For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come.

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.

If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth.

but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.

But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them .

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:

For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.

Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

and this , not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.

But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us,'see that ye abound in this grace also.

And herein I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.

For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;

but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply for your want; that there may be equality:

and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matter of this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness:

Avoiding this, that any man should blame us in the matter of this bounty which is ministered by us:

But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared:

lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;

seeing that through the proving of you by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution unto them and unto all;

Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.

Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.

That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word established.

For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

This only would I learn from you. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.

This persuasion came not of him that calleth you.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show toward all the saints,

far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

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

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

But if to live in the flesh, -- if this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it , do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

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

whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;

And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.

in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.

And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.