But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack.

and we have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he hath in you.

for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and your zeal hath stirred up very many of them.

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.

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

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

I say again, let no man think me foolish; but if ye do , yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),

I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.

But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.

Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honorable, though we be as reprobate.

As we have said before, so say I now again, if any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

but they only heard say, He that once persecuted us now preacheth the faith of which he once made havoc;

to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth not man's person)-- they, I say, who were of repute imparted nothing to me:

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?

Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one.

But now faith that is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:

but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

I beseech you, brethren, become as I am , for I also am become as ye are . Ye did me no wrong:

but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:

They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.

Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so also it is now.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these : fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

Henceforth, let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.

having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

not of works, that no man should glory.

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.

having abolished in the flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man,'so making peace;

and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

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

to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

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

that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

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

and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

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

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.

for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always,'so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

But if to live in the flesh, -- if this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child'serveth a father,'so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.

for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity.

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;

Now unto our God and Father be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,