if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!

But some one will say, 'How do the dead rise?

and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;

And I will come unto you, when I pass through Macedonia -- for Macedonia I do pass through --

and with you, it may be, I will abide, or even winter, that ye may send me forward whithersoever I go,

and I will remain in Ephesus till the Pentecost,

and concerning Apollos our brother, much I did entreat him that he may come unto you with the brethren, and it was not at all his will that he may come now, and he will come when he may find convenient.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;

and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- 'I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye -- ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

and an opinion in this do I give: for this to you is expedient, who not only to do, but also to will, did begin before -- a year ago,

and now also finish doing it, that even as there is the readiness of the will, so also the finishing, out of that which ye have,

and we in regard to the unmeasured things will not boast ourselves, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure did appoint to us -- to reach even unto you;

and being present with you, and having been in want, I was chargeable to no one, for my lack did the brethren supply -- having come from Macedonia -- and in everything burdenless to you I did keep myself, and will keep.

and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast:

if to boast it behoveth me, of the things of my infirmity I will boast;

To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Of such an one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities,

for if I may wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for truth I will say; but I forebear, lest any one in regard to me may think anything above what he doth see me, or doth hear anything of me;

and He said to me, 'Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

I have said before, and I say it before, as being present, the second time, and being absent, now, do I write to those having sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare,

who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what is the will of the Lord,

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform it till a day of Jesus Christ,

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

to whom God did will to make known what is the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body -- not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.

Salute you doth Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,

for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

in every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do it.

for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now will hinder -- till he may be out of the way,

and we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that the things that we command you ye both do and will do;

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.

and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

I, Paul did write with my hand, I -- I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.

having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;

For to which of the messengers said He ever, 'My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee?' and again, 'I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?'

God also bearing joint-witness both with signs and wonders, and manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to His will.

saying, 'I will declare Thy name to my brethren, in the midst of an assembly I will sing praise to Thee;' and again, 'I will be trusting on Him;'

and this we will do, if God may permit,

saying, 'Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'

and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, 'The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;')

For finding fault, He saith to them, 'Lo, days come, saith the Lord, and I will complete with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant,

because this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people;

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, 'Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,

then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'

saying above -- 'Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered --

then he said, 'Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;

in the which will we are having been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once,

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws on their hearts, and upon their minds I will write them,'

and 'their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'

for we have known Him who is saying, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will recompense, saith the Lord;' and again, 'The Lord shall judge His people;' --

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;

And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

so that we do boldly say, 'The Lord is to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

Know ye that the brother Timotheus is released, with whom, if he may come more shortly, I will see you.

But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'

because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

and who is he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

for it is better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

for sufficient to us is the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,

and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things.

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.