For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,

So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God -- not by human wisdom but by the grace of God -- we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.

to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don't need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we?

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.

And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord --

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way -- struggles from the outside, fears from within.

But as you excel in everything -- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you -- make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.

I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.

It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

And I know that this man (whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows)

For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people) -- those influential leaders added nothing to my message.

Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")

Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

These things may be treated as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.

You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?

This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you!

because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named.

From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.

They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

and to put on the new man who has been created in God's image -- in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,

Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.

The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation -- a sign which is from God.

Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.

I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ's faithfulness -- a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ's faithfulness.

and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

But our citizenship is in heaven -- and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent -- a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!

Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave -- a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf --

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God -- given to me for you -- in order to complete the word of God,