For God delivered up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

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.

or if service, let us attend to the service; he that teacheth, let him attend to teaching;

or he that exhorteth, to exhortation; he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that presideth over others, with diligence; he that doeth deeds of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Let your love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good.

Let every one submit to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority which is not from God: and the authorities which exist have been ordained by God.

He therefore that setteth himself against the authority resisteth what God hath ordained; and they a who resist will bring upon themselves judgment.

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.

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

And this, since we know the time, that it is already high time for us to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we became believers.

Him that is weak in his faith receive with kindness, and not to pass judgment on his thoughts.

Let not him who eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him who eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own lord he standeth or falleth; and he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike: let each one be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it to the Lord;

and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. And he that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth thanks to God; and he that doth not eat, to the Lord he doth not eat, and giveth thanks to God.

For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living.

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.

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.

Thou hast faith; have it to thyself before God. Happy is he who doth not condemn himself in that which he alloweth.

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 whatever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction; that we through the patience and the consolation of the Scriptures might have hope.

And may the God of patience and consolation grant that ye may be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus;

that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For I say that Christ became a minister to the circumcised for the sake of Gods truth, in order to make sure the promises given to the fathers;

and that the gentiles glorified God for his mercy, as it is written, "For this cause I will give praise to thee among the gentiles, and sing to thy name."

And again Isaiah saith: "There shall be the shoot from Jesse, and he that riseth up to rule the gentiles; in him shall the gentiles hope."

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

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.

that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles, performing the office of a priest in respect to the gospel of God, that the oblation of the gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and in the country around even to Illyricum, I have fully made known the gospel of Christ;

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."

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

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;

that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judaea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints;

so that, through the will of God, I may come to you in joy, and may with you be refreshed.

that ye may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the holy, and assist her in whatever business she may need your aid; for she hath been a helper of many, and of myself also.

salute also the church that is in their house. Salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruit gathered from Asia for Christ.

Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren that are with them.

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.

to the church of God which is at Corinth, the sanctified in Christ Jesus, called, holy, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours;

that in him ye were enriched in everything, in all utterance, and all knowledge,

so that ye come behind in no gift, while waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

who will also make you steadfast to the end, so that ye may be without blame in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you.

What I mean is this, that each of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

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

that no one may say that ye were baptized into my name.

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; I am not aware that I baptized any one besides.

For consider, brethren, who ye are that have been called; not many wise men after the fashion of the world, not many mighty, not many noble;

and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;

that no flesh might glory before God.

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;

that, according as it is written, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

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

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."

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;

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.

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

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

And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor.

For other foundation can no one lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.

Know ye not, that ye are Gods temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: "He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;"

and again: "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."

Here moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

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.

And these things, brethren, I have transferred in a figure to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye may learn not to go beyond what is written, that no one of you may pride himself in one against another.

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?

Already ye are full; already ye are rich; without us ye have become kings; and I would indeed ye were kings, that we also might reign with you.

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

It is everywhere reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the gentiles, that one should have his fathers wife.

And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, so that he that committed this deed might be separated from among you.

to deliver such a man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Cleanse out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened; for our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ.

I wrote to you in that letter, not to keep company with fornicators;

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

Or do ye not know, that the holy will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge in causes of the least importance?

Know ye not, that we shall pass judgment upon angels? How much more, concerning affairs of this life?

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not one that will be able to judge between his brethren?

Nay, brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

Now therefore it is altogether an evil among you, that ye have suits against each other. Why do ye not rather submit to wrong? Why do ye not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

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

Know ye not, that wrongdoers shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Know ye not, that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid!

Know ye not, that he who is connected with a harlot is one body with her? "For the two," saith he, "shall become one flesh;"

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.

Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own?

Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.

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

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?

For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lords freeman. In like manner the freeman, who is called, is Christs slave.

In that state, brethren, in which he was called, let every one remain with God.