But if any person say unto you, This is an idol's sacrifice, eat not of it, for his sake who pointed it out, and for conscience sake. For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

Therefore ought the woman to retain upon her head [this badge of authority], because of the angels [of the churches].

What! have ye not houses to eat in and to drink? or despise ye the church of God, and make those ashamed who have none? What shall I say unto you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

and when he had blessed it, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: do this in remembrance of me.

In like manner also he took the cup, after they had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord till he come.

Wherefore, whosoever eateth of this bread, or drinketh the cup of the Lord unworthily, he is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

For this cause many are diseased and infirm among you, and some asleep [in death].

If the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it, on this account, not of the body?

In the law it is written, "That with other tongues, and with other lips, will I speak to this people: and even thus will they not attend to me, saith the Lord."

afterwards he appeared before five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater number remain alive unto this hour, but some also are gone to rest.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all other men.

Awake as the righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I speak this to your shame.

But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

As concerning brother Apollos, I besought him much that he would come to you with the brethren; but it was not at all his wish to come at this time: but he will come when he can find a good opportunity.

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and peculiarly towards you.

And in this confidence I was intending to come unto you a second time, that ye might receive a second blessing;

BUT I prescribed to myself this rule, not to come again to you with sorrow.

And I have written unto you for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For to this end also have I written, that I may know by this proof of you if ye are obedient in all things.

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.

For unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is spread over their hearts.

THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dart its bright beams upon them.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the transcendent excellence of the power might be of God, and not of us.

FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle should be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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.

But he that hath wrought us for this very thing is God, who also hath given us the earnest of the spirit.

For if I grieved you by a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that this letter made you sorry, though but for a season.

For behold this very thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly manner, how great diligence did it produce in you! yea, what apologizing! yea, what indignation! yea, what fear! yea, what earnest desire! yea, what zeal! yea, what vengeance! In every step ye have approved yourselves as pure in this affair.

So that we exhorted Titus, that as he had been active before, so also he would perfect in you this grace also.

So as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and elocution, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

And in this I give my opinion: for this is expedient for you, who have before begun not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago.

and not only so, but who was chosen by the churches as my fellow-traveller with this charity, ministered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and [to shew] your ready mind.

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

But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying in you might not be vain in this matter; that as I have said, ye may be prepared.

Lest haply if the Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we (not to say, you) may be confounded in this confidence of boasting. I

But this I add, He that soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly, and he that soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.

For the ministration of this [charitable] service not only abundantly supplies the deficiencies of the saints, but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God;

(while by the evidence of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberality towards them, and towards all men;)

Let such a man be assured of this, that such as we are by word in our letters when absent, such also will we be in deed when we are present.

I protest, by the truth of Christ in me, that from this boasting no man shall seal up my lips in the regions of Achaia.

What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly in this confidence of boasting.

For this thrice I besought the Lord, that he might depart from me.

For what is there wherein ye have been inferior to the other churches, except that I have not been burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

THIS third time I am coming to you: by the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every charge be established.

For we rejoice when we are weak, but ye are strong: and this also we pray for, even your perfect establishment.

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.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might pluck us out of this present wicked world, according to the will of God and our Father:

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:

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or from hearing of the faith?

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.

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds with Jerusalem that now is, and is in bondage with her children.

This persuasion cometh not from him who called you.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

And as many as shall walk after this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

For this cause I also, since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love ye have to all saints,

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;

wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience:

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

FOR this cause [am] I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

For this end I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Now this, that he ascended, what does it imply? but that he also first descended into the more internal parts of the earth?

This then I urge and testify in the Lord, that ye walk no more as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind,

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, or impure person, or avaricious, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

For this reason shall a man forsake his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be as one flesh.

This mystery is great: but I am speaking with regard to Christ, and with regard to the church.

CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.

praying at every opportunity with all prayer and supplication in Spirit, and watching for this very purpose with perseverance and intercession for all the saints;

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

being confident of this very thing, that he who hath wrought in you the good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I bear you on my heart, both in my bonds and in my defence and the confirmation of the gospel, as being all of you sharers in my grace.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding;

What then? if Christ is preached in whatever manner it be, whether in pretext or reality, even in this do I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

For I know that this shall issue in my salvation through your prayers, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

But if it be his will, that I should live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my travail: and what to chuse I know not.

For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better:

For this favour on the part of Christ is granted you, not only that ye should believe on him, but also that ye should suffer for his sake;

Brethren, I count not myself to have overtaken it; but this one object I pursue, forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching out to those which are before,

Let as many of us therefore as are perfect, be thus minded: and if ye entertain any other sentiment, God also will unveil this unto you.

Not that I mention this with a view to my indigence: for I have learned in whatever circumstances I am, to be content.

For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Now this I say, lest any man pervert you with specious discourse.

Children, be obedient to your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that he might know your affairs, and comfort your hearts;

And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it also be read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye also read that from Laodicea.

For this cause do we also give thanks to God unceasingly, because when ye received the word reported by us from God, ye received it not as the word of man, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which worketh also effectually in you that believe.

For this cause also, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your fidelity, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labour should be in vain.

for this cause we have felt consolation, brethren, in you under all our tribulation and distress, because of your fidelity.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from whoredom;

that no man transgress against, or act dishonestly to his brother in this matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we have told you before, and testified.

For this I say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent those who are fallen asleep.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-wards.

I conjure you by the Lord, that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.

And for this cause God shall send unto them the energy of delusion, that they should believe a lie:

For when we were with you, this we enjoined you, that if a man would not work, neither should he eat.