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My love be with you all in Christ Jesus, Amen. {The end of the First Epistle unto the Corinthians, Sent from Philippi, by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timothy.}

Verse ConceptsAmenLove, Nature OfLove Exists Between PeopleLoving Everyone

For we are not writing anything to you than what you can read and understand. And I hope that, on the day of our Lord Jesus [i.e., the judgment day], you will understand us fully,

Verse ConceptsLiteracyWriting LettersMaking The Message ClearReading Other Matter

not that we rule [like dictators] over your faith, but rather we work with you for [the increase of] your joy; for in your faith you stand firm [in your strong conviction that Jesus of Nazareth—the Messiah—is the Son of God, through whom we obtain eternal salvation].

Verse ConceptsStabilityStanding FirmLording ItWorking TogetherRespecting Authority

Indeed, what had glory [the Law], in this case no longer has glory because of the glory that surpasses it [the gospel].

Verse ConceptsImperfect Nature Of Human Glory

persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed ??10 wherever I go, I am being killed in the body as Jesus was, so that the life of Jesus may come out in my body:

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Attitudes ToAbandonmentPersecution Of The Apostle PaulGod Not ForsakingNot DestroyedPersecutionDespairFeeling Lost

All the saints salute you. May the favor of the Lord Jesus Christ,

Verse ConceptsSalutations

For, before certain [leaders] came from James [i.e., Jesus' brother, a leader of the Jerusalem church, See Acts 12:17; 15:13-22], he had eaten [a social meal] with some Gentiles. But when these men came, he abruptly discontinued this practice out of fear of the circumcised ones [i.e., out of concern for what the Jews would think of him].

Verse ConceptsCowardiceExclusivenessRacial PrejudiceFear Of ManInstabilityRelations With ForeignersCircumcision PartyNecessity Of CircumcisionFear Of Enemies

We, though we are Jews by birth and not outcasts of Gentile origin, know that no one is pronounced righteous as the result of obedience to Law, but only through faith in Christ Jesus.

Verse ConceptsSinnersWhat Foreigners Are LikeJews

And, predicting that God would consider the Gentiles right with Him by [their] faith, the Scriptures previously recorded [this promise of] the Gospel to Abraham by saying [Gen. 12:3], "All nations will receive a blessing through your descendant [i.e., Jesus]."

Verse ConceptsAbrahamConsistencyevangelists, identity ofMission, Of IsraelAbraham, New Testament ReferencesKnowing BeforehandThe Gospel PreachedForeigners Saved By FaithRighteous By FaithScripture SaysThe Gospel To The NationsNew Testament Claiming Old Testament Is InspiredGentilesconsequencesevangelizingtransition

So then, all those who have faith [in Jesus] receive a blessing along with Abraham, a man of faith.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfThose Who Had FaithHaving FaithBlessings From Godbelief

What then is [the benefit of] the law of Moses? It was introduced [as part of God's revelation] in order to define what sin was, until the seed [i.e., Jesus] would come, to whom the promise [of never ending life] was made. The law of Moses was ordained through [the medium of] angels and [delivered] through the hand of an intermediary [i.e., Moses].

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstAngels as God's servantsGuardiansLaw, Purpose OfMediationMoses, Significance OfResponsibility, To GodAngels Giving The LawGod's Promise To AbrahamAngels As MediatorsAngels Activities Among BelieversAngelic GuardianshipPromises

And ye did not slight or disdain my temptation which was in the flesh, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesInfirmitiesThe Gospel PreachedSicknessWeaknessIllness

These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised simply want to make a fine outward show, only to keep you from being persecuted for the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessOutward AppearanceLiving For The MaterialNecessity Of CircumcisionOutward CompulsionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecutionThe Crosstrying

and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mystery is, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, which made all things through Jesus Christ,

Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorLast DaysMysteryUniverseAdministrationGod's Things ConcealedSchedulesGod's PlanGods PlanThe Past

so that the whole court and publick are well appriz'd that I am a prisoner upon the account of Jesus Christ.

Verse ConceptsGuards

And I am confident, as one who trusts in the Lord Jesus, that before long I myself shall follow.