1 Corinthians 16 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ With regard to the collection for the saints, you must carry out the same arrangements as I made for the churches of Galatia. ² On the first day of the week let each of you put aside a sum from his weekly gains, so that the money may not have to be collected when I come. ³ On my arrival I will furnish credentials for those whom you select, and send them to convey your bounty to Jerusalem; ⁴ if the sum makes it worth my while to go too, they shall accompany me. ⁵ I mean to visit you after my tour in Macedonia, for I am going to make a tour through Macedonia. ⁶ The chances are, I shall spend some time with you, possibly even pass the winter with you, so that you may speed me forward on any journey that lies before me. ⁷ I do not care about seeing you at this moment merely in the by-going; my hope is to stay among you for some time, with the Lord's permission. ⁸ I am staying on for the present at Ephesus till Pentecost, ⁹ for I have wide opportunities here for active service — and there are many to thwart me. ¹⁰ When Timotheus arrives, see that you make him feel quite at home with you; he carries on the work of the Lord as I do. ¹¹ So let no one disparage him. When he leaves to rejoin me, speed him cordially on his journey, for I am expecting him along with the other brothers. ¹² As for our brother Apollos, I urged him to accompany the other brothers on a visit to you; he will come as soon as he has time, but for the present it is not the will of God that he should visit you. ¹³ Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong! ¹⁴ Let all you do be done in love. ¹⁵ I ask this favour of you, my brothers. The household of Stephanas, you know, was the first to be reaped in Achaia, and they have laid themselves out to serve the saints. ¹⁶ Well, I want you to put yourselves under people like that, under everyone who sets his hand to the work. ¹⁷ I am glad that Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence. ¹⁸ They refresh my spirit as they do your own. You should appreciate men like that. ¹⁹ The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca, with the church that meets in their house, salute you warmly in the Lord. ²⁰ All the brotherhood salutes you. Salute one another with a holy kiss. ²¹ I Paul write this salutation with my own hand. ²² 'If any one has no love for the Lord, God's curse be on him! Maran atha! ²³ The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. ²⁴ My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.' [Amen.]

¹³ and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.'

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me:

⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

¹³ Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

⁴⁰ The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.' ⁴¹ Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.' ⁴⁶ So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

⁴¹ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

²⁰ and teach them to obey all the commands I have laid on you. And I will be with you all the time, to the very end of the world."

²¹ Then came a holiday, when Herod held a feast on his birthday for his chief officials and generals and the notables of Galilee.

⁴¹ Sitting down opposite the treasury, he watched the people putting their money into the treasury. A number of the rich were putting in large sums, ⁴² but a poor widow came up and put in two little coins amounting to a halfpenny. ⁴³ And he called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their money into the treasury; ⁴⁴ for they have all put in a contribution out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all she possessed, her whole living."

³³ Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time. ³⁴ It is like a man leaving his house to go abroad; he puts his servants in charge, each with his work to do, and he orders the porter to keep watch. ³⁵ Watch then, for you never know when the Lord of the House will come, in the late evening or at midnight or at cock-crow or in the morning. ³⁶ Watch, in case he comes suddenly and finds you asleep. ³⁷ Watch: I say it to you, and I say it to all."

⁸ She has done all she could — she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial.

³⁷ Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

¹⁶ He who listens to you listens to me, he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."

³⁵ Keep your loins girt and your lamps lit, ³⁶ and be like men who are expecting their lord and master on his return from a marriage-banquet, so as to open the door for him at once when he comes and knocks. ³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them. ³⁸ Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they! ³⁹ Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

¹⁰ He who is faithful with a trifle is also faithful with a large trust, and he who is dishonest with a trifle is also dishonest with a large trust.

³⁶ From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

¹ On the sabbath they rested in obedience to God's command, but on the first day of the week at early dawn they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.

⁴² Said Jesus, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came here from God; I did not come of my own accord, I was sent by him.

³⁴ I give you a new command, to love one another — as I have loved you, you are to love one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will recognize that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."

¹⁵ If you love me you will keep my commands,

²¹ He who possesses my commands and obeys them is he who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and appear to him."

²³ Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him.

¹⁷ This is what I command you, to love one another.

²⁴ They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen — and they have hated — both me and my Father.

¹⁴ He will glorify me, for he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.

¹⁹ On the evening of that same day — the first day of the week — though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"

²⁶ Eight days afterwards his disciples were together again, and Thomas with them. Though the doors were closed, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"

¹⁵ Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus. ¹⁶ Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus. ¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

¹ During the course of the day of Pentecost they were all together,

¹ During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. ² So the twelve summoned the main body of the disciples and said: "It is not desirable that we should drop preaching the word of God and attend to meals. ³ Brothers, look out seven of your own number, men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom. We will appoint them to this duty, ⁴ but we will continue to devote ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the word." ⁵ This plan commended itself to the whole body, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nikanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nikolaos a proselyte from Antioch; ⁶ these men they presented to the apostles, who, after prayer, laid their hands upon them.

¹³ "But, Lord," Ananias answered, "many people have told me about all the mischief this man has done to thy saints at Jerusalem!

³⁶ At Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha (which may be translated Dorcas, or 'Gazelle'), a woman whose life was full of good actions and of charitable practices. ³⁷ She happened to take ill and die at this time, and after washing her body they laid it in an upper room. ³⁸ When the disciples heard that Peter was at Lydda (for Joppa is not far from Lydda), they sent two men to beg him to "Come on to us without delay." ³⁹ So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him up to the room, where all the widows stood beside him crying as they showed him the garments and dresses that Dorcas used to make when she was with them. ⁴⁰ Peter put them all outside; then he knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body said, "Tabitha, rise." She opened her eyes, and on seeing Peter she sat up. ⁴¹ Then he gave her his hand, raised her, and, after calling the saints and the widows he presented her to them alive.

⁴¹ Then he gave her his hand, raised her, and, after calling the saints and the widows he presented her to them alive.

²⁸ one of whom, named Agabus, showed by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to visit the whole world (the famine which occurred in the reign of Claudius).

³⁰ This they carried out, sending their contribution to the presbyters by Barnabas and Saul.

²⁷ On their arrival they gathered the church together and reported how God had been with them, what he had done, and how he had opened a door into faith for the Gentiles.

³ The church sped them on their journey, and they passed through both Phoenicia and Syria informing the brothers, to the great joy of all, that the Gentiles were turning to God.

³³ Then after some time had passed the brothers let them go with a greeting of peace to those who had sent them.

¹ He also came down to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timotheus, the son of a believing Jewess and a Greek father.

⁶ They crossed Phrygia and the country of Galatia, the holy Spirit having stopped them from preaching the word in Asia;

¹⁵ Paul's escort brought him as far as Athens and left with instructions that Silas and Timotheus were to join him as soon as possible.

² There he came across a Jew called Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla, as Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul accosted them,

¹² But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia the Jews without exception rose against Paul and brought him up before the tribunal,

¹⁸ After waiting on for a number of days Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. (As the latter was under a vow, he had his head shaved at Cenchreae.) ¹⁹ When they reached Ephesus, Paul left them there. He went to the synagogue and argued with the Jews,

²¹ he said goodbye to them, telling them, "I will come back to you, if it is the will of God." Then, sailing from Ephesus,

²³ After spending some time there he went off on a journey right through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening the disciples. ²⁴ There came to Ephesus a Jew called Apollos, who was a native of Alexandria, a man of culture, strong in his knowledge of the scriptures.

²⁶ In the synagogue he was very outspoken at first; but when Aquila and Priscilla listened to him, they took him home and explained more accurately to him what the Way of God really meant.

⁸ Then Paul entered the synagogue and for three months spoke out fearlessly, arguing and persuading people about the Reign of God. ⁹ But as some grew stubborn and disobedient, decrying the Way in presence of the multitude, he left them, withdrew the disciples, and continued his argument every day from eleven to four in the lecture-room of Tyrannus. ¹⁰ This went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, Jews as well as Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

¹⁰ This went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, Jews as well as Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

²¹ After these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must also visit Rome." ²² So he despatched two of his assistants to Macedonia, Timotheus and Erastus, while he himself stayed on awhile in Asia.

¹ When the tumult had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them; he then took leave of them and went his way to Macedonia. ² After passing through the districts of Macedonia and encouraging the people at length, he came to Greece, ³ where he spent three months. Just as he was on the point of sailing for Syria, the Jews laid a plot against him. He therefore resolved to return through Macedonia.

⁷ On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread; Paul addressed them, as he was to leave next day, and he prolonged his address till midnight

³⁸ sorrowing chiefly because he told them they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.

⁵ but, when our time was up, we started on our journey, escorted by them, women and children and all, till we got outside the town. Then, kneeling on the beach, we prayed

¹⁴ They then went to the high priests and elders, saying, "We have taken a solemn oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.

¹⁷ After a lapse of several years I came up with alms and offerings for my nation,

²⁵ but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"

¹² and, as the harbour was badly placed for wintering in, the majority proposed to set sail and try if they could reach Phoenix and winter there (Phoenix is a Cretan harbour facing S.W. and N.W.).

¹¹ We set sail, after three months, in an Alexandrian ship, with the Dioscuri on her figure-head, which had wintered at the island.

¹⁰ asking if I may at last be sped upon my way to you by God's will.

³ I could have wished myself accursed and banished from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen;

¹³ contribute to needy saints, make a practice of hospitality.

⁸ Be in debt to no man — apart from the debt of love one to another. He who loves his fellow-man has fulfilled the law. ⁹ You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not covet — these and any other command are summed up in a single word, You must love your neighbour as yourself. ¹⁰ Love never wrongs a neighbour; that is why love is the fulfilment of the law.

¹⁵ If your brother is being injured because you eat a certain food, then you are no longer living by the rule of love. Do not let that food of yours ruin the man for whom Christ died.

²⁴ whenever I went to Spain, I am hoping to see you on my way there, and to be sped forward by you after I have enjoyed your company for a while. ²⁵ At the moment I am off to Jerusalem on an errand to the saints.

²⁵ At the moment I am off to Jerusalem on an errand to the saints. ²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make a contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

³¹ pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judaea, and also that my mission to Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints. ³² Then, by God's will, I shall gladly come to you and rest beside you.

² receive her in the Lord as saints should receive one another, and give her any help she may require. She has been a help herself to many people, including myself. ³ Salute Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

³ Salute Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus, ⁴ who have risked their lives for me; I thank them, and not only I but all the Gentile churches as well. ⁵ Also, salute the church that meets in their house. Salute my beloved Epaenetus, the first in Asia to be reaped for Christ.

⁵ Also, salute the church that meets in their house. Salute my beloved Epaenetus, the first in Asia to be reaped for Christ. ⁶ Salute Mary, who has worked hard for you.

⁹ Salute Urbanus, our fellow-worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.

¹² Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who work hard in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis; she has worked very hard in the Lord.

¹⁵ Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas too, and all the saints in their company. ¹⁶ Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

²⁰ The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. ²¹ Timotheus my fellow-worker salutes you; so do my fellow countrymen Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater. ²² I Tertius, who write the letter, salute you in the Lord. ²³ Gaius, my host and the host of the church at large salutes you. Erastus the city-treasurer salutes you; so does brother Quartus.

¹² By 'quarrelling' I mean that each of you has his party-cry, "I belong to Paul," "And I to Apollos," "And I to Cephas," "And I to Christ."

¹⁶ (Well, I did baptize the household of Stephanas, but no one else, as far as I remember.)

⁵ Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task.

⁹ We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.

²² Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present and the future — all belongs to you;

¹⁴ I do not write this to make you feel ashamed, but to instruct you as beloved children of mine. ¹⁵ You may have thousands to superintend you in Christ, but you have not more than one father. It was I who in Christ Jesus became your father by means of the gospel.

¹⁷ To ensure this, I am sending you Timotheus, my beloved and trustworthy son in the Lord; he will remind you of those methods in Christ Jesus which I teach everywhere in every church.

¹⁹ I will come to you before long, if the Lord wills, and then I will find out from these puffed up creatures not what their talk but what their power amounts to.

¹⁹ I will come to you before long, if the Lord wills, and then I will find out from these puffed up creatures not what their talk but what their power amounts to. ²⁰ For God's Reign does not show itself in talk but in power. ²¹ Which is it to be? Am I to come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

¹ With regard to food that has been offered to idols. Here, of course, 'we all possess knowledge'! Knowledge puffs up, love builds up.

²⁵ Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading. ²⁶ Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air — ²⁷ no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.

³⁴ and if anyone is hungry let him eat at home. You must not gather, only to incur condemnation. I will give you my instructions upon the other matters when I come.

³ so I tell you now, that no one is speaking in the Spirit of God when he cries, 'Cursed be Jesus,' and that no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the holy Spirit.

²⁸ That is to say, God has set people within the church to be first of all apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, and speakers in 'tongues' of various kinds.

³¹ Set your hearts on the higher talents. And yet I will go on to show you a still higher path.

¹⁶ Otherwise, suppose you are blessing God in the Spirit, how is the outsider to say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving? The man does not understand what you are saying!

²⁰ Brothers, do not be children in the sphere of intelligence; in evil be mere infants, but be mature in your intelligence.

¹ Now, brothers, I would have you know the gospel I once preached to you, the gospel you received, the gospel in which you have your footing, ² the gospel by which you are saved — provided you adhere to my statement of it — unless indeed your faith was all haphazard.

³² What would it avail me that, humanly speaking, I 'fought with wild beasts' at Ephesus? If dead men do not rise, let us eat and drink, for we will be dead to-morrow!

⁵⁸ Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

⁶ The chances are, I shall spend some time with you, possibly even pass the winter with you, so that you may speed me forward on any journey that lies before me.

¹⁰ When Timotheus arrives, see that you make him feel quite at home with you; he carries on the work of the Lord as I do. ¹¹ So let no one disparage him. When he leaves to rejoin me, speed him cordially on his journey, for I am expecting him along with the other brothers.

¹⁴ Let all you do be done in love.

¹⁷ I am glad that Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence.

¹ PAUL an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and brother Timotheus, to the church of God at Corinth as well as to all the saints throughout the whole of Achaia:

⁸ Now I would like you to know about the distress which befell me in Asia, brothers. I was crushed, crushed far more than I could stand, so much so that I despaired even of life; ⁹ in fact I told myself it was the sentence of death. But that was to make me rely not on myself but on the God who raises the dead; ¹⁰ he rescued me from so terrible a death, he rescues still, and I rely upon him for the hope that he will continue to rescue me.

¹⁵ Relying on this I meant to visit you first, to let you have a double delight;

¹⁵ Relying on this I meant to visit you first, to let you have a double delight; ¹⁶ I intended to take you on my way to Macedonia, and to visit you again on my way back from Macedonia, so as to be sped by you on my journey to Judaea.

¹⁶ I intended to take you on my way to Macedonia, and to visit you again on my way back from Macedonia, so as to be sped by you on my journey to Judaea. ¹⁷ Such was my intention. Now, have I shown myself 'fickle'? When I propose some plan, do I propose it in a worldly way, ready to mean 'no' as well as 'yes'?

²⁴ (Not that we lord it over your faith — no, we co-operate for your joy: you have a standing of your own in the faith.)

¹² Well, when I reached Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, though I had a wide opportunity in the Lord,

¹⁴ for I am controlled by the love of Christ, convinced that as One has died for all, then all have died, ¹⁵ and that he died for all in order to have the living live no longer for themselves but for him who died and rose for them.

¹ I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.

⁶ But the God who comforts the dejected comforted me by the arrival of Titus. ⁷ Yes, and by more than his arrival, by the comfort which you had been to him; for he gave me such a report of how you longed for me, how sorry you were, and how eagerly you took my part, that it added to my delight.

¹³ That is what comforts me. And over and above my personal comfort, I was specially delighted at the delight of Titus. You have all set his mind at rest.

¹ Now, brothers, I have to tell you about the grace God has given to the churches of Macedonia.

¹ Now, brothers, I have to tell you about the grace God has given to the churches of Macedonia. ² Amid a severe ordeal of trouble, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty together have poured out a flood of rich generosity;

² Amid a severe ordeal of trouble, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty together have poured out a flood of rich generosity; ³ I can testify that up to their means, aye and beyond their means, they have given —

³ I can testify that up to their means, aye and beyond their means, they have given — ⁴ begging me of their own accord, most urgently, for the favour of contributing to the support of the saints.

⁴ begging me of their own accord, most urgently, for the favour of contributing to the support of the saints. ⁵ They have done more than I expected; they gave themselves to the Lord, to begin with, and then (for so God willed it) they put themselves at my disposal. ⁶ This has led me to ask Titus to complete the arrangements for the same gracious contribution among yourselves, as it was he who started it.

⁶ This has led me to ask Titus to complete the arrangements for the same gracious contribution among yourselves, as it was he who started it. ⁷ Now then, you are to the front in everything, in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all zeal, and in love for us — do come to the front in this gracious enterprise as well. ⁸ I am not issuing any orders, only using the zeal of others to prove how sterling your own love is. ⁹ (You know how gracious our Lord Jesus Christ was; rich though he was, he became poor for the sake of you, that by his poverty you might be rich.)

¹¹ Now, carry it through, so that your readiness to take it up may be equalled by the way you carry it through — so far as your means allow. ¹² If only one is ready to give, according to his means, it is acceptable; he is not asked to give what he has not got. ¹³ This does not mean that other people are to be relieved and you to suffer: ¹⁴ it is a matter of give and take; at the present moment your surplus goes to make up what they lack, in order that their surplus may go to make up what you lack. ¹⁵ Thus it is to give and take — as it is written, He who got much had nothing over, and he who got little had not too little.

¹⁸ Along with him I am sending that brother whose services to the gospel are praised by all the churches; ¹⁹ besides, he has been appointed by the churches to travel with me on the business of administering this fund to the glory of the Lord. His appointment has my full consent,

¹⁹ besides, he has been appointed by the churches to travel with me on the business of administering this fund to the glory of the Lord. His appointment has my full consent, ²⁰ for I want to take precautions against any risk of suspicion in connection with the administration of this charity; ²¹ I aim at being above reproach not only from God but also from men. ²² Along with them I am also sending our brother: I have had ample proof of his keen interest on many occasions, and it is specially keen on this occasion, as he has absolute confidence in you. ²³ Titus is my colleague, he shares my work for you, and these brothers of mine are apostles of the church, a credit to Christ. ²⁴ So let them have proof of how you can love, and of my reasons for being proud of you; it will be a proof read by the churches.

¹ Indeed it is quite superfluous for me to be writing to you about this charitable service to the saints;

³ At the same time I am sending these brothers just in case my pride in you should prove an empty boast in this particular instance; I want you to be "all ready," as I have been telling them that you would be, ⁴ in case any Macedonians accompany me and find you are not ready — which would make me (not to speak of yourselves) ashamed of having been so sure. ⁵ That is why I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on in advance and get your promised contribution ready in good time. I want it to be forthcoming as a generous gift, not as money wrung out of you.

¹² for the service rendered by this fund does more than supply the wants of the saints, it overflows with many a cry of thanks to God. ¹³ This service shows what you are, it makes men praise God for the way you have come under the gospel of Christ which you confess, and for the generosity of your contributions to themselves and to all; ¹⁴ they are drawn to you and pray for you, on account of the surpassing grace which God has shown to you. ¹⁵ Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

⁹ even when I ran short, during my stay with you, I was no encumbrance to anybody, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my wants. Thus I kept myself, as I intend to keep myself, from being a burden to you in any way.

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

⁹ but he told me, "It is enough for you to have my grace: it is in weakness that [my] power is fully felt." So I am proud to boast of all my weakness, and thus to have the power of Christ resting on my life. ¹⁰ It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

¹⁵ And for your souls I will gladly spend my all and be spent myself. Am I to be loved the less because I love you more than others?

¹² Salute one another with a holy kiss. ¹³ All the saints salute you.

² with all the brothers who are beside me, to the churches of Galatia;

⁸ Now even though it were myself or some angel from heaven, whoever preaches a gospel that contradicts the gospel I preached to you, God's curse be on him! ⁹ I have said it before and I now repeat it: whoever preaches a gospel to you that contradicts the gospel you have already received, God's curse be on him!

¹⁰ Only, we were to 'remember the poor.' I was quite eager to do that myself.

¹ with the freedom for which Christ set us free. Make a firm stand then, do not slip into any yoke of servitude.

⁶ in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.

¹³ Brothers, you were called to be free; only, do not make your freedom an opening for the flesh, but serve one another in love. ¹⁴ For the entire Law is summed up in one word, in You must love your neighbour as yourself

²² But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

¹¹ See what big letters I make, when I write you in my own hand!

¹⁶ praying Him out of the wealth of his glory to grant you a mighty increase of strength by his Spirit in the inner man.

¹ As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling, ² with perfect modesty and gentleness, showing forbearance to one another patiently, zealous in love ³ to preserve the unity of the Spirit by binding peace upon yourselves.

²¹ Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

¹⁰ To conclude. Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might;

¹³ So take God's armour, that you may be able to make a stand upon the evil day and hold your ground by overcoming all the foe. ¹⁴ Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail, ¹⁵ and have your feet shod with the stability of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ above all, take faith as your shield, to enable you to quench all the fire-tipped darts flung by the evil one, ¹⁷ put on salvation as your helmet, and take the Spirit as your sword (that is, the word of God), ¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

²⁴ Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ (God is my witness that I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself!)

²⁷ Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel.

¹ So by all the stimulus of Christ, by every incentive of love, by all your participation in the Spirit, by all your affectionate tenderness, ² I pray you to give me the utter joy of knowing you are living in harmony, with the same feelings of love, with one heart and soul, ³ never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man,

¹⁹ I hope in the Lord Jesus to send you Timotheus before long, that I may be heartened by news of you. ²⁰ I have no one like him, for genuine interest in your welfare. ²¹ Everybody is selfish, instead of caring for Jesus Christ. ²² But you know how he has stood the test, how he has served with me in the gospel, like a son helping his father.

²⁸ So I am specially eager to send him, that you may be glad when you see him again, and thus my own anxiety may be lightened. ²⁹ Give him a welcome in the Lord, then, with your hearts full of joy. Value men like that, ³⁰ for he nearly died in the service of Christ by risking his life to make up for the services you were not here to render me.

¹⁸ For many — as I have often told you and tell you now with tears — many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

¹ So then, my brothers, for whom I cherish love and longing, my joy and crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, O my beloved.

³ And you, my true comrade, lend a hand to these women, I beg of you; they have fought at my side in the active service of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

¹³ In him who strengthens me I am able for anything.

²² All the saints salute you, especially the Imperial slaves.

¹¹ May his glorious might nerve you with full power to endure and to be patient cheerfully, whatever comes, ¹² thanking the Father who has qualified us to share the lot of the saints in the Light,

²³ that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.

² Attend to your prayers, maintain your zest for prayer by thanksgiving; ³ and pray for me as well, that God may give me an opening for the word, to speak of the open secret of Christ for which I am in custody.

⁸ The reason why I am sending him to you is that he may ascertain how you are, and encourage your hearts.

¹² Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, salutes you — a servant of Christ Jesus who is always earnest in prayer for you, that you may stand firm like mature and convinced Christians, whatever be the will of God for you.

¹⁵ Salute the brothers at Laodicea, also Nympha and the church which meets at her house.

¹⁸ This salutation is in my own hand, from Paul. 'Remember I am in prison. Grace be with you.'

³ as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

⁹ Brothers, you recollect our hard labour and toil, how we worked at our trade night and day, when we preached the gospel to you, so as not to be a burden to any of you.

² I sent Timotheus our brother, a minister of God in the gospel of Christ, for your strengthening and encouragement in the faith,

⁶ But when Timotheus reached me a moment ago, on his return from you, bringing me the good news of your faith and love and of how you always remember me kindly, longing to see me as I long to see you,

⁶ But when Timotheus reached me a moment ago, on his return from you, bringing me the good news of your faith and love and of how you always remember me kindly, longing to see me as I long to see you, ⁷ then, amid all my own distress and trouble, I was cheered — this faith of yours encouraged me. ⁸ It is life to me now, if you stand firm in the Lord.

¹² And may the Lord make you increase and excel in love to one another and to all men (as is my love for you),

⁸ hence, he who disregards this, disregards not man but the God who gave you his holy Spirit. ⁹ You need no one to write you upon brotherly love, for you are yourselves taught by God to love one another, ¹⁰ as indeed is your practice towards all the brothers throughout all Macedonia. We beseech you, brothers, to excel in this more and more;

¹² so that your life may be correct in the eyes of the outside world and self-supporting.

⁶ Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober;

¹² Brothers, we beg you to respect those who are working among you, presiding over you in the Lord and maintaining discipline;

²⁶ Salute everyone of the brothers with a holy kiss.

³ We are bound always to thank God for you, brothers — it is proper that we should, because your faith grows apace and your mutual love, one and all, is increasing.

⁸ in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus, ⁹ men who will pay the penalty of being destroyed eternally from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

¹⁵ Well then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the rules which you have learned from us orally or by letter.

¹⁷ The salutation is in my own hand, Paul's; that is a mark in every letter of mine. This is how I write.

⁵ Whereas the aim of the Christian discipline is the love that springs from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from a sincere faith.

¹² Let no one slight you because you are a youth, but set the believers an example of speech, behaviour, love, faith, and purity.

¹⁰ she must have a reputation for good service, as a woman who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved distress, and interested herself in all good works.

¹⁷ Presbyters who are efficient presidents are to be considered worthy of ample remuneration, particularly those who have the task of preaching and teaching:

¹² fight in the good fight of the faith, secure that life eternal to which you were called when you voiced the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

¹ Now, my son, be strong in the grace of Christ Jesus,

³ Join the ranks of those who bear suffering, like a loyal soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴ No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander. ⁵ Again, a competitor in the games is not crowned unless he observes the rules.

⁵ Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.

⁷ I have fought in the good fight; I have run my course; I have kept the faith.

¹⁹ Salute Prisca and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus.

¹⁵ Tell them all this, exhort and reprove, with full authority; let no one slight you.

⁴ But "the goodness and affection of God our Saviour appeared;

¹² Whenever I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to winter there.

² to our sister Apphia, to our fellow-soldier Archippus, and to the church that meets in your house:

⁵ for as I hear of your love and loyalty to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints,

⁷ I have had great joy and encouragement over your love, my brother, over the way you have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

¹³ I would have liked to keep him beside me, that as your deputy he might serve me during my imprisonment for the gospel;

¹⁹ This is in my own handwriting: 'I Paul promise to refund it' — not to mention that you owe me, over and above, your very soul. ²⁰ Come, brother, let me have some return from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ.

²³ Epaphras my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus salutes you. ²⁴ So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow-workers.

¹⁰ God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints.

³² And what more shall I say? Time would fail me to tell of Gideon, of Barak and Samson and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets — ³³ men who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouth of lions, ³⁴ quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness won to strength, proved valiant in warfare, and routed hosts of foreigners.

⁴ Let marriage be held in honour by all, and keep the marriage-bed unstained. God will punish the vicious and adulterous.

⁷ Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the word of God to you; look back upon the close of their career, and copy their faith.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief — which would be a loss to yourselves.

²⁴ Salute all your leaders and all the saints. The Italians salute you.

¹⁵ You ought rather to say, "If the Lord will, we shall live to do this or that."

¹ Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

⁸ You never knew him, but you love him; for the moment you do not see him, but you believe in him, and you will thrill with an unspeakable and glorious joy

⁷ Now you believe, you hold him 'precious,' but as for the unbelieving — the very stone the builders rejected is now the cornerstone,

⁷ Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray! ⁸ Above all, be keen to love one another, for love hides a host of sins.

¹⁰ You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.

⁵ You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.

⁸ Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

¹⁴ Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ [Jesus].

⁷ piety with brotherliness, brotherliness with Christian love.

¹⁷ But whoever possesses this world's goods, and notices his brother in need, and shuts his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him?

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, for love belongs to God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God; ⁸ he who does not love, does not know God, for God is love.

¹⁹ We love, because He loved us first.

¹ Everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ, is born of God; and everyone who loves the Father, loves the sons born of him.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear of my children living in the Truth.

⁶ they have testified to your love before the church. Pray speed them on their journey worthily of God;

⁶ they have testified to your love before the church. Pray speed them on their journey worthily of God; ⁷ they have started out for his sake and declined to take anything from pagans; ⁸ hence we are bound to support such men, to prove ourselves allies of the Truth.

¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate evil but good; he who does good belongs to God, he who does evil has never seen God. ¹² Everybody testifies to Demetrius, and so does the Truth itself: I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.

¹⁴ It was of these, too, that Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied, when he said, Behold the Lord comes with myriads of his holy ones, ¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious of all the impious deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh things said against him by impious sinners.

¹⁰ On the Lord's day I found myself rapt in the Spirit, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet calling, ¹¹ "Write your vision in a book, and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and Smyrna and Pergamum and Thyatira and Sardis and Philadelphia and Laodicea."

³ I know that you are enduring patiently and have borne up for my sake and have not wearied.

² Wake up, rally what is still left to you, though it is on the very point of death; for I find nothing you have done is complete in the eyes of my God. ³ Now remember what you received and heard, hold to it and repent. If you will not wake up, I shall come like a thief; you will not know at what hour I come upon you.

⁷ Then to the angel of the church at Philadelphia write thus: — These are the words of the true Holy One, who holds the key of David, who opens and none shall shut, who shuts and none shall open. ⁸ Lo, I have set a door open before you which no one is able to shut; for though your strength is small, you have kept my word, you have not renounced my Name.

¹⁹ I reprove and discipline those whom I love; so be in warm earnest and repent.

⁴ They have not been defiled by intercourse with women — they are celibates; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among men, as the first to be reaped for God and the Lamb.

¹⁵ (Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

²⁰ He who bears this testimony says, "Even so: I am coming very soon." Amen, Lord Jesus, come!