For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.

For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.

yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.

Don't you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?

If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?

I say this to move you to shame. Isn't there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

My defense to those who examine me is this.

If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.

But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."

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

But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.

When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me."

In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

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 languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord."

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

Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

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

But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.

For our boasting 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 toward you.

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;

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

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

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

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

For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

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

For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;

For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.

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

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

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

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,

but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.

Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.

But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;

seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.

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

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is 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 your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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

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

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

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

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel.

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

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

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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

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

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

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

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's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you 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 complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.