But I say, Hath not Israel had knowledge? First, Moses saith, "I will move you to jealousy by that which is no nation, I will excite you to indignation by a foolish people."

But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, "I was found by those who sought me not, I became known to those who inquired not for me."

But concerning Israel he saith, "All the day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people."

But what saith the answer of God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

And if it is by grace, it is no longer on account of works; otherwise grace ceaseth to be grace; but if it is of works, there is then no grace; otherwise work ceaseth to be work. How is it then?

What Israel seeketh after, that Israel did not obtain; but the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

I say then, Did they stumble in order to fall? God forbid! But by their offence salvation is come to the gentiles to excite them to emulation.

But if their offence is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the gentiles, how much more will their fullness be?

For if the rejection of them is the reconciliation of the world, what will the reception of them be, but life from the dead?

boast not over the branches; for if thou boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee.

Be it so. It was for their unbelief that they were broken off, and thou standest through thy faith; be not highminded, but fear.

Behold then the goodness and the severity of God; toward those who fell, severity; but toward thee Gods goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise thou also wilt be cut off.

In regard to the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes; but in regard to Gods choice, they are beloved for the fathers sake.

For as ye in times past were disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

and be not conformed to the fashion of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect.

For through the grace given to me I warn every one among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God hath imparted to each.

Be of one mind among yourselves. Set not your minds on high things, but content yourselves with what is humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather make room for wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."

Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wouldst thou then not be afraid of the government? Do that which is good, and thou wilt have praise from it;

for the ruler is Gods servant to thee for good. But if thou doest evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain; for he is Gods servant, an avenger to inflict wrath upon him that doeth evil.

It is necessary therefore to submit, not only because of the wrath, but also for your conscience sake.

Owe no one anything but brotherly love; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the Law.

but clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and think not about satisfying the lusts of the flesh.

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? And thou, too, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgmentseat of God.

Let us then no longer judge one another; but let this rather be your judgment, not to put a stumblingblock, or an occasion to fall, in a brothers way.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him that accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

Do not for the sake of food undo the work of God. All things indeed are clean; but that which is pure is evil for that man who eateth so as to be an occasion of sin.

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he doeth it not from faith; but every thing which is not from faith is sin.

For Christ did not seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me."

But I myself am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye are even of yourselves full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

But I have written to you, brethren, in a manner somewhat bold on some subjects, as putting you in mind, on account of the grace given me by God

but always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner,not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on anothers foundation,

but, as it is written: "They, to whom no tidings concerning him came, shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand."

But now having no more opportunity in these regions, and having had for many years a great desire to come to you,

But now I am going to Jerusalem on a service of relief to the saints.

But I beseech you, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love produced by the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers to God for me;

who for my life laid down their own necks; to whom not I alone give thanks, but also all the churches of the gentiles;

But I exhort your brethren, to mark those who are causing divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned; and avoid them.

For such men are not servants of our Lord Christ, but of their own appetites; and by good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple.

For your obedience hath become known to all. Over you, then, I rejoice; but I would have you wise as to that which is good, and simple as to that which is evil.

but is now made manifest, and through the writings of the prophets, by the command of the everlasting God, is made known to all the nations to bring them to obedience to the faith,

But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

For the preaching of the cross is to those who are perishing, foolishness, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.

but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumblingblock, and to gentiles foolishness,

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong;

But from him it is that ye are in Christ Jesus, who from God was made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption;

and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power;

that your faith might not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

But we do speak wisdom among the perfect; not, however, the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought;

but we speak Gods wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God determined on before the world was, for our glory;

but, as it is written: "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him."

For who among men knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of the man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no one but the Spirit of God.

But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by the grace of God;

which things we also speak, not in words taught by mans wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, connecting what is spiritual l with what is spiritual.

But the unspiritual man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them; because they are spiritually discerned.

But he that is spiritual judgeth of all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.

For "who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

I also, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as those who are not spiritual, as to babes in Christ.

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each?

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.

So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth.

According to the grace of God bestowed on me, I, as a skilful masterbuilder, have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed, how he buildeth thereon.

But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

if any ones work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through fire.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human tribunal; nay, I do not even judge myself;

for though I am conscious to myself of nothing wrong, yet not by this am I cleared of blame; but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?

We are fools for Christs sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are in honor, but we are despised.

I write not these things to shame you, but I am warning you as my beloved children.

But I shall come to you shortly, if it be the Lords will, and will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power;

for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

So then let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

But this is what I wrote you, not to keep company with any one called a brother, if he be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one not even to eat.

But those who are without, God will judge. Do ye put away that bad man from among yourselves.

But ye yourselves wrong, and defraud, and that too your brethren.

And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were made holy, but ye were accepted as righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Meats are for the stomach, and the stomach for meats; but God will make an end of both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

but he that is connected with the Lord is one spirit with him.

Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man may commit, is apart from the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

but on account of the commonness of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.

The wife hath not the disposal of her own body, but her husband; and so also the husband hath not the disposal of his own body, but his wife.

But I say this by way of permission, not command.

I would that all men were as I myself; but every one hath his own gift from God, one man this, and another that.

but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

But to those who are married it is my command, yet not mine, but the Lords: Let not the wife separate herself from her husband,

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she be satisfied to dwell with him, let him not put her away;

For the unbelieving husband hath been made holy by his wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been made holy by the brother; otherwise were your children unclean, but, as it is, they are holy.

But if the unbelieving separateth himself, let him separate himself; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God hath called you to be in peace.

For how dost thou know, O wife, but that thou mayst save thy husband? or how dost thou know, O husband, but that thou mayst save thy wife?

But let every one continue to walk in the lot which the Lord appointed him, in the condition in which God called him. And this direction I give in all the churches.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Wast thou called being a slave, care not for it; but even if thou canst be made free, use it rather.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

But if thou hast married, thou hast committed no sin; and if a virgin hath married, she hath committed no sin. Such, however, will have trouble in the flesh, which I desire to spare you.