Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been bestowed in the churches of Macedonia;

I have become a fool; it is ye that compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the very foremost apostles, though I am nothing.

Have ye been thinking this long time that we are defending ourselves to you? It is before God in Christ that we are speaking; but all things, beloved, for your edification.

I have been crucified with Christ, and no longer do I live, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Brethren, I speak according to what is practised among men; no one sets aside even a human covenant, or makes additions to it, after it has been ratified.

To what end then was the Law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise belongeth, having been ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Is then the Law against the promises of God? Far be it! For if a law had been given which was able to give life, righteousness would indeed have been by the Law;

So then the Law hath been our schoolmaster, to lead us to Christ, that we might be accepted as righteous through faith;

but now, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that ye are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments to which ye wish to be again in bondage?

even when dead through our trespasses, life with Christ,by grace have ye been saved,

For by grace ye have been saved, through faith; and this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God;

but now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who formerly were afar off, have been brought nigh by the blood of Christ.

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery, which hath been hidden for ages in God, who created all things;

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, ye having been rooted and grounded in love,

Not that I have already obtained, or have been already perfected; but I press on, if I may also lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ.

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound; in every thing and in all things I have been well taught, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want;

for in him were created all things, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things have been created through him and for him;

if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.

the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed to his saints;

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

in whom also ye have been circumcised with a circumcision not performed by hand, in putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ,

having been buried with him in your baptism; in which also ye were raised to life with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead;

and Jesus, who is called Justus; who are of the circumcision; these only are my fellowworkers for the kingdom of God, who have been an encouragement unto me.

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

For ye yourselves know, brethren, that our coming among you hath not been in vain;

but after we had suffered before and had been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.

but as we have been regarded by God as worthy to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.

But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you for a short time, separated in body, not in heart, used the greater endeavors with much earnestness to see your face.

Let no one deceive you in any manner; for [that day will not come] unless the apostasy shall have come first and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;

Let a widow be put on the list when not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one husband,

and they may awake to their senses out of the snare of the Devil, by whom they have been taken captive to do his will.

that having been accepted as righteous by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of everlasting life.

For we have great thankfulness and comfort on account of thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as greater than the house is he who built it.

he again appointeth a certain day, "Today"saying in David so long a time after, as hath before been said"Today, if ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

For we have not a highpriest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who hath in all points been tempted as we are, without sin.

For it is impossible that those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and been make partakers of the Holy Spirit,

If indeed perfection had been by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people hath received the Law,) what further need was there that a different priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called alter the order of Aaron?

who hath been made, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an indissoluble life.

for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him who said to him, "The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever,"

And they indeed have been many priests, because they have been prevented from continuing by reason of death;

But now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, in proportion as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been established upon better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then a place would not have been sought for a second.

the Holy Spirit clearly showing this, that the way into the sanctuary hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing:

For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the purifying of the flesh,

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions under the first covenant, they who have been called may receive the everlasting inheritance which was promised.

so also Christ having been once offered up to bear the sins of many, will appear the second time, without sin, for the salvation of those who are waiting for him.

For in that case would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

And in this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Through faith we perceive that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that that which is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return;

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encompassed for seven days.

But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.

Now all chastening for the present indeed seemeth to be not joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yieldeth the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

And this expression, "Yet once more," signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, in order that those things which are not shaken may abide.

Know that the brother Timothy hath been set at liberty, with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

have ye not been partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

For every kind of beasts and of birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed and hath been tamed by mankind;

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men, who have been made after the likeness of God;

Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and have been given to pleasure; ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter.

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering the things, which have now been announced to you by them that have brought the glad tidings to you by the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but had been made eyewitnesses of his majesty.

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

I write to you, my children, because your sins have been forgiven you for his names sake.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they are not all of us.

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness hath been born of him.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it hath not yet been manifested what we shall be. We know that, when it shall be manifested, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

Whoever hath been born of God doth not commit sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been born of God.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and every one that loveth hath been born of God, and knoweth God;

Herein hath love been perfected with us, that we have confidence in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ hath been born of God; and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth also him that hath been begotten of him.

We know that whoever hath been born of God sinneth not; but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and the Evil One toucheth him not.

To Demetrius testimony hath been borne by all, and by the truth itself; yea, we also bear witness, and ye know that our witness is true.

I had many things to write to thee, but I do not wish to write to thee with ink and pen;

And I saw, between the throne and the four living creatures and the elders, a Lamb standing, as if it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

but the court which is outside the temple, leave out, and measure it not, for it hath been given to the gentiles; and the holy city will they tread under foot fortytwo months.

And all who dwell on the earth wilt worship him, every one whose name hath not been written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world.

And the fifth poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

The beast which thou sawest, was, and is not, and is to come up out of the abyss, and goeth into perdition; and they that dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder, when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and yet will come.

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain he any more; for the former things are passed away.