and those who weep, as not weeping, and those who rejoice, as not rejoicing, and those who buy, as not possessing,

Now about the things sacrificed to idols. We know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.

Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.

He who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but he who prophesies builds up the congregation.

And also we are found FALSE witnesses of God, because we witnessed according to God that he raised up the Christ, whom he did not raise up, if therefore the dead are really not raised.

Afterwards the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will abolishes all rule, and all authority and power.

Sober up rightly, and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak shame about you.

But when this perishable will have put on imperishability, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written, Death was swallowed up in victory.

Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.

so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.

knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up through Jesus, and will present us with you.

For also those who are in the tent groan, being burdened, not in that we want to undress, but to clothe ourselves, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by the life.

For even if I also should boast somewhat more abundantly about our authority (which the Lord gave us for building up, and not for tearing you down), I will not be shamed,

Or did I commit a sin lowering myself so that ye might be lifted up, because I preached to you the good-news of God freely?

For ye tolerate it if some man enslaves you, if some man devours you, if some man seizes you, if some man lifts himself up, if some man strikes you on the face.

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in body, I know not, or whether outside the body, I know not, God knows) such a man was caught up as far as the third heaven.

that he was caught up into the paradise, and heard inexpressible sayings that are not permitted for a man to utter.

Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, t

Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again to Damascus.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit with Peter, and I remained with him fifteen days.

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken along Titus also.

And I went up according to revelation, and I declared to them the good-news that I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of repute, lest somehow I might be running or ran in vain.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was earlier described among you, crucified?

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

Ye were running well. Who hindered you, not to obey the truth?

and raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenly things in Christ Jesus.

And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

Husbands, love your own wives even as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

Children, obey your parents in Lord, for this is right.

And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.

Because of this take ye up the full armor of God, so that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil.

Because for sake of the work of the Christ he came near the point of death, handing over his life so that he might fill up the deficiency of your service toward me.

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.

having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross.

Let no man umpire against you insisting on self-mortification, and worship of the heavenly agents, intruding in things that he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

Children, obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in Lord.

Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles so that they might be saved, in order to fill up their sins always. But wrath came upon them finally.

then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up simultaneously with them in clouds to the Lord's gathering in the air. And so we will always be with Lord.

Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

And if any man does not obey our word by this letter, note that man, and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

I desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lifting up devout hands, apart from anger and argument.

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.

And without controversy great is the mystery of piety. God was manifested in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by heavenly agents, proclaimed among nations, believed in the world, taken up in glory.

Laying these things down to the brothers, thou will be a good helper of Jesus Christ, reared up in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine that thou have followed.

he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings,

storing up for themselves a good foundation for that which is coming, so that they may take hold of the eternal life.

and they may sober up out of the snare of the devil, having been captured by him for his will.

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me in that day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

and to the beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the congregation at thy house:

And thou will roll them up as a mantle, and they will be changed. But thou are the same, and thy years will not cease.

Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence,

And having been fully perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him,

Who has no need to offer up sacrifices each day, as those high priests, first for his own sins, then for those of the people, for this he did, once, when he offered up himself.

so also the Christ, having been offered once in order to take up the sins of many, will appear a second time, independent of sin, to those waiting for him for salvation.

Having reckoned that God is able to raise up even from the dead, from where also, in a figure, he did receive him back.

Therefore lift up the drooping hands, and the feeble knees,

Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name.

Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep by the blood of an eternal covenant--our Lord Jesus--

For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.

Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

Behold we put bits into the mouths of horses for them to obey us, and we guide about their whole body.

Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.

Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.

Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

As free, and not having your freedom as a cover-up of evil, but as bondmen of God.

Who himself took up our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live to the righteousness of him from whose wound ye were healed.

Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,

For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,

But now the heavens and the earth, which have been stored up by the same word, are being preserved for fire in a day of judgment and destruction of irreverent men.

And ye know that that man was made known so that he might take up our sins. And in him is no sin.

But ye beloved, building up yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in Holy Spirit,

After these things I looked, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard like a trumpet, speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show thee what must happen after these things.

And one of the elders says to me, Weep not, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, overcame to open the book and the seven seals of it.

And the sky departed as a scroll being rolled up. And every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

And the first sounded, and there occurred hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth. And the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burn

And when the seven thunders uttered, I was going to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.

And I heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

And she gave birth to a son, a male who was going to tend all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea having ten horns, and seven heads, and ten diadems upon its horns, and upon its heads names of blasphemy.

And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns similar to a lamb, and it spoke like a dragon.

And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

And the sixth agent poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and the water of it was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the sun-rising might be prepared.

And the kings of the earth who fornicated and lived wantonly with her, will weep and will beat their breasts for her when they see the smoke of her burning,

And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no man buys their merchandise any more,

And one mighty agent took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus in violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will, no, not be found any more.

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the encampment of the sanctified and the beloved city. And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.

And the sea gave up the dead in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead in them. And they were judged, each according to their works.

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there will not be any more death, nor grief, nor crying, nor will there be any more anguish, because the former things are gone.