When you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you together with the power of our Lord Jesus,

"All things are lawful for me"? Yes, but not all things are good for me. "All things are lawful for me"? Yes, but I will not let myself be enslaved by the power of any.

and the God who raised up our Lord will up-raise us also by his mighty power.

Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord's business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.

No temptation has overtaken you that is beyond man's power; but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but will, with every temptation, provide the way of escape also, so that you may be able to withstand.

Judge of this for your own selves. It is fitting that a woman should pray to God with her head unveiled.

But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all, distributing his gifts to each as he wills.

And though I sell all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it avails me nothing.

So let him who speaks with tongues pray that he may interpret.

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is barren.

What then? I will pray with my spirit, and I will pray also with my mind. I will praise God with my spirit, but I will praise him with my mind, also.

And then the end, when he shall hand over his kingdom to God his Father, after he has abolished all rule and authority and power.

And when you sow the seed you are not sowing the body that it will become, but bare grain, of wheat perhaps, or some other grain.

Sown in weakness, It is raised in power;

As we have borne the likeness of him who was of earth, so also let us bear the likeness of Him who is of heaven.

Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.

For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

But I hold this treasure in an earthen vessel, in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be from God, and not from myself.

as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

I pray you, therefore, in fair exchange (I speak as to my children), let your hearts also be wide open to me.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

As it is written. He scattered broadcast, he gave to the poor; His almsgiving continues forever.

Would that you could put up with a little "folly" from me! Nay, do bear with me.

If indeed some one is coming to preach another Jesus, whom I did not preach, or you are receiving a Spirit other than you once received, or another gospel which you did not accept before, you would do well to bear with me.

I say again, let no one think me a fool. Or, if you must, at least bear with me as a fool, that I, too, may do a little boasting.

What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord's command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting.

but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected."

Most gladly therefore will I boast rather of my weakness, that over me like a tent may be pitched the power of Christ. That is why I rejoice in weakness, in ill-treatment, in troubles, in persecutions and calamities for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he now lives through the power of God. I also am weak, sharing in his weakness, but I shall live with him by the power of God.

For I have no power against the truth, but only in defense of the truth.

They stipulated only that we should remember the poor, which very thing indeed I was quite eager to do.

Why then did you account yourselves so happy? (For I bear you witness that if you could you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me.)

For it is written, Rejoice, O thou barren one who dost never bear, Break forth in joy, thou that dost not travail; For the children of the desolate woman are many. Yea, more than hers who has a husband.

but just as in old times the son born by the flesh used to persecute the son born by the power of the Spirit, so also it is now.

The influence brought to bear does not come from him who is calling you.

As for me, I am fully trusting you in the Lord that you will be no otherwise minded; but he who is trying to unsettle you will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.

From this time forth let no one trouble me, for I bear branded in my body the marks of Jesus, my Master.

It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy of his power.

Finally, my brothers, let your hearts be strengthened in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Continue to pray at all times, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching for it with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

and in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it boldly as I ought to speak.

for testing things that differ, so that you may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,

If then there is any comfort in Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any companionship of the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,

I long to know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, by sharing the likeness of his death;

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if virtue is anything, if honor is anything, be always thinking about these.

I know how to live humbly, and I also know how to bear prosperity. In every place and under all circumstances I have been initiated into the secret of fulness and of hunger, of prosperity and of want.

Whenever I pray for you I am continually thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

For this reason from the day I heard of it I have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will with every kind of wisdom and spiritual insight;

Pray that I may unfold it as I ought to speak.

for my gospel did not come to you in word only, but in power also, and in the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. For you know also the manner in which I behaved myself among you for your sakes.

You are witnesses??nd so is God??ow pure and just and blameless was my behavior among you believers.

And so, when I could no longer bear it, I made up my mind to be left behind at Athens, all alone.

Pray without ceasing.

Brothers, pray for me.

even he whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, in every power and sign and lying wonder,

Finally, brothers, pray on for me, that God's word may run swiftly, and be glorified as in your own case,

Now the end of the exhortation is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and an undissembled faith.

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

It is my wish, then, that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule their houses, and give no occasion to our adversary for railing.

Never ordain any one hastily, nor take part in the wrong-doing of others. Keep yourself pure.

In the presence of God who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus who bore witness to the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

who alone possesses immortality, who dwells in light that none can approach, whom no man has ever seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

I give thanks to God whom I worship with a pure conscience as my fathers did, when I remember you unceasingly in my prayers.

For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power and of love and of self-control.

Do not then be ashamed to bear witness for our Lord, nor for me, his prisoner. Nay, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

Flee from the passions of youth, but run after righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who out of a pure heart call upon the Lord.

For although they keep up the outward form of religion, they deny its power.

All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted.

And I pray that your participation may become effectual, as you come to acknowledge every good thing which is in you to Christ.

He being an emanation of God's glory and stamp of his substance, and upholding the universe by the utterances of his power, after by himself making purification of our sins, has taken his seat on the right hand of the Majesty on High.

Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

so also the Christ, after being once for all offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who wait for him for salvation.

let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from and evil conscience, and our bodies bathed in pure water.

By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed, although she was past the age for child-bearing, because she counted Him faithful who had promised;

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, proved valiant in warfare, and routed armies of aliens.

Others again bore trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, even of chains and imprisonment.

But I entreat you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.

Suppose a man comes into your synagogue with a gold ring and dazzling clothes, and suppose a poor man comes in, also, in shabby clothes,

and you look up to him who wears the fine clothing, and say to him, "Sit here in this fine place!" and to the poor man you say, "Stand there!" or "Sit on the floor at my feet!"

Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to court?

From out of the same mouth pour forth blessings and cursings! My brothers, this ought not to be so.

Does a spring pour forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives; or a grape-vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh water.

But the wisdom which comes from on high is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, conciliatory, overflowing with mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without insincerity.

Is any one of you in trouble? Let him pray.

Is any in good spirits? Let him sing unto his harp. Is any one of you ill? Let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.

who, through faith, are continuously guarded by the power of God for a salvation, ready to be revealed in the last days.

Like new-born babes long for the pure spiritual milk to make you grow up into salvation;

He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

when they see how pure and reverent you are.

But the end of all things is close at hand; so be sober, watch and pray.

For his power divine has granted to us everything needful for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue.

For we were not following cunningly devised fables, when we told you of the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his Majesty.

They have forsaken the right way; they have lost their way, and followed the road of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing.

This is now my second letter to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your pure minds by putting you in remembrance.

And every one who is holding this hope in him is purifying himself, even as he is pure.

For there are three who bear testimony, the Spirit, and the water,

If any one sees his brother committing a sin that is not deadly, he shall ask, and God will give him life, for any one who is not committing a deadly sin. There is a deadly sin; concerning that I do not say that he should pray.