After these things having departed from Athens, he came to Corinth.

After these things having departed from Athens, he came to Corinth. And having found a certain Jew by name Aquila, a Pontic by race, having recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife; because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: he came to them: read more. and because they were of the same craft, abode with them, and they labored: for they were tentmakers by trade. And he spoke in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was straitened with the word, witnessing to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul having come through the upper regions came down into Ephesus: and found certain disciples,

And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul having come through the upper regions came down into Ephesus: and found certain disciples,

And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul having come through the upper regions came down into Ephesus: and found certain disciples,

And having come through those regions, and exhorted them with much speaking, he came into Greece; and having remained three months, a plot rising against him from the Jews, when about to sail for Syria, he was of a mind to return through Macedonia.

and having remained three months, a plot rising against him from the Jews, when about to sail for Syria, he was of a mind to return through Macedonia.

and having remained three months, a plot rising against him from the Jews, when about to sail for Syria, he was of a mind to return through Macedonia. And Sopater the (son) of Pyrrhus, the Berean, and Aristarchus, the Thessalonian, and Secundus; and Gaius the Derbean, and Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus the Asiatics, accompanied him;

For this same thing I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ Jesus, as I teach everywhere in every church.

Fornication is truly heard of among you, and such fornication which is not among the heathens, that one should have the wife of his father.

Fornication is truly heard of among you, and such fornication which is not among the heathens, that one should have the wife of his father. And have you been inflated, and have not rather mourned, that the one having done this work may be taken from your midst? read more. For indeed I, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged the one having thus done this, as being present, in the name of the Lord Jesus, you and my spirit being assembled, with the power of the Lord Jesus, to turn over such a one to Satan for the destruction of carnality, in order that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

I have written unto you in a letter to have no fellowship with fornicators;

I have written unto you in a letter to have no fellowship with fornicators;

But concerning those things about which you wrote to me: That it is good for a man not to receive a wife:

But concerning things offered to idols: we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but divine love builds up.

But concerning the contribution to the saints, as I commanded the churches of Galatia, so you also do.

But I will come to you when I may go through Macedonia; for I do go through Macedonia;

But if Timothy may come, see that he may be with you without fear; for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I also:

But I rejoice over the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: because they have supplied your deficiency: for they refreshed my spirit and yours. Acknowledge ye therefore them that are such.

Paul, the apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Timothy, to the church of God which is at Corinth, along with all the saints who are in all Achaia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. read more. Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation; the one comforting us in all our tribulation, in order that we may be able to comfort those in all tribulation, through the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted of God, because as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation through Christ also abounds.

because as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation through Christ also abounds. But if we are troubled it is in behalf of your consolation and salvation; if we are comforted, it is in behalf of your consolation, working in you through the endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer. read more. And our hope is stedfast in your behalf; knowing that, as you are the partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the consolation. For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction taking place in Asia, because we were burthened exceedingly, above our power, so that we despaired even of living:

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction taking place in Asia, because we were burthened exceedingly, above our power, so that we despaired even of living:

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction taking place in Asia, because we were burthened exceedingly, above our power, so that we despaired even of living: but we had the answer of death in ourselves, in order that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raised the dead: read more. who delivered us from so great a death, and will deliver: in whom he have hope that he will also yet deliver; you also cooperating in our behalf in prayer; in order that, the gift which is bestowed upon us from many persons, may through many be a source of thanks given in our behalf. For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and purity of God, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have sojourned in the world, and especially towards you.

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and purity of God, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have sojourned in the world, and especially towards you.

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and purity of God, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have sojourned in the world, and especially towards you.

And in this confidence I wished to come unto you sooner, that you may have a second grace; and through you to go unto Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be sent forward into Judea. read more. Then wishing this, whether did I use lightness of purpose? or the things which I counsel, do I counsel according to the flesh, in order that it may be with me yes yes and no no? But God is faithful, that our word which is to you is not yes and no.

But I determined this to myself, not again to come unto you in sorrow.

And I wrote this same thing, in order that, having come, I may not have grief over those from whom it behooves me to rejoice; and having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

This punishment which for many to such a one is sufficient; so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief. read more. Therefore I exhort you to stir up your divine love for him: for unto this also I wrote, in order that I may know your approval, if you are obedient in all things. But to whom you forgive anything, I do also: for indeed whatsoever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the face of Christ;

But to whom you forgive anything, I do also: for indeed whatsoever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the face of Christ; in order that we may not be gobbled up by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

in order that we may not be gobbled up by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices. And having come into Troas, for the gospel of Christ, and there being a door opened unto me in the Lord,

And having come into Troas, for the gospel of Christ, and there being a door opened unto me in the Lord,

And having come into Troas, for the gospel of Christ, and there being a door opened unto me in the Lord, and I had no rest to my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus: but having bidden them adieu, I came away into Macedonia.

and I had no rest to my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus: but having bidden them adieu, I came away into Macedonia. But thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and manifesting the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place:

Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, in order that the excellency of the power, may be of God, and not of us;

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, in order that the excellency of the power, may be of God, and not of us;

always bearing about the dying of Jesus in our body, in order that the life of Jesus may also be made manifest in our bodies.

Therefore we faint not; but if indeed our external man perishes, yet our internal man is renewed day by day.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle may be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

but we are confident and delighted rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord.

For it behooves us all to appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive according to those things which he has done through the body, whether good or evil. Therefore knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we have been made manifest unto God; and I hope that we have indeed been made manifest in your consciences. read more. We are not commending ourselves to you, but giving you occasion of boasting in our behalf, in order that you may have response to those who glory in appearance, and not in heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we have our right minds, it is for you. For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead;

For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead; and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen.

and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen. So that we from now know no man after the flesh: if indeed we have known Christ after the flesh, but we now know him no more.

So that we from now know no man after the flesh: if indeed we have known Christ after the flesh, but we now know him no more. So if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, they have become new.

So if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, they have become new. All things are from God, the one having reconciled us unto himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

All things are from God, the one having reconciled us unto himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, as that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their transgressions to them, even having placed in us the word of reconciliation.

as that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their transgressions to them, even having placed in us the word of reconciliation. Therefore we are embassadors in behalf of Christ, as God is intreating you through us; we pray you in behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

Therefore we are embassadors in behalf of Christ, as God is intreating you through us; we pray you in behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. He made him sin in our behalf, who knew no sin; in order that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

He made him sin in our behalf, who knew no sin; in order that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

But working together we indeed intreat you not to have received the grace of God in vain:

giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, in order that the ministry may not be blamed;

Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what participation is there to righteousness and unrighteousness? or what fellowship has light unto darkness?

Therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all the filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

I do not speak for castigation: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die with you and to live with you.

I do not speak for castigation: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die with you and to live with you. My boldness to you is great, my rejoicing over you is much: I have been filled with consolation, I superabound with joy in all our tribulation. read more. For we having come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but in everything being troubled; fightings without, fears within. But God, the one comforting the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus; and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted by you, proclaiming unto us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more.

and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted by you, proclaiming unto us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more. But if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret it, if indeed I did regret it; for I see that, if that letter indeed grieved you for an hour,

But if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret it, if indeed I did regret it; for I see that, if that letter indeed grieved you for an hour,

But if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret it, if indeed I did regret it; for I see that, if that letter indeed grieved you for an hour,

But if I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret it, if indeed I did regret it; for I see that, if that letter indeed grieved you for an hour, now I rejoice, not because you grieved, but because you grieved unto repentance: for you grieved toward God, in order that you may receive damage by us in nothing.

now I rejoice, not because you grieved, but because you grieved unto repentance: for you grieved toward God, in order that you may receive damage by us in nothing. For a godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world works out death.

For a godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world works out death. For behold, how great enthusiasm, yes, how great apology, yes, how great clearing up, yes, how great fear, yes, how great longing, yes, how great zeal, yes, how great avenging, this same godly sorrow did work in you! In everything you have established yourselves to be pure in the matter.

For behold, how great enthusiasm, yes, how great apology, yes, how great clearing up, yes, how great fear, yes, how great longing, yes, how great zeal, yes, how great avenging, this same godly sorrow did work in you! In everything you have established yourselves to be pure in the matter. Since then indeed I wrote to you, not on account of the one having done the wrong, nor on account of the one having suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal, which is in our behalf to you before God, might be made manifest.

Since then indeed I wrote to you, not on account of the one having done the wrong, nor on account of the one having suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal, which is in our behalf to you before God, might be made manifest. Therefore we have been comforted. But we rejoiced the more exceedingly in our consolation over the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all:

Therefore we have been comforted. But we rejoiced the more exceedingly in our consolation over the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all: because if I have gloried with him in anything over you, I wag not made ashamed; but as I spoke all things to you in truth, so our rejoicing over Titus was true.

because if I have gloried with him in anything over you, I wag not made ashamed; but as I spoke all things to you in truth, so our rejoicing over Titus was true. And the affections of him, remembering the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling, are the more abundantly towards you.

And the affections of him, remembering the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling, are the more abundantly towards you. I rejoice because in everything I have confidence in you.

I rejoice because in everything I have confidence in you.

I rejoice because in everything I have confidence in you.

But, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;

But, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;

But, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia; because in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. read more. Because I witness, that according to their ability, and beyond their ability they were anxious, with much exhortation praying our favor and the fellowship of the ministry which is to the saints: and not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us through the will of God: that we should exhort Titus, that as he formerly began it, he may indeed also complete this grace unto you.

not only so, but having been elected by the churches our traveling companion with this philanthropy, administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and your promptitude:

For I know your promptitude, of which I am boasting to the Macedonians in your behalf, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has aroused many.

Therefore I considered it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they may come to you beforehand, and perfect your preannounced benefaction, that it may be ready, as a benefaction, not as a stingy contribution. But it is this, he that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully. read more. As each one has predetermined in his heart; not of reluctance, or of constraint: for God loves the hilarious giver. But God is able to make all grace abound unto you; in order that, always having all sufficiency in every thing, you may abound unto every good work: as has been written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor; his righteousness abides forever. But he that gives seed to the sower, will also give bread to the eater, and multiply your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: in every thing being enriched in all purity, which works out through us thanksgiving to God. Because the ministry of this free-will offering is not only supplying the deficiencies of the saints, but also superabounding through much thanksgiving to God; through the approval of this ministry, glorifying God in the submission of your testimony to the gospel of Christ, and the purity of your fellowship unto them and unto all; and through their prayer in your behalf, earnestly longing to see you on account of the grace of God superabounding unto you. Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.

Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.

Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.

But I Paul exhort you through the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who before your face am indeed humble among you, but being absent am bold towards you:

But I Paul exhort you through the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who before your face am indeed humble among you, but being absent am bold towards you:

Because they say, His letters are indeed weighty and powerful; but the presence of his body is weak, and his speech contemptible.

I would that you bear with me a little in my folly: yes indeed you do bear with me.

Are they Hebrews? I am also. Are they Israelites? I am also. Are they the seed of Abraham? I am also. Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often; read more. from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one, thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a day and a night I spent in the deep. Often in journeys, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in labor and in toil, in vigils often, in hunger and in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness. Besides all these, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

It behooves me to glory, indeed it is not profitable, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

And that I may not be exalted by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given unto me in the flesh, the messenger of Satan that he may buffet me, in order that I may not be exalted.

And that I may not be exalted by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given unto me in the flesh, the messenger of Satan that he may buffet me, in order that I may not be exalted. Three times I called on the Lord concerning this, that it may depart from me. read more. And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most delightfully I will glory the more in my infirmities, in order that the power of Christ may abide on me.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not spare: for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasures for the parents, but the parents for the children,

Which one of those whom I sent unto you, did I fleece you through him? I called Titus, and sent the brother along with him: whether did Titus defraud you? did we not walk by the same Spirit? did we not in the same tracks?

I called Titus, and sent the brother along with him: whether did Titus defraud you? did we not walk by the same Spirit? did we not in the same tracks? For a long time you were thinking that I am apologizing to you. We speak before God in Christ; but all things, beloved, are for your edification.

For a long time you were thinking that I am apologizing to you. We speak before God in Christ; but all things, beloved, are for your edification. For I fear lest, having come, I may not find you as I wish, and may not be found by you as you wish; lest perhaps strife, jealousy, animosities, selfseekings, calumniations, eavesdroppings, inflations, outfallings, are among you; read more. lest, I again having come, my God will humble me before you, and I will mourn over many of those having previously committed sins, and not having repented over the uncleanness and the fornication and debauchery which they have done.

lest, I again having come, my God will humble me before you, and I will mourn over many of those having previously committed sins, and not having repented over the uncleanness and the fornication and debauchery which they have done.

This the third time I am coming to you: in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.

This the third time I am coming to you: in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.

Therefore being absent I write these things, in order that being present, I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

Therefore being absent I write these things, in order that being present, I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

Therefore being absent I write these things, in order that being present, I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction. Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect; be of good comfort; think the same thing, live in peace: and the God of love and peace will be with you. read more. Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the saints salute you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;