And I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come to see me, because they have supplied what you lacked. Yes, they have cheered my spirit, and yours too. You must deeply appreciate such men.
For I have been informed about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are wranglings among you.
to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated by union with Christ Jesus, and called to be God's people, in fellowship with those who anywhere call upon the name of Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
It is now the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I will never ask you for financial support, for it is not your money but you yourselves that I want; for children are not by duty bound to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.
This is my third visit to you. Any charge preferred must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
I will come to see you after I pass through Macedonia -- for I am to pass through Macedonia -- and I shall likely stay over with you some time, or maybe spend the winter with you, so that you may help me on to whatever points I may visit. I do not want to see you right now in a mere stop-over visit, for later I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits me.
Paul, by the will of God an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all God's people all over Greece:
to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated by union with Christ Jesus, and called to be God's people, in fellowship with those who anywhere call upon the name of Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
The final greeting is mine -- Paul's -- with my own hand. A curse upon anyone who does not love the Lord! Our Lord is coming. The spiritual blessing of the Lord Jesus be with you!
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My love be with you all in union with Christ Jesus.
For what I am writing you is nothing more than what you can read and understand, and I hope that you will understand it perfectly, just as some of you have come to understand me partially;
But thanks be to God, who kindles in the heart of Titus the same enthusiasm for you that I have; because he has acceded to my request, or rather, because he is so enthusiastic for you, of his own accord he is off to visit you.
I actually begged Titus to go, and sent the well-known brother with him. Titus did not make any money out of you, did he? Did not he and I act in the same spirit, and take the very same steps?
Gaius, my host, and host of the whole church here, wishes to be remembered to you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, wishes to be remembered to you, and so does our brother Quartus.
Erastus stayed in Corinth; I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.
Now if we preach that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you are saying that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
It is not that you have no houses to eat and drink in, is it? Or, are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God and trying to humiliate those who have no houses? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? No, I cannot praise you for this.
I mean this, that one of you says, "I belong to Paul's party," another, "And I belong to Apollos' party," another, "And I belong to Cephas' party," another, "And I belong to Christ's party."
For when one says, "I belong to Paul's party," and another, "I belong to Apollos' party," are you not acting as mere human creatures?
that is, to go by you on my way to Macedonia, and then to come back to you from Macedonia, and have you send me on to Judea.
Now I take up the matters about which you wrote me. It may be good thing for a man to remain unmarried;
It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, by passing through the inland districts, came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there
But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, and so did all his family, and from time to time many of the Corinthians heard, believed, and were baptized.
I am thankful that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius,
And I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come to see me, because they have supplied what you lacked.
So he moved into the house of a pagan named Titus Justus, who worshiped the true God; his house was next to the synagogue.
After this he left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had issued an edict for all Jews to leave Rome. So Paul paid them a visit, and as they all had the same trade, they proceeded to work together.
Gaius, my host, and host of the whole church here, wishes to be remembered to you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, wishes to be remembered to you, and so does our brother Quartus.
Now I beg you, brothers -- you know that the family of Stephanas were the first converts in Greece, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of God's people --
Yes, I did baptize the family of Stephanas, too; I do not now recall that I baptized anyone else.
And I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come to see me, because they have supplied what you lacked.