I have become of no understanding; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: I am in no respect inferior to the very greatest of the apostles, although I am nothing.

lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn over many of those who have already sinned, and have not repented of the uncleanness and lewdness and wantonness which they have committed.

I have foretold, and now the second time, as if I was present, though being absent, I foretell to those who have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach to you any other gospel than that which we have preached, let him be ac cursed.

As we said before, so even now I say again, if any one preaches to you any other gospel than that which you have received, let him be accursed.

For you have heard of my former mode of life in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste;

I acted thus indeed on account of false brethren, stealthily brought in, who stole in to spy out our freedom, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

requesting only that we would remember the poor, which same thing I have been diligent in doing.

knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed on Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of law: because, by works of law no flesh shall be justified.

For if I build again those things which I have destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

For, through law, I have died to law, that I might live to God.

I have been crucified with Christ, yet I live; no longer I, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Have you suffered so many things in vain? if, indeed, it be in vain.

Is the law, then, against the promises of God? It can not be. For if a law had been given which could have given life, surely righteousness would have been by law.

for as many of you as have been immersed into Christ, have put on Christ.

fear for you, lest I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; because I was as you are. You have injured me in nothing.

How great, then, was your blessedness! For I testify for you, that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes, and have given them to me.

Have I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

You that are justified by law, have withdrawn from Christ: you have fallen from grace.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will cultivate no other disposition: but he that troubles you, who ever he may be, shall bear his condemnation.

For you have been called to freedom, brethren: only use not your freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but become servants to one another, through love.

Now those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

but let each one prove his own work, and then he will have cause to boast with respect to him self only, and not with respect to another:

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, but especially to those who are the household of the faith.

You see how long a letter I have written to you with my own hand.

in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace,

in him in whom we have obtained our portion, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

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

For by grace you have been saved through the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

but now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were formerly far off, have become near, by the blood of the Christ.

for, through him, we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

if, indeed, you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God, which was given to me for your benefit,

in whom we have boldness and access with confidence, through our faith in him.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called;

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been called in one hope of your calling;

who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to licentiousness, that they may work all manner of uncleanness with greediness.

But you have not so learned the Christ,

if, indeed, you have heard of him, and been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need.

and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, with which you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

And you masters, do the same things to them, leaving off threatening, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

him I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.

as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my bonds and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, I say I have you all in my heart as being joint par takers of my grace.

But I wish you to know, brethren, that the things which have befallen me have turned out rather to the advancement of the gospel;

so that my bonds which are for Christ have become known to be such in all the palace, and in all other places;

since you have the same conflict that you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

So, then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

for I have no one of a kindred spirit who will sincerely care for your condition:

And, indeed, he was sick near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

though, indeed, I have a ground of confidence in the flesh. If any other thinks he has a ground of confidence in the flesh, I more;

Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,

Not that I have already attained, or have already reached the goal; but I am pressing forward, that I may lay hold on that for which I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold:

But as far as we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us have the same mind.

Be imitators of me, brethren, and observe those who thus walk as you have us for an example.

Do those things which you have learned and received, and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

I do not speak in respect to want: for I have learned, in whatever condition I am, to be content.

I know what it is to be in want, and what it is to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things, I have been fully instructed in being full and in being hungry, in having abundance and in being in want.

Yet you have done well in contributing to the relief of my affliction.

But I have all, and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus your gifts, a sweet odor, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;

if you continue in the faith, founded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

rooted, and built up in him, and strengthened in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

in whom you have been also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

If, then, you have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you submit to ordinances?

and these have a show of wisdom in will-worship and affected humility and neglect of the body, and in no regard for the gratification of the flesh.

If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God;

Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds,

and have put on the new man, which is renewed for knowledge, ac cording to the image of him that created him;

bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any one have a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do you:

Masters, give to your servants what is just and equal, for you know that you have a Master in heaven.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your condition, and comfort your hearts;

I have sent him with Onesimus, my faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known all things that are done here.

Jesus also, who is called Justus, salutes you: these are of the circumcision: and these only are my fellow-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.

and say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.

For from you, the word of the Lord sounded out, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also your faith in God has gone abroad in every place, so that we have no need to speak any thing.

nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ.

For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews,

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,

But now, since Timothy has come to us from you, and has told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us at all times, greatly desiring to see us, as indeed we desire to see you,

But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing.

But concerning those who have fallen asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that you may not grieve, as others who have no hope.

But, brethren, you have no need that I write to you of - the times and seasons;

Now we beseech you, brethren, to have regard for those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

that all may be condemned who believe not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for all have not the disposition for faith.

And we have confidence in the Lord with respect to you, that you both do, and will continue to do, the things which we command you.

this we did, not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves to you as an example, in order that you might imitate us.

which things some not having aimed at, have turned aside to idle disputation,

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them, as it respects faith have made shipwreck; of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander,

whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to revile.

to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth.

Further, he must have a good reputation from those who are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

For those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

By recommending these things to the attention of the brethren, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished with the words of the faith, and of good teaching, which you have fully known.