whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh. He who is over all is God blessed forever, amen.

Not that the word of God has failed of being accomplished. For all are not Israel who are of Israel;

For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to him to whom I may be merciful, and I will compassionate him whom I may compassionate.

He therefore has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardens.

You will say to me then, Why then does he yet find fault? for who has resisted his will?

Yes indeed, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the work say to him that made it, Why did you make me thus?

whom he also called, us not of the Jews only but also of the gentiles,

What shall we say then? That nations who did not pursue righteousness attained a righteousness, but the righteousness which is by faith;

but Israel who pursued the law of righteousness did not attain to the law of righteousness.

But the righteousness by faith speaks thus; Say not in your mind, who shall ascend into heaven???hat is, to bring Christ down,??7 or who shall descend into the abyss???hat is, to bring Christ up from the dead.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without one preaching?

But all did not obey the gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who believed our report?

God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he intercedes with God against Israel?

But what says the response to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

For who knew the mind of the Lord? or who was his counsellor?

or who first gave to him, and it shall be repaid him?

So that he who resists the power resists the ordinance of God; and those who resist shall receive judgment on themselves.

Pay to all their dues; a tax to whom a tax is due, a toll to whom a toll is due, fear to whom fear, and honor to whom honor.

Who are you that judge another man's servant? To his master he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

For if your brother is grieved by your food, you no longer walk in love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died.

And we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of those who are not strong, and not to please ourselves.

but as it is written, They shall see to whom nothing was told concerning him, and they who have not heard shall understand.

AND I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a minister of the church in Cenchrea,

who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the nations;

and [salute] the assembly at their house. Salute Epenetus my beloved, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ.

Salute Mary, who labored much for us.

Salute Andronicus and Junius, my relatives and my fellow-captives, who are distinguished among the apostles, and who were before me in Christ.

Salute Herodion, my relative. Salute those of the [family] of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labored in the Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

I, Tertius, who wrote the epistle, salute you in the Lord.

who also will confirm you to the end, without blame, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is faithful by whom you are called into the society of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption,

But we speak wisdom among the perfect, but not the wisdom of this life, nor of the rulers of this life, who are destroyed;

For who knows the [things] of man, except the spirit of man which is in him? So also no one knows the [things] of God except the Spirit of God.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, who shall instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Who then is Apollos? and who is Paul? but ministers by whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.

Judge nothing therefore before the time, till the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden deeds of darkness, and make known the purposes of the hearts; and then shall each one have praise from God.

For who made you to differ? And what have you that you did not receive? And if you received, why do you boast as one that receives not?

For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere, in every church.

but I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know not the word of those who are puffed up but the power;

And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed should be removed from among you.

I speak to your shame. Is there not now a wise man among you? not one who can judge between his brothers?

Know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body [with her]? For the two, says he, shall be one flesh.

But this I say, brothers, the time is short, so that in future those who have wives should be as those not having them,

and those who weep as those not weeping, and those who rejoice as those not rejoicing, and those who buy as not possessing,

and those who use the world as those not abusing it; for the fashion of this world passes away.

A woman is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead then she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

yet to us there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and we through him.

For if any one sees you who have knowledge reclining in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols?

And will not the weak brother for whom Christ died perish by your knowledge?

My defense to those who condemn me is this;

Who ever goes on a military expedition at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and eats not the fruit of it? or who feeds a flock and eats not of the milk of the flock?

or does he speak entirely for our sakes? For our sakes, doubtless, it was written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and that he who threshes in hope should partake of it.

Know you not that those who perform sacred rites eat from the temple? Those who wait on the altar partake of the altar?

So also the Lord has appointed to those who preach the gospel to live by the gospel.

Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain.

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly, and so strike, not as one who beats the air;

All these things happened to them as examples, and are recorded for our admonition on whom the ends of the ages have come;

so that he who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall.

For no trial has befallen you but what is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with the trial will order the event, that you may be able to endure.

Consider Israel after the flesh; are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

Have you not [food] to eat and drink at your houses? or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have not [houses]? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you? In this I commend you not.

for he eats and drinks judgment to himself, who eats and drinks not discerning the body.

and there are diversities of operations and the same God, who performs all things in all.

For also if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

Afterwards he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the most continue even to the present time, but some have fallen asleep.

and we are found also false witnesses of God, because we testified in regard to God that he raised up Christ, whom he raised not up if indeed the dead are not raised.

and those then who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

But each one in his own order; Christ a first fruit, then those who are Christ's at his coming;

for he put all things under his feet. But when he says that all things are put under him, it is clear that he is excepted who puts all things under him;

Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?

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

And when I come, whom you shall approve, these will I send with letters to carry your charity to Jerusalem;

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

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those in every affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God,

but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

who delivered us from so great a death and will deliver, in whom we hope that he will also still deliver,

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

who has also sealed us and given us the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

for if I grieve you, who is he that gladdens me, but he that is grieved by me?

And I wrote the same to you that coming I might not have sorrow for those in whom I ought to have joy, having trusted in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

But whom you favor I also will favor; for what favor I have shown, if I have shown any favor, has been for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,

But thanks be to God, who always triumphs over us in Christ and reveals the odor of his knowledge by us in every place;

in one an odor of death to death, and in the other an odor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

For we are not as many, who adulterate the word of God, [for gain]; but as of sincerity, but as of God, we speak before God in Christ.

who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of the writing but of the spirit; for the writing kills, but the spirit makes alive.

in whom the god of this life has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God, may not shine.

For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and present us with you.

And he that has made us for this is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.

and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for themselves but for him that died for them and rose again.

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and given us the ministry of the reconciliation,

For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.

but God who comforts the humble comforted us by the coming of Titus;

And in this case I give an opinion; for this is expedient for you, who began before to act in this matter and to act willingly a year ago.

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

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved in many services to be diligent, and who is now much more diligent from the great confidence in you.

I PAUL also exhort you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in appearance am humble among you, but being absent am bold towards you;