and again, 'The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that is towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me;

and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.