And what harmony has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel?

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not regret, though I did regret: for I perceive that the same epistle has made you sorry, though it were but for a time.

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not.

For I know the eagerness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has provoked very many.

(As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever.

For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

But we will not boast of things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the field which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord has given me to edification, and not to destruction.

O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been openly set forth, crucified among you?

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:

But the scripture has consigned all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

For it is written, Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that travail not: for the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved.

Which he has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he has purposed in himself:

And has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

And you has he made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins:

Even when we were dead in sins, has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)

And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

And to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling fragrance.

For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Therefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

But you know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel.

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has reasons he might trust in the flesh, I more:

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me has flourished again; in which you were also concerned, but you lacked opportunity.

Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

And you, that were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled

Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

Buried with him in baptism, in which also you are risen with him through the faith of the working of God, who has raised him from the dead.

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

Let no man deceive you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done: and there is no respect of persons.

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

That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you unto his kingdom and glory.

For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given unto us his Holy Spirit.

For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and has given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace,

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them who believe and know the truth.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home, and so repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Well reported of for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

If any man or woman that believes has widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.

For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

Of whom you beware also; for he has greatly withstood our words.

But has in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to refute the opposition.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

If he has wronged you, or owes you anything, put that on my account;

Has in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

For unto the angels has he not put in subjection the world to come, of which we speak.

And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children whom God has given me.

For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted.

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who has built the house has more honor than the house.

For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

For he of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, of which no man has ever served at the altar.

But this man, because he continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.

But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

In that he says, A new covenant, he has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away.

Saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded unto you.

For Christ has not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the age has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

For by one offering he has perfected forever them that are sanctified.

By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Of how much worse punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done insult unto the Spirit of grace?

For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.

For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.

Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.

Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy triumphs over judgment.

What does it profit, my brethren, though a man says he has faith, and has not works? can faith save him?

Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone.

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind:

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.

And the prayer of faith shall deliver the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.