I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and find refreshing rest in your company.

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant but their power.

What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come.

but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.

But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching?

Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it come to you only?

then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”

You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;

But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.

On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come.

But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia;

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to be afraid, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I also am.

So let no one despise him. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren.

But concerning Apollos our brother, I encouraged him greatly to come to you with the brethren; and it was not at all his desire to come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.

In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing;

that is, to pass your way into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be helped on my journey to Judea.

But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

“Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
“And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will welcome you.

otherwise if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to speak of you—will be put to shame by this confidence.

For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ;

For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.

Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensuality which they have practiced.

I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”

in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you.

far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

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

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;

He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,

things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also Barnabas’s cousin Mark (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him);

for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.

For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or by way of deceit;

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—and yet Satan hindered us.

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,

For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our testimony to you was believed.

that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;

for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching.

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

Make every effort to come to me soon;

When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.

Make every effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

And like a mantle You will roll them up;
Like a garment they will also be changed.
But You are the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.”

For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking.

For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,

For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.

Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says,
“Sacrifice and offering You have not desired,
But a body You have prepared for Me;

“Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come
(In the scroll of the book it is written of Me)
To do Your will, O God.’”

then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

For yet in a very little while,
He who is coming will come, and will not delay.

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,