I solemnly declare by all the joy over you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body which shall be afterwards, but the bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some of the other seeds:

But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is animal; and afterward that which is spiritual.

For that which is corruptible must put on incorruption, and that which is mortal must put on immortality.

So when that which is corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and that which is mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying which is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

NOW concerning the collection which is for the saints, as I have given an order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church which is in their house.

PAUL an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy a brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we might be able to comfort those who are in all tribulation, by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted of God.

But whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectually wrought by patient endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer; or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of the tribulation which came to us in Asia, that above measure we have been burdened beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life:

For we write no other things to you than those which you know and acknowledge; and I trust also ye will acknowledge them even to the end.

Such then being my intention, did I indeed change it with levity? or the things which I purpose, do I purpose after the flesh, that with me there should be yea, yea, and nay, nay?

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly towards you.

Sufficient for such person is that chastisement which hath been inflicted by the majority of you.

because ye are manifestly seen to be the letter of Christ, of which we have been the secretaries, written not with ink, but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tables of stone, but on the fleshly tables of the heart.

For that which was glorious hath no glory, comparatively, because of the glory which excelleth.

For if that which was abolished came in a glorious manner, much more is that which remaineth glorious.

And [act] not as Moses who spread a veil over his face, in order that the children of Israel might not look stedfastly to the end of that which should be abolished.

But their understandings were darkened: for unto this day the same veil in their reading the old testament abideth unremoved; which veil is taken away by Christ.

whilst we direct our aim not to the things which are seen, but to the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things that are not seen are eternal.

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our mansion which is from heaven;

For we which are in this tabernacle, groan, being burdened; wherein we desire not to be unclothed, but clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.

NOW we inform you, brethren, of the grace of God which hath been bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

Now then accomplish also the doing it, that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be also to perform out of that which ye have.

Avoiding this, that no man should lay any blame to us in this abundance which is administered by us:

And we have sent with him our brother, whom we have often experienced in many things to be a man of diligence, but now much more diligent, through the great confidence which I have in you.

For I know your readiness of mind, for which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia had made preparation a year ago; and your zeal hath stirred up very many.

being in every thing enriched unto all liberality, which [causeth] by us thanksgiving to God.

But I pray, that when I am present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I purpose to act resolutely against some who think of us, as if we walked after the flesh.

laying low proud reasonings, and every high thing which exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and making every thought captive to the obedience of Christ:

Yea, and if I should boast somewhat more highly of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed;

But we will not glory in things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath marked out for us?? measure that hath reached even unto you.

But I fear lest as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity which belongs to Christ.

For if he indeed that cometh preach another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not embraced, ye might well bear with him.

and beside all these things from without, that accumulated burden which cometh on me daily, the care of all the churches.

If I must glory, I will glory in the things which respect my infirmities.

that he was caught up into paradise, and heard ineffable words, which it is not permitted to man to speak.

and lest when I come to you again, my God should bow me down, and I should lament over many who have sinned before, and have not repented of the impurities, and whoredom, and lasciviousness which they have committed.

Now I pray unto God that ye do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you may do that which is laudable, though we should be as reprobates.

For this cause, though absent, I have written these things, that when I am present I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord hath given me for edification, and not for destruction.

which is not another; but there are certain persons who trouble you, and desire to pervert the gospel of Christ.

But though even we, or an angel from heaven, preach unto you another gospel, different from that which we have preached to you, let him be an anathema.

But I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not a merely human ministry.

Now respecting the things which I write unto you, behold, in the presence of God, I lie not.

and I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea, which are in Christ:

only they had heard, that he who persecuted us in time past, now preaches the faith which he once laid waste.

And I went up then by revelation, and laid before them that gospel which I preach among the Heathen, but in private conference with those who were of the first importance, that haply I might not run, nor had run in vain.

but this I did because of false brethren artfully introduced, who came to pry into our liberty which we hold in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

And when they knew the grace which was bestowed on me, James and Cephas and John, who appeared to be the pillars [of the church], gave unto me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision:

only desiring that we would remember the poor??he very thing which I have also been diligent to perform.

For if I build up again the very same things which I have pulled down, I stamp myself a transgressor.

But to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, To seeds, as unto many persons; but as to an individual, and to thy seed, which is Christ.

Now this I say, the covenant confirmed of God to Christ, the law, which was given three hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, so as to vacate the promise.

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given which was capable of procuring life, verily righteousness would have been by the law.

But now after having known God, or rather being known of God, how turn ye back again to those weak and beggarly elements, to which again a second time ye desire to be in bondage?

And my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye despised not, nor rejected with disgust; but as an angel of God ye received me, even as Christ Jesus himself.

Which things are allegorical; for these are the two covenants, the one from mount Sinai, gendering unto bondage, which is represented by Agar.

But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.

For it is written, "Rejoice, thou barren who bearest not, cry out and shout for joy, thou that travailest not, for more are the children of her that was desolate, than of her which had an husband."

STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under a yoke of bondage.

For the flesh hath appetites contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these act in opposition the one to the other: so that ye do not the things which ye would.

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,

envyings, murders, drunkenness, revels, and the like of these, concerning which I tell you now, as I have told you already, that they who live in such practices shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself;

which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired by him, come, to the praise of his glory.

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he hath called you, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints,

which he displayed in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly regions,

far above all principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;

which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us,

for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

if so be, that ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you:

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it hath been now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which was given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

and to make all men see what the communication of that mystery means, which was hid from the beginning in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

according to the purpose from everlasting, which he formed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Wherefore I beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Now to him that is able to do above all things, exceeding abundantly, beyond what we ask or think, according to the power which effectually worketh in us;

I THEN, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,

darkened in understanding; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them; through the blindness of their hearts:

that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions;

and put on the new man, which is created godlike, in righteousness and true holiness.

Let him that stole steal no more; but rather labour hard, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that is in want.

or obscenity, or foolish talk, or loose witticisms; things which become not [a Christian], but rather thanksgiving.

But all things which are rebukeable are made manifest by the light; for it is the light, by which every thing is made manifest.

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is sottishness, but be filled with the Spirit;

"Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a promise;)

and over all lifting up the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

But that ye also may know the things which concern me, and what I am doing, Tychicus will inform you of the whole, a beloved brother, and faithful in the Lord:

PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus Christ are to the glory and praise of God.

Now I wish you, brethren, to know, that the things which have befallen me have rather conduced to the progress of the gospel;

and not dismayed on any occasion by your adversaries; which is indeed the proof of perdition to them, but of salvation to you, and that from God.

experiencing the same conflict which ye have seen in me, and now hear to be in me.

Let the same sentiment of mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Wherefore God also hath transcendently exalted him, and bestowed on him a name which is above every name: