and I died, and this commandment which [was] to [lead to] life was found with respect to me to [lead to] death.

Therefore, [did that which is] good become death to me? May it never be! Rather [it was] sin, in order that it might be recognized [as] sin, producing death through [what is] good for me, in order that sin might become sinful to an extraordinary degree through the commandment.

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies [as] a living sacrifice, holy [and] pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service.

So then, the one who resists authority resists the ordinance [which is] from God, and those who resist will receive condemnation on themselves.

[It is] good not to eat meat or to drink wine or [to do anything] by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.

For I will not dare to speak about anything except [that] which Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

who risked their own necks for my life, for which not only I am thankful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.

I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,

which none of the rulers of this age knew. For if they had known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But just as it is written, "[Things] which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him."

[things] which we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in [words] taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual [things] to spiritual [people].

For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are.

It is reported everywhere [that there] is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind which [does] not [even exist] among the Gentiles, so that someone has the wife of [his] father.

Now concerning [the things] about which you wrote: "[It is] good for a man not to touch a woman."

Each one in the calling in which he was called--in this he should remain.

Each one in [the situation] in which he was called, brothers--in this he should remain with God.

Now [if you] sin in this way against the brothers and wound their conscience, which is weak, you sin against Christ.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?

[No], but that [the things] which they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become sharers with demons.

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks?

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,

and [after he] had given thanks, he broke [it] and said, "This is my body which [is] for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

But by much more the members of the body which are thought to be weaker are necessary,

and [the parts] of the body which we think to be less honorable, these we clothe with more abundant honor, and our unpresentable [parts] come to have more abundant presentability,

but our presentable [parts] do not have need [of this]. Yet God composed the body by giving more abundant honor to the part which lacked [it],

Likewise, the inanimate things which produce a sound, whether flute or lyre, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the lyre?

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, he should recognize that [the things] which I am writing to you are of the Lord.

Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed to you, which you have also received, in which you also stand,

by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose.

I die every day--yes indeed, by my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord!

And what you sow [is] not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those [who are] in all affliction with the comfort with which [we] ourselves are comforted by God.

But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,

and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort [with] which he was comforted among you, [because he] reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

because I know your readiness [to help], [concerning] which I keep on boasting to the Macedonians about you, that Achaia has been ready [to help] since last year, and your zeal has stirred up the majority [of them].

being made rich in every [way] for all generosity, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

now I ask [when I] am present [that I will] not [need] to be bold with the confidence [with] which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.

For if the one who comes proclaims another Jesus whom we have not proclaimed, or you receive a different spirit which you did not receive, or a different gospel which you did not accept, you put up with [it] well [enough]!

that he was caught up to paradise and heard words not to be spoken, which [it is] not permitted for a person to speak.

(Now [the things] which I am writing to you, behold, [I assure you] before God that I am not lying.)

For if I build up again these [things] which I destroyed, I show myself [to be] a transgressor.

But at that time [when you] did not know God, you were enslaved to the things which by nature are not gods.

which [things] are spoken allegorically, for these [women] are two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing [children] for slavery, who is Hagar.

But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness,

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, [things] which I am telling you [in advance], just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

which he has worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places],

which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all [things] in every [way].

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love [with] which he loved us,

For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them.

(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):

of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

according to the purpose of the ages which he carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Therefore I ask [you] not to be discouraged at my afflictions on behalf of you, which are your glory.

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:

and obscenity, and foolish talk, or coarse jesting (which [are] not proper), but rather thanksgiving.

And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,

"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),

in everything taking up the shield of faith, with which you are able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one,

and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that {in them} I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak.

having been filled [with the] fruit of righteousness which [comes] through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

But if [it is] to live in the flesh, this [is] fruitful work for me, and which I will prefer [I do] not know.

and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,

having the same struggle which you saw in me and now hear about in me.

Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,

and may be found in him, not having my righteousness [which is] from the law, but [which is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,

Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.

For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

And [the things] which you have learned and received and heard about and seen in me, practice these [things], and the God of peace will be with you.

because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, which you have heard about beforehand in the word of truth, the gospel,

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

the mystery [which] has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints,

to whom God wanted to make known what [is] the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

for which [purpose] also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with [him] through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way [by] nailing it to the cross.

which are a shadow of what is to come, but the reality [is] Christ.

Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail [about] [the things] which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,

which [things] are all [meant] for destruction by consuming according to human commandments and teachings,

which [things] {although they have}, to be sure, an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and unsparing treatment of the body, {do not have any value} against the indulgence of the flesh.

Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,

because of which the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,

in which also you once lived, when you used to live in them.

And to all these [things] [add] love, which is [the] bond of perfection.

And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner},

And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God [which] are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same [things] at the hands of your own people, just as [they] themselves [did] also at the hands of the Jews,

For what thanks can we repay to God concerning you, because of all the joy [with] which we rejoice because of you before our God,

a proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which also you are suffering,

for which [purpose] we also pray always for you, that you may be considered worthy of the calling of our God, and he might fulfill every desire for goodness and work of faith with power,

And you know that which restrains [him] now, so that he will be revealed in his own time.

and with every unrighteous deception against those who are perishing, in place of which they did not accept the love of the truth, so that they would be saved.