2 Corinthians 10 Cross References - RKJNT

¹ Now I, Paul, urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who am meek in your presence, but bold when I am absent from you. ² I urge you, that when I am present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I expect to be bold against some, who think that we walk according to the flesh. ³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh: ⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are mighty before God for the pulling down of strongholds. ⁵ We cast down arguments, and every lofty thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; ⁶ And we have a readiness to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is complete. ⁷ Do you look on things according to their outward appearance? If any man trusts that he is Christ's, let him remind himself, that, as he is Christ's, so are we. ⁸ For though I should boast somewhat freely of our authority, which the Lord has given us for building you up, and not for your destruction, I shall not be put to shame. ⁹ I do not wish to seem to be frightening you by my letters. ¹⁰ For his letters, they say, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. ¹¹ Let such people realize this, that, the way we are in word by letters when we are absent, so we will also be in deeds when we are present. ¹² We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves: but in measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, they are not wise. ¹³ But we will not boast of things without limit, but will keep within the field which God has assigned to us, a field which reaches even to you. ¹⁴ For we do not stretch beyond our limit, as though we had not reached to you: for we were the first to come as far as to you with the gospel of Christ: ¹⁵ We do not boast of things without limit, that is, of other men's labours; but we have hope, when your faith has increased, that our field among you shall be greatly enlarged, ¹⁶ So we may preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast of work already done in another man's field. ¹⁷ But he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord. ¹⁸ For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.

²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.

²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

¹⁹ He shall not quarrel, nor cry out; nor shall any man hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰ A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking wick he shall not quench, until he brings justice to victory.

¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness, slanders:

⁵ Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and sitting upon a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his ability; and he went on his journey.

²⁰ And so he who had received five talents came and brought the other five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. ²¹ His lord said to him, Well done, you good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your lord. ²² He also who had received two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents: behold, I have gained two more talents. ²³ His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your lord.

¹ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

⁵¹ He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered those who were proud in the imagination of their hearts.

¹⁵ And he said to them, You justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax gatherer. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax gatherer.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax gatherer. ¹² I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. ¹³ And the tax gatherer, standing far off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but beat upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me, a sinner. ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one who exalts himself shall be abased; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

⁴² But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³ I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you receive honour from one another, and do not seek the honour that comes from him who alone is God?

²⁴ Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteously.

⁴³ For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

²² You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs, which God performed by him in your midst, as you yourselves know:

²⁵ Who by the mouth of our father David said, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people imagine vain things? ²⁶ The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

³ But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? ⁴ While it was unsold, was it not your own? and even after it was sold, was not the money in your own power? why have you conceived this deed in your heart? you have not lied to men, but to God. ⁵ On hearing these words Ananias fell down and died: and great fear came on all those who heard these things. ⁶ And the young men arose, wrapped him up, and carried him out, and buried him. ⁷ And it was about three hours later, when his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. ⁸ And Peter said to her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much? And she said, Yes, for that much. ⁹ Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed to test the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and shall carry you out as well. ¹⁰ Then she immediately fell down at his feet, and died: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. ¹¹ And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

¹³ And none of the rest dared join them: but the people held them in great esteem.

²² And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

³² Now the passage of scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb silent before his shearer, so he did not open his mouth:

⁴ And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? ⁵ And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. ⁶ Arise, and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.

¹⁰ And said, You who are full of all deceit and all villainy, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? ¹¹ And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.

²¹ After these things had ended, Paul resolved in the spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

²⁴ But I do not count my life as precious to myself, so that I might finish my course, and the ministry, which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

⁵ By whom we have received grace and apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

²¹ Because, though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

¹⁶ On that day God shall judge the secrets of men through Jesus Christ, as my gospel proclaims.

²⁸ For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh: ²⁹ But he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the spirit, and not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

²⁹ But he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the spirit, and not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

¹¹ And not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received reconciliation.

¹³ Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness: but yield yourselves to God, as those who are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

²³ But I see another law in the members of my body, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

¹ Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

⁵ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

¹³ For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if through the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.

¹⁸ But I say, Have they not heard? Yes truly, for: Their voice went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

²⁰ And Isaiah is very bold, saying, I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.

¹ Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service of worship.

³ For through the grace given to me, I say to every man among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith God has given him.

⁶ Having gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, according to the proportion of our faith;

¹² The night is far gone, the day is at hand: therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

¹⁸ For he who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God, and approved by men.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as a reminder, because of the grace given to me by God,

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any work except what Christ has done through me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any work except what Christ has done through me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, ¹⁹ Through the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. ²⁰ So I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

²⁴ I hope to see you on my way to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. ²⁵ But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. ²⁶ For it has pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem. ²⁷ It has truly pleased them to do this; and indeed they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is to minister to them in material things. ²⁸ Therefore, when I have completed this, and have made certain they have received this fruit, I will come visit you on my way to Spain.

¹⁰ Greet Apelles, tested and approved in Christ. Greet those who are of Aristobulus' household.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret for long ages past, ²⁶ But now has been made manifest, and through the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith:

¹² What I mean to say is that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with eloquent words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ should be emptied of its power. ¹⁸ For the preaching of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness; but to those of us who are being saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and frustrate the cleverness of the clever.

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and frustrate the cleverness of the clever. ²⁰ Where is the wise man? where is the scribe? where is the debater of this age? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by its wisdom did not come to know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of our preaching to save those who believe.

²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by its wisdom did not come to know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of our preaching to save those who believe. ²² For Jews require a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom: ²³ But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; ²⁴ But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

²⁷ But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are mighty; ²⁸ And God has chosen base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, to reduce to nothing things that are: ²⁹ That no flesh should boast in his presence.

²⁹ That no flesh should boast in his presence.

³¹ So that, just as it is written, Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.

¹ And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with lofty speech or wisdom as I declared to you the testimony of God. ² For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. ³ And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

³ And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. ⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: ⁵ That your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

¹⁰ But God has revealed them to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

⁵ Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each his task? ⁶ I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.

¹⁰ According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon it. But let every man take heed how he builds upon it.

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.

²³ And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

⁵ Therefore, judge nothing before the time; before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the things hidden in darkness, and will disclose the motives of the heart: and then every man shall have his praise from God.

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honoured, but we are despised.

¹⁵ For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

¹⁸ Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. ¹⁹ But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and will find out, not the speech of those who are puffed up, but their power.

¹⁹ But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and will find out, not the speech of those who are puffed up, but their power. ²⁰ For the kingdom of God does not consist of talk, but of power.

²⁰ For the kingdom of God does not consist of talk, but of power. ²¹ What do you wish? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in a spirit of gentleness?

²¹ What do you wish? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in a spirit of gentleness?

³ For I, though absent in body, am present in spirit, and have already judged him who has done this deed, just as though I were present. ⁴ In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are gathered together, with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, ⁵ Deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord Jesus.

¹ Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?

¹ Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord? ² If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

⁷ Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? or who feeds a flock, and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

¹⁹ For there must be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be made evident among you.

¹¹ But all these things are by one and the same Spirit, who distributes to every man as he wills.

³⁷ If any man thinks he is a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I write to you is a commandment of the Lord.

²³ But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward those who are Christ's at his coming.

²¹ I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. ²² If any man does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come.

²⁴ Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy: for in your faith you stand firm.

⁹ For to this end I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in all things.

¹² Now, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, a door was opened for me by the Lord,

¹ Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? or do we need, as some others, letters of recommendation to you, or letters of recommendation from you?

¹ Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? or do we need, as some others, letters of recommendation to you, or letters of recommendation from you? ² You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by all men: ³ And you show that you are letters of Christ delivered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.

⁵ Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

¹² Seeing then that we have such a hope, we use great boldness of speech:

⁴ For the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest they should see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the transcendent power may be shown to be from God, and not from us.

¹² For we do not commend ourselves to you again, but give you occasion to be proud of us, that you may have something to answer those who take pride in appearance, and not in the heart.

²⁰ Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were making his appeal through us: we beg you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

¹ We then, as workers together with him, urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

⁴ But as the ministers of God we commend ourselves in all things; in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distress,

⁷ By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left,

⁴ Great is my confidence in you, great is my pride in you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

¹⁴ For if I have boasted at all to him about you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting to Titus has proved true. ¹⁵ And his inward affection abounds even more toward you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.

¹³ Because of the proof given by this service, they will glorify God because of your obedience to the gospel of Christ, which you profess, and for your liberal contribution to them, and to all;

¹ Now I, Paul, urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who am meek in your presence, but bold when I am absent from you. ² I urge you, that when I am present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I expect to be bold against some, who think that we walk according to the flesh.

⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are mighty before God for the pulling down of strongholds.

⁷ Do you look on things according to their outward appearance? If any man trusts that he is Christ's, let him remind himself, that, as he is Christ's, so are we.

¹⁰ For his letters, they say, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

¹² We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves: but in measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, they are not wise. ¹³ But we will not boast of things without limit, but will keep within the field which God has assigned to us, a field which reaches even to you. ¹⁴ For we do not stretch beyond our limit, as though we had not reached to you: for we were the first to come as far as to you with the gospel of Christ: ¹⁵ We do not boast of things without limit, that is, of other men's labours; but we have hope, when your faith has increased, that our field among you shall be greatly enlarged,

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

⁴ For if one comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you bear with him well enough.

⁶ But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; we have made this plain to you in all things.

⁹ And when I was present with you, and in want, I burdened no man: for that which I lacked the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will continue to do. ¹⁰ As the truth of Christ is in me, no man in the regions of Achaia shall stop me from this boasting. ¹¹ Why? because I do not love you? God knows I do. ¹² But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may undermine the claim of those who desire opportunity to be regarded as our equals in that of which they boast. ¹³ For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

¹⁸ Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I will boast also.

²¹ To my shame, I must say, we were too weak to do that. Yet in whatever else anyone dares to boast, (I speak foolishly,) I also dare to boast.

²³ Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more so; in labours more abundant, in beatings beyond number, in prison more frequently, in danger of death often.

³⁰ If I must boast, I will boast of things which show my weakness.

⁵ Of such a man I will boast: yet of myself I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.

⁵ Of such a man I will boast: yet of myself I will not boast, except of my weaknesses. ⁶ If I should desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will speak the truth: but I refrain, lest any man should think of me beyond that which he sees in me, or hears from me.

⁶ If I should desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will speak the truth: but I refrain, lest any man should think of me beyond that which he sees in me, or hears from me. ⁷ And lest I should exalt myself beyond measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger from Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted beyond measure. ⁸ I begged the Lord thrice, that this might depart from me. ⁹ And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, most gladly will I boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

¹¹ I have made a fool of myself; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind these superlative apostles, though I am nothing.

¹³ For in what way were you less favoured than other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. ¹⁴ Behold, for the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I do not seek what is yours, but you: for the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved the less? ¹⁶ But be that as it may, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. ¹⁷ Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you? ¹⁸ I urged Titus to go, and with him I sent the brother. Did Titus take advantage of you? did we not act in the same spirit and walk in the same steps? ¹⁹ All this time have you been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your strengthening. ²⁰ For I fear that when I come, I shall not find you as I wish, and you shall not find me to be as you wish; lest perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, rivalries, slander, gossip, conceit, disorder:

²⁰ For I fear that when I come, I shall not find you as I wish, and you shall not find me to be as you wish; lest perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, rivalries, slander, gossip, conceit, disorder:

² The second time I was with you I warned those who have sinned in the past; and now, being absent, I warn them again, and all the others, that, if I come again, I will not spare them,

² The second time I was with you I warned those who have sinned in the past; and now, being absent, I warn them again, and all the others, that, if I come again, I will not spare them,

² The second time I was with you I warned those who have sinned in the past; and now, being absent, I warn them again, and all the others, that, if I come again, I will not spare them, ³ Since you seek a proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is mighty among you.

³ Since you seek a proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is mighty among you.

³ Since you seek a proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is mighty among you. ⁴ For though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God to serve you.

⁷ Now I pray to God that you do no wrong; not that we should appear approved, but that you should do that which is right, even if we appear to be failures. ⁸ For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.

¹⁰ Therefore I write these things while absent, that when present I need not be severe in using the power which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for tearing down.

¹ Paul, an apostle, (not sent from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

⁶ I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ, for another gospel: ⁷ Which is not truly another; but there are some who trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. ⁸ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach any other gospel to you than that which we have preached to you, let him be eternally accursed.

¹¹ But I want you to know, brethren, that the gospel which I preached is not from man. ¹² For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came by revelation from Jesus Christ. ¹³ For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and tried to destroy it:

⁵ We did not yield in subjection to them, not even for a hour; that the truth of the gospel might remain with you. ⁶ But those who seemed to be important, (what they were makes no difference to me: God shows no partiality:) well, those who seemed to be important added nothing to me: ⁷ But instead, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised; ⁸ (For he who worked effectively in Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised, also worked in me for the Gentiles:) ⁹ And when James, Cephas, and John, who were reputed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship; that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

²⁹ And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

¹³ You know it was because of infirmity of the flesh that I first preached the gospel to you.

¹³ You know it was because of infirmity of the flesh that I first preached the gospel to you. ¹⁴ And though my fleshly condition was a trial for you, you did not despise or reject me; but received me as an angel from God, as Christ Jesus himself.

² Behold, I, Paul say to you, that if you are circumcised, Christ shall be of no value to you.

¹⁶ This I say, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are in conflict with one another: so that you cannot do the things that you wish. ¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. ¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are obvious; they are; sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness, ²⁰ Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousy, fits of rage, selfishness, dissensions, factions, ²¹ Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like: of which I forewarn you, as I have also warned you in the past, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ Gentleness, self-control: against such things there is no law. ²⁴ And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ²⁵ If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

¹³ For not even those who are circumcised keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. ¹⁴ But God forbid that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

² In which you walked in times past, according to the ways of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience. ³ Among them we all lived in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, like the others.

¹ Therefore I, a prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

⁷ But to every one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

¹³ Therefore, take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand on the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; ¹⁵ And your feet shod with the readiness that is from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all these, take up the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: ¹⁸ Praying always in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert in it with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints;

³ For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh, ⁴ Though I myself might have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has reason to trust in the flesh, I have more: ⁵ Circumcised the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee; ⁶ Concerning zeal, a persecutor of the church; regarding the righteousness which is of the law, blameless. ⁷ But whatever things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ. ⁸ Furthermore, I count all things as loss compared to the excellency of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may win Christ, ⁹ And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, based on the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

⁵ Because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel;

⁸ But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

³ We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith grows abundantly, and the love of every one of you for each other grows greater;

⁴ Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

⁸ And then shall the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy by the brightness of his coming.

¹⁷ I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is the mark of all my letters: this is the way I write.

¹¹ According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

¹⁸ This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies once made about you, that by them you might fight the good fight;

²⁰ Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

¹² And for this reason I also suffer these things: nevertheless, I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him until that day.

³ Therefore endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

³ Therefore endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴ No soldier on active service entangles himself with the affairs of civilian life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.

¹⁵ Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

⁷ I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

⁹ Yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you, I, Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

¹² For the word of God is alive, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intents of the heart.

⁹ And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation for all those who obey him;

³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were encircled for seven days.

³² And what more shall I say? for time would fail me if I told of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David, and Samuel, and of the prophets: ³³ Who through faith subdued kingdoms, established justice, obtained promises, closed the mouths of lions,

¹ Therefore, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily entangle us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

⁹ Let the brother of humble circumstances rejoice that he is exalted: ¹⁰ And the rich, that he is made humble: because like the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

² Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.

⁷ That the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold, which perishes, though it is tested by fire, might be found to result in praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ Live as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the lusts of your former ignorance: ¹⁵ But as he who has called you is holy, so be holy in all your conduct;

²² Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth, so you have a sincere love of the brethren; love one another fervently from the heart.

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers, abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.

²² He committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in his mouth; ²³ And when he was reviled, he did not revile in return; and when he suffered, he did not threaten; but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

¹ Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same mind: for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; ² That he may live the rest of his time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

¹⁰ As every man has received a gift, so he should use it to serve one another, as befits good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

⁶ We are of God: he who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

¹⁰ Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds, prating against us with malicious words: and not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brethren, and forbids those who would, and casts them out of the church.

⁹ I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation, and kingdom, and endurance which are ours in Jesus, was on the island that is called Patmos, because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.