But we desire to hear from thee, what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

Saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.

For the heart of this people is become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

For in this is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

For this cause God gave them up to vile affections. For even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them who do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he may be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus.

Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac,

For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

But the righteousness which is by faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down.)

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) to this day.

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall be come in.

For this is my covenant to them, when I shall take away their sins.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

For, for this cause ye pay tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

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

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.

When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go by you into Spain.

I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

However, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to naught:

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Now if any man buildeth upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.

For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who will bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

I have written to you in this epistle, not to associate with persons guilty of lewdness:

Yet not altogether with lewd persons of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must needs go out of the world.

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?

If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.

For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;

And they that use this world, as not abusing it. For the fashion of this world passeth away.

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

But there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol to this hour eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours should become a stumbling-block to them that are weak.

My answer to them that examine me is this,

Or saith he this altogether for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

If others are partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed to me.

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

But if any man shall say to you, This is offered in sacrifice to idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and its fullness:

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, because of the angels.

Now in this that I declare to you, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

When therefore ye come together in one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.

What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

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

Wherefore, whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

After that he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some have fallen asleep.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your 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.

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

As concerning our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come to you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our manner of life in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

And in this confidence I purposed to come to you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

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

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted by many.

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

For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

But their minds were blinded: for until this day the same vail remaineth untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

But even to this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not from us.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heaven:

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not because we would be unclothed, but clothed, that mortality might be swallowed up in life.

Now he that hath wrought us for this same thing is God, who also hath given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

For behold this very thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what avenging! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God:

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

And in this I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

And not that only, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: