For if any one sees you who have knowledge reclining in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols?

so that he who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall.

Does not nature herself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace to him?

But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup;

If any one is hungry let him eat at home, that you come not together for judgment. The other things I will arrange when I come.

For he that speaks with a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in spirit he speaks mysteries;

if therefore I do not know the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks will be a barbarian to me.

Let him therefore that speaks with a tongue pray that he may interpret,

and if there is no interpreter, let him be silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.

If any one thinks he is a prophet, or a spiritual man, let him acknowledge the [things] which I write to you, that they are the Lord's;

but if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant.

for he put all things under his feet. But when he says that all things are put under him, it is clear that he is excepted who puts all things under him;

and when all things have been put under him, then will the Son also himself be subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

On the first day of the week let each one of you lay aside by himself in store as God has prospered him, that there may be no collections made when I come.

let no one therefore despise him. But send him forward in peace, that he may come to me; for I look for him with the brothers.

But concerning Apollos the brother, I have exhorted him much to come to you with the brothers; but he was entirely indisposed to come now, but he will come when he has a convenient time.

If any one is not a friend to the Lord, let him be accursed. The Lord comes.

For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but was yes in him;

for all the promises of God, the yes in him, and the Amen in him, are for glory to God by us.

so that on the other hand you ought to forgive and comfort him, that he may not be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.

I exhort you, therefore, to confirm your love to him;

Wherefore also we strive, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for themselves but for him that died for them and rose again.

So that from henceforth we know no man after the flesh; and if we have known Christ after the flesh, we now know him no more.

For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.

If therefore I wrote to you, it was not on account of him that did the wrong, nor on account of him that suffered wrong, but that our diligence in your behalf might be manifest before God.

for if I had boasted of you to him I was not ashamed, but as we said all things to you in truth, so also the boasting of you to Titus was truth.

And his affection is more abundant for you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.

And we sent with him the brother, whose praise in the gospel is in all the churches,

You see things according to appearances. If any one trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider again with himself that as he is Christ's so also are we.

But let him that glories glory in the Lord;

I requested Titus, and sent the brother with him; did Titus make any thing out of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit, in the same steps?

for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; and we also are weak in him, but live with him by the power of God in you.

PAUL an apostle, not from men nor by man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,

I wonder that you have so quickly turned away from him that called you in the grace of Christ to another gospel,

But if we or an angel from heaven preach you another gospel contrary to what we have preached you let him be accursed.

As we said before I now also say again, If any one preaches you a gospel contrary to what you have received let him be accursed.

was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the gentiles, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and staid with him fifteen days;

But when Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to his face, because he was to blame.

and the other Jews also dissembled with him, so that Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation.

As Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him a righteousness.

But as then he that was born of the flesh persecuted him that was born of the Spirit, so also now.

This persuasion is not of him that calls you.

Let him that is taught the word communicate with him that teaches of all good things.

as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him,

in respect to the dispensation of the fullness of times, to bring all things into one in Christ, the things which are in heaven and the things which are on earth, in him

in whom also we have been called, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works out all things according to the counsel of his will,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds],

and put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the church,

which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all things in all.

for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father.

in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in him.

To him that is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think, by the power which operates in us,

to him be the glory in the church in Jesus Christ to all generations, for ever and ever; amen.

but speaking the truth with love we may grow to him in all things, who is the head, Christ;

if you have indeed heard him, and been instructed by him as the truth is in Jesus,

Let him that has stolen steal no more, but rather let him labor, doing that which is good with his hands, that he may have to give to him that needs.

And, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

because it was given to you in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him but also to suffer for him,

Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name,

Him therefore I hope to send to you as soon as I know how it will be with me;

For indeed he was sick nigh to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him again you may rejoice and I be less sorrowful.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and have such in estimation,

and be found in him, not having my righteousness by the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by the faith,

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

I endure all things with him that strengthens me.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

for by him were all things created which are in heaven and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and for him,

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist,

for in him [God] was well pleased that all fullness should dwell,

and through him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens.

by the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blame and without fault before him,

As therefore you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

founded and built up in him, and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

for in him dwells all the fullness of the Deity bodily

and you are made perfect in him, who is the head of all principality and power,

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;

and you being dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made you alive with him, having forgiven us all sins,

and put on the new man, renewed in knowledge in the likeness of him that created him,

and whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God [and] Father through him.

Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Mark the nephew of Barnabas,??oncerning whom you received commandments, if he comes to you receive him,??11 and Jesus called Justus, who are of the circumcision; these are the only co-laborers for the kingdom of God who have been a comfort to me.

For I bear him witness that he has great zeal for you and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also will God bring with him those that have fallen asleep on account of Jesus.

who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we may live together with him.

that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

And we beseech you, brothers, in respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being brought together to him,

And now you know what hinders him from being revealed in his time.

For when we were with you, we gave you this charge, that if any one will not work, neither let him eat.

But if any one obeys not our word by this epistle, mark that one, and have no association with him, that he may be ashamed;

and account him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

but on this account I obtained mercy, that Jesus Christ might exhibit in me first all long-suffering, for an example to those who should hereafter believe in him to life eternal.

Rebuke not an aged man, but entreat him as a father, the younger men as brothers,

The Lord grant him to find mercy with the Lord in that day. And what services he performed at Ephesus, you know very well.

No one who serves as a soldier is involved in the business of life, that he may please him who has employed him as a soldier.

if we endure patiently we shall reign together; if we deny him he will deny us;

and that they may recover themselves from the snare of the devil, who are made captives by him to his will.

Luke only is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you; for [he will be] useful to me for service.