my dearly beloved, the first man in Roman Asia to believe in Christ.

¹⁷ I exhort you, brothers, to keep watch of those who are causing the divisions among you, and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you have learned. ¹⁸ Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

¹⁸ Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

¹⁸ Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent. ¹⁹ I say this, for the tidings of your obedience have been told throughout the world. On your own behalf, then, I rejoice; but I want you to be wise unto the good, but innocents in evil.

¹⁷ For Christ did not think I baptized any one else. For Christ did not send me forth to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel; and that not in philosophic words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made an empty thing.

²¹ For when, in the wisdom of God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believe.

¹ And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God's great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy; ² for I determined to know nothing, while among you, but Jesus as Christ, and him a crucified Christ. ³ In weakness and fear and great trembling came I among you.

³ In weakness and fear and great trembling came I among you.

¹³ Of these high themes we speak in words not taught by human philosophy, but by the Spirit; interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men.

⁵ What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Just ministers through whom you have believed, and each doing the work that the Lord gave him.

¹¹ The foundation is already laid—Jesus Christ—and no man can lay another.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in the philosophy of the present age, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

¹ Let any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths of God.

⁸ But you, forsooth, are already full, are you? You are already rich? Without us you are already reigning? Yes, and I would that you did reign, so that we also might reign with you.

¹⁰ For Christ's sake we are fools, but you are quite philosophic in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are outcast.

¹⁰ For Christ's sake we are fools, but you are quite philosophic in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are outcast. ¹¹ Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.

¹¹ Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows. ¹² Homeless men, we toil, working with our own hands.

¹⁵ For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ Jesus, you can have but one father. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.

¹ It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even among the heathen—that a man has taken his father's wife! ² Yet you are puffed up instead of mourning and removing from among you the man who has done this thing. ³ For I, although absent in body, yet present in spirit, have already passed sentence, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, on him who has done this thing. ⁴ When you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you together with the power of our Lord Jesus, ⁵ I have handed over such a man to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved, in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that even a little leaven leavens all the lump?

⁵ I say this to shame you. Is it so that there is not among you a single wise man, capable of deciding between a man and his brother? ⁶ Must brother go to law with brother, and that, too, before unbelievers? ⁷ Indeed, to say nothing more, the fact that you have lawsuits with one another is altogether a defect in you. Why not rather suffer injustice? Why not rather endure being cheated?

¹⁵ You know, do you not, that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid! ¹⁶ Do you not know that he who joins himself to a harlot is one with her in body? (For God says, The two shall become one flesh.) ¹⁷ While a man who is united with the Lord is one with Him in spirit? ¹⁸ Flee from immorality. Every other sin that a man commits lies outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.

⁵ Do not refuse one another, unless it is only temporary and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, lest through your lack of self-control Satan begin to tempt you to sin. ⁶ But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.

¹² To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.

¹⁷ Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one—and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him—in that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.

²⁵ I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.

¹ Now in regard to food which has been offered to idols, we are sure of course that "we all have knowledge." But knowledge puffs up, while love builds up.

¹³ Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I make my brother to stumble.

⁶ Are we the only ones, Barnabas and I, who have no right to give up manual labor?

¹¹ If I have sown for you the seeds of spiritual good, is it a great thing if I reap from you temporal goods? ¹² If others share this authority over you, do not I far more? Yet I have not availed myself of it, but am patiently enduring; so that I may not in any way hinder the progress of Christ's gospel.

¹⁴ Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel. ¹⁵ But for my part, I have never availed myself of any of these rights. I do not say this to bring it about in my own case. I would rather die than let any one make void this boast of mine. ¹⁶ Proclaiming the gospel gives me no ground of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the gospel. ¹⁷ For if I do this of my own accord, I have my pay; but if unwilling, I have at least discharged my stewardship. ¹⁸ What then is my wage? This, that I can make the gospel free where I carry it; and that I can refrain from using my rights as a preacher of the gospel.

²² I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some.

¹⁵ I am speaking to men of sense; do you yourselves judge what I say.

²² What! Have you no houses in which to eat or drink? or do you wish to show your contempt for the church of God, and to shame those who have no homes to eat in? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I certainly do not praise you.

⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; ⁵ there are various forms of service, and the same Lord; ⁶ and varieties of work, and the same God, who works in all. ⁷ Now to each man has been given his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸ For to one man by the Spirit has been given a word of wisdom, to another a word of insight by the same Spirit; ⁹ to one man by the same Spirit is given faith, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; ¹⁰ to another the powers which work miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all, distributing his gifts to each as he wills.

²⁶ When one member suffers, all the others suffer with it; and when one member is honored, all the members are glad with it.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.

¹² If then, we are preaching Christ, that he rose from the dead, how are some of you saying that there is no resurrection from the dead? ¹³ But if there is no resurrection from the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; ¹⁴ and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, and vain also is your faith. ¹⁵ More than that, we are detected in bearing false witness against God; because we testified of God that he raised Christ from the dead, whom he did not raise, if indeed the dead rise not. ¹⁶ For if the dead rise not, neither has Christ arisen; ¹⁷ and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain, you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ More than that, those who are sleeping in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all mankind most pitiable. ²⁰ But now, now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹ For since by man came to death, by man came also the resurrection from the dead. ²² For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. ²³ But each in his own order; Christ the first-fruits, then those who belong to Christ at his appearing. ²⁴ And then the end, when he shall hand over his kingdom to God his Father, after he has abolished all rule and authority and power. ²⁵ For he must rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶ The last enemy that will be destroyed is Death. ²⁷ For He hast put all things under his feet, but in that quotation All things are put under him, it is evident that God is excepted, who put all things under Him. ²⁸ For when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself shall subject himself to Him who made them subject, that God may be all in all. ²⁹ Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are really not raised, why are they baptized for them? ³⁰ Yes, and why am I myself exposed to danger every hour?

³⁰ Yes, and why am I myself exposed to danger every hour? ³¹ Every day I am facing death, my brothers, I affirm it by that pride in you which I have through Christ Jesus our Lord.

³¹ Every day I am facing death, my brothers, I affirm it by that pride in you which I have through Christ Jesus our Lord. ³² If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what good does it do me? If the dead do not rise, Let us eat and drink, For we shall be dead tomorrow.

³² If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what good does it do me? If the dead do not rise, Let us eat and drink, For we shall be dead tomorrow.

³² If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what good does it do me? If the dead do not rise, Let us eat and drink, For we shall be dead tomorrow. ³³ Do not deceive yourselves. Evil companions ruin good morals. ³⁴ Wake up, do justly, cease from sin; for I say to your shame that some of you have no acquaintance with God.

³⁶ Foolish man! The seed you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

¹⁵ I beg you this, my brothers—you know the household of Stephanus, that they were the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to the service of the saints—

¹ To the Church of God which is in Corinth, and to all the saints throughout Greece. from Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ, and from brother Timothy.

³ Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,

⁸ Now, brothers, I want you to know about the troubles which befell me in Asia; how I was burdened altogether beyond my strength, so that I renounced all hope even of life itself. ⁹ Indeed, I had in myself, and still have, the sentence of death, in order that I might not rely on myself, but on God who raises the dead to life. ¹⁰ He delivered me from such a death, and will deliver me. On him I have set my hopes that he will continue to deliver me,

¹² For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

¹⁷ In purposing this did I display "caprice"? Or what I purpose do I purpose in a worldly way, so that it may mean either "Yes, yes," or "No, no"?

²³ But for my part I call God to witness, as my soul shall answer for it, that it was to spare you that I came not to Corinth ²⁴ (not that I am attempting to lord it over your faith, but rather to work with you for your happiness); for your faith is stedfast.

⁴ For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, through many tears; not to pain you, but to convince you of my love, my abundant love for you. ⁵ As to him who has been, and now is, causing pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but all of you—at least some of you (not to overstate the case).

¹¹ for your sakes, that I may not be overreached by Satan, for I am not ignorant of his devices.

¹⁷ I am; for I am not like most, trafficking in the word of God, but rather from a sincere heart, like a man of God, I speak in Christ, in the very presence of God.

⁶ It is he who has also made me sufficient as a minister of a new covenant; not of a letter but of a spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.

⁹ For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, far more is the ministry of righteousness radiant in glory.

² I have renounced the hidden things of shame, not spending my life in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God; but setting forth the truth openly, I strive to commend myself to every man's conscience as in the sight of God.

¹¹ For, alive though I am, I am always given over to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may shine forth in my dying flesh.

¹⁴ For I know that He who raised from the dead the Lord Jesus, will raise me also with Jesus, and set me at your side in his presence.

¹¹ So, because I know the fear of God, I "persuade men." What I am is manifest to God, and I hope manifest also to your conscience. ¹² I am not "commending myself to you again," but I am giving you an occasion of boasting on my behalf, so that you may have an answer ready for those who boast in externals, and not in the heart. ¹³ For if I was "beside myself," it was to God; of if I am now "of sound mind," it is for you.

⁴ but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God's minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses,

⁴ but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God's minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses, ⁵ by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;

⁵ by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;

⁹ as unknown and yet well known; as at death's door, yet, strange to tell, I live on; as chastened, but not killed;

¹¹ O Corinthians, I am unsealing my lips to you; my heart is wide open to you. ¹² There is no narrowness in my love; but the narrowness is in your own.

² Make room for me in your hearts! I have wronged no man, I have ruined no man, I have defrauded no man. ³ I am not saying this to blame you, for as I have already said, I hold you in my heart to live together and to die together.

⁵ For even after I reached Macedonia, my flesh had no rest, but I was troubled on every hand. Without were fights; within were, fears. ⁶ But the God who comforts the down-hearted comforted me by the coming of Titus,

¹ Now, brothers, I wish to tell you about the grace of God which has been manifest in the churches of Macedonia. ² For although in heavy trial of affliction, their overbrimming happiness, even in spite of their deep poverty, abounded to the opulence of their unselfishness.

² for I know how ready you are, and am always boasting about you to the Macedonians, telling them that Greece has been ready for a year past; and your zeal has been a spur to the majority of them.

⁴ For if any Macedonians come with me and find you not ready, shame would come upon me (not to speak of you) in respect to this confidence.

¹² Because the ministry of this contribution not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also overflows in many a thanksgiving to God.

¹ Now I Paul, myself, appeal to you by the humble-heartedness and selflessness of Christ—Paul who "in your presence is humble, but bold enough when he is absent"—

¹ Now I Paul, myself, appeal to you by the humble-heartedness and selflessness of Christ—Paul who "in your presence is humble, but bold enough when he is absent"— ² I beseech you, and I say, do not make me show my boldness, when I come in the boldness with which I think I shall show my courage against some who think that I am walking on the low level of the flesh.

⁷ Look these facts in the face. If any man is fully persuaded as regards himself that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again with himself, that just as he is Christ's, so also am I.

¹⁰ "His letters indeed," says one, "are mighty and forcible, but his personality is weak, and his speech contemptible."

¹² I have not indeed the audacity to class myself among, or compare myself with, certain of the self-commenders; yet they are not wise in measuring themselves by one another and in comparing themselves with one another. ¹³ I, however, will not indulge in undue boasting, but will confine it within the limits of the sphere to which God has assigned me—a sphere which reaches even to you. ¹⁴ For I am not overstepping the limits of my authority, as though I reached you not; since I have already come even as far as Corinth to proclaim the gospel of Christ. ¹⁵ I am not "boasting beyond measure in the labors of others," but it is my hope that, as your faith goes on increasing among yourselves, by the enlargement of my appointed limits,

¹⁵ I am not "boasting beyond measure in the labors of others," but it is my hope that, as your faith goes on increasing among yourselves, by the enlargement of my appointed limits, ¹⁶ I may carry the gospel to countries beyond you; and not be boasting of work made ready to my hand within another man's limit. ¹⁷ Meanwhile. Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.

¹⁷ Meanwhile. Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord. ¹⁸ For a man is proved worthy, not by his self-commendation, but when he is commended by the Lord.

¹ Would that you could put up with a little "folly" from me! Nay, do bear with me.

³ But I fear lest, just as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, so your minds should be seduced from your single-mindedness and purity toward Christ. ⁴ If indeed some one is coming to preach another Jesus, whom I did not preach, or you are receiving a Spirit other than you once received, or another gospel which you did not accept before, you would do well to bear with me. ⁵ For I reckon that I am in no respect behind your superapostolic apostles.

⁹ Even when I lacked the actual necessities of life while I was with you, I was a burden to no one; for whatever I lacked, the brothers from Macedonia supplied, when they came. So I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. ¹⁰ As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine shall not be stopped within the boundaries of Greece! ¹¹ And why? Because I love you not? God knows I do. ¹² I am doing and will continue to do this in order to cut away the ground from under those who wish some cause for slander; and that the ground of their boasting may appear as does mine. ¹³ For such fellows are sham apostles of Christ.

¹³ For such fellows are sham apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ No wonder! for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is no great marvel, then, if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.

¹⁵ It is no great marvel, then, if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works. ¹⁶ I say again, let no one think me a fool. Or, if you must, at least bear with me as a fool, that I, too, may do a little boasting.

¹⁶ I say again, let no one think me a fool. Or, if you must, at least bear with me as a fool, that I, too, may do a little boasting. ¹⁷ What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord's command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting.

¹⁷ What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord's command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting.

¹⁷ What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord's command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting. ¹⁸ Since so many are making worldly boasts, I shall boast, too!

¹⁸ Since so many are making worldly boasts, I shall boast, too!

¹⁸ Since so many are making worldly boasts, I shall boast, too! ¹⁹ Although you are wise, you put up with fools willingly enough!

¹⁹ Although you are wise, you put up with fools willingly enough! ²⁰ You put up with it, though they make slaves of you, live on you, seize your property, lord it over you, even strike you in the face, in the way of degradation! ²¹ I say that I was weak, and yet for whatever reason any one is bold (I speak in mere folly) I too am bold.

²¹ I say that I was weak, and yet for whatever reason any one is bold (I speak in mere folly) I too am bold.

²¹ I say that I was weak, and yet for whatever reason any one is bold (I speak in mere folly) I too am bold. ²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they descendants of Israel? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they descendants of Israel? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. ²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often. ²⁴ Five times at the hands of the Jews, I have received one short of forty lashes.

²⁴ Five times at the hands of the Jews, I have received one short of forty lashes. ²⁵ Three times I have been scourged by the Romans; once I have been stoned; three times have I been shipwrecked; a night and a day have I been adrift in the open sea.

²⁵ Three times I have been scourged by the Romans; once I have been stoned; three times have I been shipwrecked; a night and a day have I been adrift in the open sea. ²⁶ My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers;

²⁶ My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers; ²⁷ in toil and weariness, often in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst, often without anything to eat; in cold and in nakedness.

²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, but I burn with indignation?

³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am telling the truth. ³² In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the King, kept guard over the city of the Damascus, to arrest me;

¹ I am forced to boast, though it is unprofitable, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. ² I know a Christian man who, fourteen years ago (whether in the body I know not, or out of the body, I know not. God knows), was caught up—this man of whom I speak—even into the third heaven. ³ And I know such a man (whether in the body or apart from the body I know not, God knows),

⁵ Of such a one I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast except in my weaknesses.

⁵ Of such a one I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast except in my weaknesses. ⁶ If I should choose to continue boasting I should not be foolish, for I should be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest by the stupendous grandeur of the revelation any one should estimate me beyond what he sees in me, or hears from me.

⁶ If I should choose to continue boasting I should not be foolish, for I should be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest by the stupendous grandeur of the revelation any one should estimate me beyond what he sees in me, or hears from me.

⁶ If I should choose to continue boasting I should not be foolish, for I should be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest by the stupendous grandeur of the revelation any one should estimate me beyond what he sees in me, or hears from me. ⁷ It was for this reason, lest I should be over-elated, that there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be over-elated. ⁸ Concerning this, three times over I supplicated the Lord that it might leave me; ⁹ but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected."

⁹ but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected." ¹⁰ Most gladly therefore will I boast rather of my weakness, that over me like a tent may be pitched the power of Christ. That is why I rejoice in weakness, in ill-treatment, in troubles, in persecutions and calamities for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong. ¹¹ I am become a fool—you have forced me to; for you yourselves ought to have been my vindicators. In no respect am I inferior to these superapostolic apostles, even though I am nothing.

¹¹ I am become a fool—you have forced me to; for you yourselves ought to have been my vindicators. In no respect am I inferior to these superapostolic apostles, even though I am nothing.

¹¹ I am become a fool—you have forced me to; for you yourselves ought to have been my vindicators. In no respect am I inferior to these superapostolic apostles, even though I am nothing. ¹² In truth the signs of the true apostle were wrought among you in all patience by signs and marvels and powers.

¹² In truth the signs of the true apostle were wrought among you in all patience by signs and marvels and powers. ¹³ In what respect, then, were you inferior to the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

¹³ In what respect, then, were you inferior to the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! ¹⁴ And now for the third time I am preparing to visit you. I will not be a burden to you, for I am not seeking yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ For my part, I will most gladly spend, yea, and will myself be spent, for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved the less?

¹⁵ For my part, I will most gladly spend, yea, and will myself be spent, for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved the less? ¹⁶ But though it be granted that I was not a burden to you, yet, you say, this was my cunning with which I caught you by a trick.

¹⁹ Do you think that all this time I am defending myself to you? It is before the presence of God that I am speaking in Christ; and all, beloved, for your upbuilding. ²⁰ For I dread that perhaps, when I come, I may not find you to be such as I wish, and that I may be found by you such as you do not wish; I dread lest there should be quarrels, jealousy, tempers, party spirit, slandering, gossip, arrogance, tumults; ²¹ and lest when I come again my God may humble me before you, and lest I shall mourn for many those who have sinned before, and have not repented of the impurity and immorality and wantonness which they have practised.

⁹ For I am always glad whenever I am weak, but you are strong. For this also I am praying, for your perfect reformation. ¹⁰ For this reason I am writing thus while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for pulling down.

² with all the brothers who are with me. To the churches of Galatia greeting. ³ Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁶ I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ,

⁶ I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ, ⁷ for another gospel, which indeed is not another; only there are certain individuals who are troubling you, and desiring to pervert the gospel of Christ.

⁷ for another gospel, which indeed is not another; only there are certain individuals who are troubling you, and desiring to pervert the gospel of Christ.

⁷ for another gospel, which indeed is not another; only there are certain individuals who are troubling you, and desiring to pervert the gospel of Christ. ⁸ But even though I myself or an angel from heaven were to preach any gospel other than that which I did preach to you, let him be accursed.

⁸ But even though I myself or an angel from heaven were to preach any gospel other than that which I did preach to you, let him be accursed.

⁸ But even though I myself or an angel from heaven were to preach any gospel other than that which I did preach to you, let him be accursed.

⁸ But even though I myself or an angel from heaven were to preach any gospel other than that which I did preach to you, let him be accursed. ⁹ I have said it before, and I now repeat it, if any one is preaching a gospel to you other than that which you have received, let him be accursed.

⁹ I have said it before, and I now repeat it, if any one is preaching a gospel to you other than that which you have received, let him be accursed. ¹⁰ Think you that I am now trying to conciliate men or God? Or am I "seeking to please men"? If I were still seeking to please men, I should not be a slave of Christ.

¹⁷ or even going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return came back to Damascus. ¹⁸ Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter, and spent two weeks with him. ¹⁹ I saw no other apostle except James, the Lord's brother. ²⁰ (In what I am now writing, I call God to witness that I am telling the truth.)

²⁰ (In what I am now writing, I call God to witness that I am telling the truth.) ²¹ Then I went into the districts of Syria and Cilicia.

⁴ Yet there were false brethren who had crept in to spy out the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us again.

⁴ Yet there were false brethren who had crept in to spy out the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us again. ⁵ To them we did not yield submission even for an hour, in order that the truth of the gospel might abide unshaken among you. ⁶ But those in authority—what they once were makes no difference to me; God is no respecter of persons—those I say who were in authority had no additions to make my message.

⁶ But those in authority—what they once were makes no difference to me; God is no respecter of persons—those I say who were in authority had no additions to make my message. ⁷ On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter has with the gospel for the circumcised ⁸ (for he who has equipped Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised, equipped me also for the apostleship to the Gentiles), ⁹ and when they recognized the grace which had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, then thought to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and to me the right hand of fellowship. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the Jews.

¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not walking a straight path, in the presence of the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all. "If you, although you are a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, why do you try to compel the Gentiles to become Jews?

¹ O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!

¹ O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified! ² Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?"

² Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?" ³ Are you so without sense? After beginning with the Spirit, will you now end with the flesh?

³ So we Jews also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the empty externalities of the world.

⁸ But once, when you Gentiles had no knowledge of God, you were slaves to gods which have no real being. ⁹ Now, however, when you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are beginning to turn back to those weak and beggarly externalities, eager to be in bondage to them again?

⁹ Now, however, when you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are beginning to turn back to those weak and beggarly externalities, eager to be in bondage to them again? ¹⁰ You are scrupulous, are you, in observing "days" and "months" and "seasons" and "years"? ¹¹ I am alarmed about you for fear lest I may have bestowed labor on you to no purpose.

¹¹ I am alarmed about you for fear lest I may have bestowed labor on you to no purpose. ¹² Brothers, I beseech you, become as I am, because I also have become as you are. You never did me any wrong; ¹³ on the contrary, you know that although it was illness which brought about my preaching the gospel to you at my first visit, ¹⁴ and although my bodily affliction was a trial to you, you did not scoff at it nor spurn me, but welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus himself. ¹⁵ Why then did you account yourselves so happy? (For I bear you witness that if you could you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me.) ¹⁶ Am I then become your enemy, because I am telling you the truth? ¹⁷ These men are courting your favor to no good purpose. They want to isolate you, so that you will be courting their favor.

¹⁷ These men are courting your favor to no good purpose. They want to isolate you, so that you will be courting their favor.

¹⁷ These men are courting your favor to no good purpose. They want to isolate you, so that you will be courting their favor. ¹⁸ It is always an honorable thing to have your favor sought in an honorable cause, always, and not only when I am with you.

¹⁸ It is always an honorable thing to have your favor sought in an honorable cause, always, and not only when I am with you. ¹⁹ O my little children, of whom I travail again in birth until Christ be formed within you!

¹⁹ O my little children, of whom I travail again in birth until Christ be formed within you! ²⁰ How I wish I could be with you now, that I might change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.

²⁵ (for the word Hagar stands for Mt. Sinai in Arabia and represents the present Jerusalem who with her children is in bondage.)

¹ stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage. ² Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you. ³ I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law. ⁴ If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace.

¹⁰ As for me, I am fully trusting you in the Lord that you will be no otherwise minded; but he who is trying to unsettle you will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.

² Ever be bearing one another's burdens, and so be fulfilling the law of Christ.

¹² Those who are trying to compel you to be circumcised are such as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. ¹³ Even those who are being circumcised, are not themselves keeping the Law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may glory in your flesh. ¹⁴ God forbid that I should glory in anything except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world has been crucified to me and I have been crucified to the world.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

¹ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

⁴ By reading what I have written, you can judge of my insight into that secret truth of Christ

¹⁴ For this cause I bend my knees before the Father,

¹ I summon you then, I the prisoner in the Lord, to live lives worthy of the calling to which you were called.

⁴ There is one body and one spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling. ⁵ There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

¹⁴ So we shall no longer be children, tossed up and down, and blown about by every wind of teaching, tricked by the craft of men in the snares of misleading error;

²⁶ in order that after cleansing her in the bath of baptism, he might sanctify her by his word, ²⁷ so as to present her to himself, the church glorified, without spot or wrinkle or any such blemish; but on the contrary holy and faultless.

¹² For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm.

²⁰ and in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it boldly as I ought to speak.

²⁴ May grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with sincerity.

⁸ God is my witness how I yearn for you all in the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

¹³ Throughout the whole Praetorian guard and among all the others it has become plain that these chains of mine are for the sake of Christ;

¹⁵ Some indeed are preaching Christ out of envy and contentiousness, but others from good-will.

¹⁵ Some indeed are preaching Christ out of envy and contentiousness, but others from good-will. ¹⁶ but the former preach Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely, because they think they are adding bitterness to my bonds.

¹⁶ but the former preach Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely, because they think they are adding bitterness to my bonds. ¹⁷ These latter out of their love, because they know that I am set here for the defense of the gospel; ¹⁸ What of it? In any case, whether in pretence or in honest truth, Christ is still preached, and in that I am rejoicing, yes, and will rejoice. ¹⁹ For I know that these things will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and a rich supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. ²⁰ So it is my keen expectation and hope that I shall never feel ashamed, but that with fearless courage, now as hither to, Christ may be magnified in my body, whether by my life or by my death. ²¹ For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. ²² But now, if life in the flesh, if this be the fruit of my toil—what to choose I do not know, ²³ but am in a quandary between the two. I am perplexed. I have a strong desire to break camp and to be with Christ, which is far better; ²⁴ but for your sakes it is more necessary that I should still live on in the body. ²⁵ And because I am convinced of this, I know that I shall live, and go on working side by side with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, ²⁶ so that you may find me fresh cause of exultation in Christ Jesus, because of my presence among you once more. ²⁷ Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel, ²⁸ and in no way terrorized by its enemies. For you fearlessness is a clear indication of coming ruin for them, but of salvation for you at the hands of God. ²⁹ For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake, ³⁰ while you wage the same conflict which you once saw in me, and now hear that I maintain.

¹⁷ Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,

²⁵ Epaphroditus, my brother and coworker and fellow soldier, who is your messenger and minister to my needs, I have thought it necessary to send to you;

² Beware of "these dogs," these mischievous workers, beware of the concision! ³ For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and make our boast in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in outward rites,

³ For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and make our boast in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in outward rites, ⁴ although I myself might have confidence in outward rites. If any one else claims a right to trust in them, far more may I;

⁴ although I myself might have confidence in outward rites. If any one else claims a right to trust in them, far more may I; ⁵ circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew sprung from the Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;

⁵ circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew sprung from the Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; ⁶ as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which comes through law, blameless.

¹⁸ For there are many—as I used often to tell you, and am now telling you even with tears—who live and walk as the enemies of the cross of Christ. ¹⁹ Their end is destruction, their belly is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are set on earthly things.

¹⁹ Their end is destruction, their belly is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are set on earthly things.

¹⁰ Moreover, I greatly rejoiced in the Lord that now once more your care for me blossomed afresh; though indeed you did take thought in this matter, but you lacked the opportunity of expression. ¹¹ Not that I speak as if I were in want, for at least have learned how to be content, whatever happens. ¹² I know how to live humbly, and I also know how to bear prosperity. In every place and under all circumstances I have been initiated into the secret of fulness and of hunger, of prosperity and of want.

¹² I know how to live humbly, and I also know how to bear prosperity. In every place and under all circumstances I have been initiated into the secret of fulness and of hunger, of prosperity and of want. ¹³ I am strong for everything in Him who gives me strength. ¹⁴ Notwithstanding, you have acted nobly in making yourselves comrades in my trouble. ¹⁵ And you very well know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I had left Macedonia, no church but yourselves had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving. ¹⁶ For even while I was still in Thessalonica, you sent once and again for my needs.

¹⁸ But I give you a receipt in full for all things abound. I am amply supplied with what you sent by Epaphroditus—an odor of sweet fragrance, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

³ Whenever I pray for you I am continually thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

²⁴ I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.

²⁸ Him I am ever proclaiming, warning every one and teaching every one, in all wisdom; that I may bring every man into his presence, full grown in Christ. ²⁹ For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.

¹ For I would have you know how great a contest I am waging for you and the brethren in Laodicea, and for all who have never seen my face.

⁴ And this I say, lest any one should mislead you with enticing words.

⁸ Take care lest any man drag you away captive by his philosophy which is a vain deceit, following the traditions of men and the world's crude notions, and not Christ.

¹⁸ Let no man at his will defraud you of your prize through his false humility and worship of the angels, taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and vainly puffed up by his material mind;

⁷ Thus you became a pattern to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For the word of the Lord has been sounded forth from you, and its sound has been heard not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place where the tidings of your faith toward God have been spread abroad, so that I have no need to speak of it.

⁵ For as you well know, I never resorted to flattery, nor to any pretext for enriching myself. God is my witness! ⁶ Now was I seeking glory from men, either yourselves or others, although I might have exercised authority as Christ's apostle.

⁹ You recall, brothers, my labor and toil; how, while working at my trade day and night, so as not to become a burden to any of you, I proclaimed to you the gospel of God. ¹⁰ You are witnesses—and so is God—how pure and just and blameless was my behavior among you believers. ¹¹ You know how I was wont to treat each of you as a father treats his children,

¹⁵ The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out—they are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind. ¹⁶ They forbid me to speak to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation. They continue always to fill up the measure of their sins; but the wrath of God is come upon them to the full!

² I sent Timothy, my brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and to hearten you in your faith.

⁵ So, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that my labor had been in vain.

⁵ So, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that my labor had been in vain. ⁶ But now that Timothy has returned from you to me, and has brought good news of your faith and love, and that you are still holding me in affectionate remembrance, always longing to see me as I also am longing to see you. ⁷ I have been comforted, my brothers, in regard to you, in spite of all my distress and affliction over your faith. ⁸ For now I am really living, if you are standing firm in the Lord.

³ Let no one deceive you by any means. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the revealing of the Man of Sin, the son of perdition, ⁴ the adversary, who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God, or is an object of worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, and vaunts himself as God. ⁵ Do you not recall that I often told you this, when I was with you? ⁶ And now you know what is holding him back, to the end that he may be revealed in his appointed time. ⁷ For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only there is one who is hindering and will continue to hinder till he be removed; ⁸ and then the lawless one will be revealed. Him the Lord will consume with the breath of his lips, and destroy with the brightness of his appearing;

⁸ and then the lawless one will be revealed. Him the Lord will consume with the breath of his lips, and destroy with the brightness of his appearing; ⁹ even he whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, in every power and sign and lying wonder,

⁹ even he whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, in every power and sign and lying wonder, ¹⁰ and with all deceit of unrighteousness for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their salvation.

¹⁰ and with all deceit of unrighteousness for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their salvation. ¹¹ For this reason God is sending on them an energy of delusion, that they should put faith in a falsehood;

¹¹ For this reason God is sending on them an energy of delusion, that they should put faith in a falsehood; ¹² so that they all should be condemned, who are faithless to the truth, but take pleasure in evil.

⁸ I did not eat my food as a gift from any man, but in toil and travail, night and day, I worked, so that I might not be a burden to any of you.

⁸ I did not eat my food as a gift from any man, but in toil and travail, night and day, I worked, so that I might not be a burden to any of you. ⁹ Not that I have no right to such support; it was simply to give you an example for you to imitate.

³ As I begged you when I was setting out for Macedonia, stay where you are at Ephesus, and instruct certain individuals there not to be teaching heterodoxy, ⁴ nor to be paying attention to myths and interminable genealogies, which tend to promote discussions rather than a stewardship entrusted by God, a stewardship which is in faith. ⁵ Now the end of the exhortation is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and an undissembled faith. ⁶ Some have failed here, and have turned aside to empty argument. ⁷ Although they desire to be teachers of the law, they understand neither the words they use nor the subjects they talk about.

¹¹ as laid down in the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been entrusted to me.

¹⁷ Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen!

⁵ For God is one; and one is mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus,

⁷ It was for this testimony that I myself was appointed a herald and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), to be a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

¹⁴ And it was not Adam who was deceived; but it was the woman who was thoroughly deceived, and who became involved in transgression.

¹ Now the Spirit distinctly declares that in latter days there will be some who will fall away from the faith, by listening to spirits of error, and to teachings of demons

¹ Now the Spirit distinctly declares that in latter days there will be some who will fall away from the faith, by listening to spirits of error, and to teachings of demons ² speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

² speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron, ³ who discourage marriage, and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thankfulness, by those who believe, and have a clear knowledge of the truth.

³ who discourage marriage, and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thankfulness, by those who believe, and have a clear knowledge of the truth. ⁴ For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if only it is received with thankfulness.

⁶ As you lay all these things before the brothers, you will be a noble minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing yourself in the precepts of the faith and that noble teaching which you have followed.

¹⁴ It is my wish, then, that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule their houses, and give no occasion to our adversary for railing.

³ If any one teaches heterodoxy, and refuses to consent to the wholesome words of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teachings of religion, ⁴ he is puffed up with conceit and knows nothing, but is doting about disputations and a strife of words. These give rise to envy, quarrels, railings, evil suspicions, ⁵ and wrangling between men whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth; who suppose that godliness is a source of gain.

¹⁶ who alone possesses immortality, who dwells in light that none can approach, whom no man has ever seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

⁸ Do not then be ashamed to bear witness for our Lord, nor for me, his prisoner. Nay, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

¹⁶ The Lord show mercy to the house hold of Onesiphorus; for many a time he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.

⁹ For preaching it I am suffering, and am even put in chains as a malefactor.

¹⁷ and their teaching will spread like a gangrene. ¹⁸ Among such are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have gone astray concerning the truth by declaring that the resurrection is already past; and they are undermining the faith of some. ¹⁹ Nevertheless God's firm foundation stands unshaken, bearing this inscription, THE LORD KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE HIS, and this also, LET EVERY ONE WHO NAMES THE NAME OF THE LORD RENOUNCE WICKEDNESS.

¹ But of this be sure. In the last days grievous times will come. ² For men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreligious, ³ without natural affection, merciless, slanderous, dissolute, and brutal. ⁴ They will hate goodness, they will be treacherous, reckless, blinded with pride, lovers of pleasure, rather than lovers of God. ⁵ For although they keep up the outward form of religion, they deny its power. ⁶ Turn away from all such. Some of them creep into private houses and lead captive silly women who, laden with sins, ⁷ and led captive by ever-changing impulses, are always learning but never able to arrive at knowledge of truth. ⁸ As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these men withstand the truth; being corrupt in mind and worthless in all that concerns the faith. ⁹ But they will not get on; for their folly will be made as openly manifest to all as was that of Jannes and Jambres.

¹³ But wicked men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving others, and being themselves deceived.

³ For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will heap up for themselves teachers upon teachers to satisfy their own fancies. ⁴ They will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.

¹⁰ For there are many individuals who are unruly, empty talkers and deceivers, particularly those of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped;

¹⁰ For there are many individuals who are unruly, empty talkers and deceivers, particularly those of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped; ¹¹ for they upset whole households and, for filthy lucre's sake, teach what they ought not to teach.

⁹ yet for love's sake, I rather beseech you, I, Paul, an old man, and now a prisoner for Christ Jesus!

¹³ And there is not a creature hidden form him, but all things are naked and laid prostrate before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

² He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is encompassed with moral weakness,

³⁴ For you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you did take joyfully the confiscation of your goods; conscious that you had for yourselves greater, even lasting possessions.

³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, persecuted, tormented—

⁹ Do not allow yourselves to be swept away by various and strange teachings. For it is a beautiful thing to be established in heart by grace, and not by regulations regarding food, from which those that occupied themselves with them have derived no benefit.

¹⁵ If a brother or sister be naked and in need of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, find warmth and food for yourselves," but at the same time you do not give the necessaries of the body, what good would that do them?

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose great mercy we have been born anew into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;

²⁴ For, All flesh is grass And all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass fades, The flower falls,

¹ But there were false prophets, too, among the people, just as among you also there will be false teachers. These will secretly bring in destructive sects, denying even the Master who bought them, and bringing swift ruin upon themselves.

¹ But there were false prophets, too, among the people, just as among you also there will be false teachers. These will secretly bring in destructive sects, denying even the Master who bought them, and bringing swift ruin upon themselves. ² Then there will be many who will follow their immorality, because of whom the Way of the Truth will be maligned.

² Then there will be many who will follow their immorality, because of whom the Way of the Truth will be maligned. ³ In their covetousness, with cunning words, they will make merchandise of you; those whose doom has not been idle from of old, and whose destruction has not been slumbering.

³ In their covetousness, with cunning words, they will make merchandise of you; those whose doom has not been idle from of old, and whose destruction has not been slumbering.

³ In their covetousness, with cunning words, they will make merchandise of you; those whose doom has not been idle from of old, and whose destruction has not been slumbering. ⁴ For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to chains of darkness, and reserved them for judgment; ⁵ if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon an ungodly world; ⁶ if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, thus holding them up as a warning to all who would live ungodly; ⁷ and he delivered righteous Lot who was worn out by the lascivious life of the wicked ⁸ (for that righteous man, living among them, tormented his righteous soul in seeing and hearing, day after day, their lawless deeds), ⁹ then be sure that the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the wicked (who are even now enduring punishment) for the "Day of Judgment"; ¹⁰ especially those who spend their lives following the flesh in the lust of defilement, and in despising all authority. Audacious and willful, they feel no awe in railing against dignities; ¹¹ even where angels, though surpassing them in strength and might, do not bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord. ¹² But these men, like irrational creatures, mere animals, born to be taken and destroyed, continually rail about matters of which they know nothing. In their corruption they will surely be destroyed, ¹³ suffering wrong as the wage of wrong which they have done. These are men who count it pleasure to carouse in open daylight; they are spots and blemishes reveling in their deceit, even while they are feasting with you.

¹³ suffering wrong as the wage of wrong which they have done. These are men who count it pleasure to carouse in open daylight; they are spots and blemishes reveling in their deceit, even while they are feasting with you. ¹⁴ They have eyes full of harlots, eyes that cannot stop sinning. They entice unsteady souls. Their heart is trained in greed. They are an accursed generation.

¹⁴ They have eyes full of harlots, eyes that cannot stop sinning. They entice unsteady souls. Their heart is trained in greed. They are an accursed generation. ¹⁵ They have forsaken the right way; they have lost their way, and followed the road of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing. ¹⁶ He was, however, rebuked for his own transgression; a dumb ass spoke with a man's voice, and stopped the madness of the prophet. ¹⁷ Such men are like waterless springs, or mists storm-driven; for them the blackness of darkness has been reserved. ¹⁸ For speaking great swelling words of vanity, they entangle, by their lasciviousness, in the lusts of the flesh, those who are just about to escape from the men that live in misconduct. ¹⁹ They promise them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of rottenness! (For indeed a man is the slave of anything which masters him.) ²⁰ For if, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them and overpowered, their last state is become worse than their first. ²¹ Indeed it would have been better for them not to have known the Way of Righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them. ²² In their case it has happened according to the true proverb, The dog returns again to his own vomit, and The sow, after washing, to her wallowing in the mire.

³ Know this first, that mockers will come in the last days, in their mockery, men who walk the way of their own lusts

¹⁵ Regard our Lord's longsuffering as salvation; even as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him. ¹⁶ It is the same in all his letters when he speaks of these things. There are indeed some things in his letters hard to understand, which the ignorant and the shifty wrest, as also they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. ¹⁷ Do you therefore, beloved, because you know these things beforehand, be on your guard lest you be led astray by the error of the wicked, and so fall from your own stedfastness.

¹⁸ My children, this is the last hour, and as you have heard that an antichrist was coming, and now many antichrists are already risen, whence we may know that it is the last hour.

¹ Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets are gone out into the world.

⁷ I say this because many deceivers are gone forth into the world, those who deny the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist. ⁸ Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have wrought, but that you receive a full reward. ⁹ Whoever is going ahead, and is not abiding in the teachings of Christ, does not possess God; but he who is abiding in the teaching possesses both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one come to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, nor give him any greeting. ¹¹ For the man who greets him shares in his wicked work.

³ Beloved, although I was making all haste to write to you in regard to our common salvation, I am compelled to write you an appeal to defend the faith once for all committed to the saints. ⁴ For certain men have crept in stealthily—men predestined in ancient prophecies for this condemnation—impious ones! They pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness, and deny Jesus Christ, our sole Master and Lord.

⁴ For certain men have crept in stealthily—men predestined in ancient prophecies for this condemnation—impious ones! They pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness, and deny Jesus Christ, our sole Master and Lord.

¹⁰ Yet these men blaspheme about matters of which they know nothing, while they use such things as they do understand by instinct (like the animals who have no reason) for their own destruction. ¹¹ Alas for them! They have walked in the path of Cain; for the sake of gain they have rushed headlong into Balaam's error, and have perished in Koran's rebellion. ¹² These are they who are stains upon your love-feasts; when they feast sumptuously without scruple, looking after none but themselves. They are clouds without water, driven along by the winds; trees of autumn, fruitless, doubly dead, torn up by the roots, ¹³ wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

² I know your works and your toil and stedfastness, and that you cannot endure evil men, and that you tested those who called themselves apostles, though they are not, and how you found them false.

⁹ I know your persecution and your poverty—but you are rich! I know the reviling of those who say that they themselves are Jews, when they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

²⁰ But I have this against you, that you are tolerating that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she is teaching and leading my slaves astray, leading them to practise immorality, and to eat food which has been sacrificed to idols.

²³ And moreover, her children will I kill with pestilence. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the hearts and souls of men. I will give to each of you according to his works.

¹⁵ I know your works, that you are neither hot nor cold. ¹⁶ Would that you were either cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth. ¹⁷ For you keep saying, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and do not know that you are the wretched one, and pitiable and beggared and blind and naked.

¹⁷ For you keep saying, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and do not know that you are the wretched one, and pitiable and beggared and blind and naked. ¹⁸ I advise you to buy of me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white raiment to clothe yourself, so that the shame of your nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint your eyes, in order that you may see.

¹¹ They have a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon; in Greek he is called Apollyon.

⁹ Now the great dragon was thrown down—that old Serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

² The beast I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were bear's feet, and his mouth a lion's mouth. The dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.

¹⁴ And he deceives those who dwell on the earth, because of the miracles, which he is permitted to perform in the sight of the beast. He tells those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the sword-stroke, yet lived.

¹⁹ And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war on him who sat on the horse and on his army. ²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed miracles in his presence to deceive those who had received the brand of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire, blazing with brimstone.

²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed miracles in his presence to deceive those who had received the brand of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire, blazing with brimstone. ²¹ And the rest were slain with the sword of him who sat on the horse, that sword which issued from his lips. And all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.

² He gripped the dragon, that old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

² He gripped the dragon, that old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, ³ and flung him into the bottomless pit, and shut and sealed it over him, so that he should seduce the nations no more, until the thousand years were completed. After that it is necessary to loose him for a little while.

⁷ And when the thousand years have been completed, Satan will be loosed out of his prison, ⁸ and will go forth to seduce the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to marshal them for war—their number is like the sands of the sea. ⁹ And they went up over the broad earth, and surrounded the encampment of the saints, and the beloved city. Then fire fell from the sky and consumed them; ¹⁰ and the devil who had been deceiving them was hurled into the lake of fire and brimstone, where lie also the beast and the false prophet. And they will be tortured day and night, forever and ever.