Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

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

For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings to God;

While by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution to them, and to all men;

Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trusteth to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.

Let such one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

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

That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

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

For what is that in which ye were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

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

For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

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

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

He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he this by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

This persuasion cometh not from him that calleth you.

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

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

In which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching for this purpose with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

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

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

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

For I know that this will turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are before,

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye are otherwise minded, God will reveal even this to you.

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

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words.

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

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

For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from lewdness.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not precede them who are asleep.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

And for this cause God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

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

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for man-slayers,

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them who should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mayest war a good warfare;

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

This is a true saying, If a man desireth the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

Take heed to thyself and to thy doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou wilt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

This thou knowest, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times will come.

For of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts;

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

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

This testimony is true: wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and piously, in this present world;

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they who have believed in God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

For to which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath built the house, hath more honor than the house.

For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested the seventh day from all his works.

And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

And by reason of this he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

And no man taketh this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as was Aaron:

And this will we do, if God permit.

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man should have somewhat also to offer.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

The Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was yet standing:

But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined to you.

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God;