And ye have become puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he who did this deed might be taken away from you.

For, being free from all men, I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.

And, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law (not being myself under law), that I might gain those under law;

to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ), that I might gain those without law.

To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some.

Now these things became types for us, that we might not covet evil things, as they also coveted.

for there must also be factions among you, that the approved may be made manifest among you.

for, indeed, in one Spirit were we all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

that there might be no schism in the body, but that the members might have the same care, one for another.

If, therefore, the whole assembly comes together, and all are speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?

the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, reporting that, in reality, God is among you.

But, if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence;

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive;

Foolish one! that which you sow is not made alive, except it die;

On the first day of the sabbaths, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring it up, as he may prosper, that no collections be made, when I come.

and, if it be meet for me also to go, they shall go with me.

And in this confidence I was purposing before to come to you, that ye might have a second favor;

For, if I make you sorry, who, indeed, is he that makes me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?

And I wrote this very thing, that I might not, when I came, have sorrow from those of whom I ought to have joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart I wrote to you, through many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly toward you.

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

that we might not be over-reached by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

being made manifest that ye are Christ's epistle ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

For even that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, on account of the surpassing glory;

and not as Moses, who put a veil over his face, that the sons of Israel might not look steadily to the end of that which was passing away.

For we know that, if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

Knowing, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but to God we have been made manifest, and I hope that we have been made manifest also in your consciences.

Him Who knew no sin He made to be sin on our behalf, that we may become God's righteousness in Him.

because, even if I did make you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it; for I see that that letter made you sorry, though but for a season.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us.

For, behold this very thing??hat ye were made sorry after a godly manner??hat diligence it wrought in you; yea, what defense of yourselves; yea, what indignation; yea, what fear; yea what earnest desire; yea, what zeal; yea, what avenging! In everything ye proved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

So, although I wrote to you, it was not on account of him who did the wrong, nor of him who suffered wrong, but that your earnest care on our behalf might be manifested to you in the sight of God.

For, if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not made ashamed; but, as we spake all things to you in truth, so also our glorying before Titus was found to be truth.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might become rich.

But I sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that even as I said, ye may be prepared;

and holding ourselves in readiness to avenge every disobedience, when your obedience is made complete.

so as to proclaim the Gospel in the regions beyond you, not to glory in another's limit in the things made ready to our hand.

Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself, that ye might be exalted, because I proclaimed to you the Gospel of God without cost?

I robbed other assemblies, taking wages of them, that I might minister to you;

And, that I might not be exalted overmuch by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

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

And He hath said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you; for My power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

For what is there in which ye were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong!

Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father;

to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim the good news of Him among the gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood,

and that was because of the false brethren secretly introduced, who, indeed, crept in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

to whom not even for an hour did we yield in subjection, that the truth of the Gospel might continue with you.

yet knowing that a man is not justified by works of 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 works of law; because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.

For I through law died to law, that I might live to God.

Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now being made perfect in the flesh?

that to the gentiles the blessing of Abraham might come in Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

but the Scripture shuts up all things under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

So that the law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

that He might redeem those under law, that, we might receive the adoption of sons.

which He made to superabound toward us in all wisdom and understanding;

in Whom we also were made a heritage, having been predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will;

that we might be to the praise of His glory, we who had before hoped in Christ;

and what the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of the strength of His might,

even when we were dead in our offenses, made us alive with Christ (by grace ye have been saved),

and raised us up with Him, and made us sit with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus;

that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Wherefore, remember that ye, the gentiles in flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in flesh made by hand,

But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who were once afar off were made nigh in the blood of Christ.

For He is our peace, Who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of the partition,

having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments expressed in decrees, that He might make the two one new man in Himself, making peace,

and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;

that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief;

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

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things;

in order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

according to a purpose of the ages which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

He Who descended is Himself also the One Who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.

But all things, when reproved, are made manifest by the light; for all that makes manifest is light.

that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of the water in the word,

that He might present to Himself the assembly, glorious, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and without blemish.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.

For, in fact, he was sick, near to 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 near to death; imperiling his soul, that he might fill up your lack of ministry toward me.

though I might have confidence even in flesh; if any other man supposes that he has occasion for confidence in flesh, I more:

Not that I already obtained, or have already been made perfect; but I am pressing on, if I may lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

Be anxious for nothing; but, in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God:

who also made known to us your love in the Spirit.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of His glory, unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;

giving thanks to the Father, Who made us meet for the portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;

and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, whether the things on the earth, or the things in the heavens.

if, at least, ye continue in the faith, founded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

of which I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but was now made manifest to His saints;

and ye have been made complete in Him, Who is the Head of all principality and power;

in Whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hand, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

having despoiled the principalities and the powers, He made an example of them, celebrating a triumph over them in it.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil; working night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you, we preached to you the Gospel of God.

forbidding us to speak to the gentiles, that they might be saved, for the filling up of their sins always; and the wrath came upon them to the uttermost.

For this reason, I also, no longer enduring it, sent, that I might know your faith, lest by some means the tempter tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

after that we, the living who are left over, will be caught up together with them in clouds, into the air, to meet the Lord; and so shall we always be with the Lord.

We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because your faith is growing exceedingly, and the love of each one of you abounds toward one another;

who, indeed, shall pay a penalty, eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might,

and in all deceit of unrighteousness to those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

nor did we eat any one's bread, gratuitously: but, in labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you;