and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the Twelve.

Afterward He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until this present day, but also some fell asleep.

Afterward He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

And last of all He was seen by me also, as one born out of time.

For I am the least of the apostles and am not sufficient to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace which was toward me has not been without fruit, but I labored more abundantly than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

And we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified of God that He raised Christ; whom He did not raise if the dead are not raised.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive.

But when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subject to Him who has subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all things in all.

Day by day I die, by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Do not be deceived; evil companionships corrupt good habits.

Be righteously awake, and sin not; for some have ignorance of God. I speak this to your shame.

And what you sow, you do not sow the body that is going to be, but a bare grain (perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest).

Behold, I speak a mystery to you; we shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed;

in a moment, in a glance of an eye, at the last trumpet. For a trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed.

But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.

On the first of the sabbaths let each of you put by himself, storing up what ever he is prospered, so that there may be no collections when I come.

And when I come, whomever you shall approve by your letters, I will send them to bring your gift to Jerusalem.

And it may be that I will stay with you, and even spend the winter with you, so that you may set me forward wherever I go.

Watch! Stand fast in the faith! Be men! Be strong!

Let all your things be done in charity.

If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. The Lord comes!

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Let my love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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

Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,

He comforting us in all our trouble, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in every trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds by Christ.

with you also helping together by prayer for us, so that the gracious gift by many persons be the cause of thanksgiving through many for us.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity; not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God; we have had our conduct in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

and to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia to you, and to be brought on my way toward Judea by you.

Then purposing this, did I indeed use lightness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose them according to the flesh, so that with me there should be yes, yes, and no, no?

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us; by me and Silas and Timothy; was not yes and no, but in Him was, yes!

For all the promises of God in Him are yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God by us.

Not that we have dominion over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.

For if I make you sorry, who then is he who makes me glad, but the same who has been made sorry by me?

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

This punishment by the majority is enough for such a one;

so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overwhelming sorrow.

so that we should not be overreached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his devices.

And, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

Now thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and He revealing through us the odor of the knowledge of Him in every place.

You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men,

it having been made plain that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, not having been written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but in fleshly tablets of the heart.

shall not the ministry of the Spirit be with more glory?

But whenever it turns to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

But we all, with our face having been unveiled, having beheld the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are being changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Lord Spirit.

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the Word of God, but by the revelation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us;

always bearing about the dying of the Lord Jesus in the body, so that the life of Jesus also might be revealed in our body.

For we who live are always being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus might also be revealed in our body.

knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus shall also raise us up by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

For all things are for your sake, so that the superabounding grace might be made to abound through the thanksgiving of the greater number, to the glory of God.

For this cause we do not faint; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

For indeed in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling-place out of Heaven;

if indeed in being clothed, we shall not be found naked.

For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that the mortal might be swallowed up by the life.

for we walk by faith, not by sight;

Therefore we are also laboring to be well-pleasing to Him, whether at home or away from home.

Then we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as God exhorting through us, we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

For He has made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

We are in nothing giving cause of stumbling, in no way, so that the ministry may not be blamed,

But for the same reward, (I speak as to children), you also be enlarged.

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what partnership does light have with darkness?

And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you

and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

But He who comforts the lowly comforted us by the coming of Titus.

And not only by his coming, but by the comfort with which he was comforted over you, telling us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced the more.

Now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you grieved to repentance. For you were grieved according to God, so that you might suffer loss by nothing in us.

For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation, not to be regretted, but the grief of the world works out death.

For behold this same thing (you being grieved according to God); how much it worked out earnestness in you; but also defense; but also indignation; but also fear; but also desire; but also zeal; but also vengeance! In everything you approved yourselves to be clear in the matter.

Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort, and we rather rejoiced more abundantly over the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.

And in this I give my judgment; for this is profitable for you, who began before, not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago.

but by equality in the present time; your abundance for their need, that their abundance also may be for your need; so that there may be equality;

But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

and not only so, but also he having been chosen by the churches to travel with us with this gift, which is administered by us to the glory of the Lord Himself, and as a witness of your eager mind;

avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us;

And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest by the great confidence which I have in you.

Yet I sent the brothers, lest our boasting (which is on your behalf) should not be in vain, that, as I said, you may be ready.

I say this lest perhaps Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared. We (not to say you) would then be put to shame in this confident boasting.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers that they would go forward to you, and make up beforehand your blessing, it having been promised that this would be ready, thus as a matter of blessing, and not as of covetousness.

Thanks be to God for His unspeakable free gift.

And I myself, Paul, beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ; I, who indeed to look upon am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

But I ask, not being present, that I may be bold with the confidence which I think to be daring against some, who thought of us as walking according to flesh.

For even if I also should boast somewhat more fully of our authority (which the Lord has given us for building up, and not for pulling you down) I will not be put to shame;

so that I might not seem to terrify you by letters.

Let such a one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters, being absent, such we will be also in deed when we are present.

not boasting beyond measure in the labors of others, but having hope that the growing faith among you will be increased according to our rule, to overflowing;

But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, so your thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity due to Christ.

Or did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?

The truth of Christ is in me that this boasting shall not be silenced in me in the regions of Achaia.

But what I do, that I will do, so that I may cut off occasion from those who desire occasion; so that in the thing in which they boast, they may be found even as we.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

For if I desire to boast, I shall not be foolish. For I will speak the truth. But I spare, lest anyone should think of me as being beyond what he sees me, or hears of me;

and by the surpassing revelations, lest I be made haughty, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be made haughty.

I have become foolish boasting. You compelled me. For I ought to be commended by you. For I lacked nothing of the highest apostles, if even I am nothing.