For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

for the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets [the prophecy is under the speaker’s control, and he can stop speaking];

But if any man does not know this, he should remain ignorant. [Note: The Greek may mean, "If any man does not recognize this (truth), he will not be recognized (in the judgment)"].

Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Now brothers and sisters, let me remind you [once again] of the good news [of salvation] which I preached to you, which you welcomed and accepted and on which you stand [by faith].

the gospel by which you are saved ??provided you adhere to my statement of it ??unless indeed your faith was all haphazard.

For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;

And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

then -- the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power --

for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet --

for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, it is evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,

And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

I die every day--yes indeed, by my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord!

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

Some one, however, may ask 'How do the dead rise? and in what body will they come?'

unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed

and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, 'The Death was swallowed up -- to victory;

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Now concerning the collection for the [needy] saints [whom you wrote me about]: You people also should do what I directed the churches in Galatia to do.

Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;

And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

I shall come to you after passing through Macedonia; for my plan will be to pass through Macedonia;

And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.

for I do not wish to see you now in the passing, but I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord may permit;

But I shall stay at Ephesus till Pentecost. For a great and effectual door is opened to me,

For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.

and concerning Apollos our brother, much I did entreat him that he may come unto you with the brethren, and it was not at all his will that he may come now, and he will come when he may find convenient.

Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,

See that you also submit to such ones, and to everyone working and laboring with me.

I rejoice because Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence.

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.

The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you!

My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Father of compassionate feelings and the God of all comfort, be praised.

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

For as the sufferings of Christ are abundant in my case, so my comfort is also abundant through Christ.

Hence my hope for you is well-founded, since I know that as you share the sufferings you share the comfort also.

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead,

he rescued me from so terrible a death, he rescues still, and I rely upon him for the hope that he will continue to rescue me.

Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

My proud boast is the testimony of my conscience that holiness and godly sincerity, not worldly cunning but the grace of God, have marked my conduct in the outside world and in particular my relations with you.

For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

as you have partly understood the meaning of my life, namely that I am your source of pride (as you are mine) on the Day of our Lord Jesus.

And with this confidence, I was wanting to come to you previously, in order that you may have a second proof of my goodwill,

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

When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

By the good faith of God, my word to you was not 'yes and no';

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

For [no matter] how many promises God has made, in Christ [the answer] is "yes" [i.e., Christ has fulfilled all of God's promises to mankind]. Also, through Christ, the "amen" [Note: This word is always translated elsewhere as "May it be so"] can be said by us in order to honor God.

And it is God who confirms me along with you in Christ, who consecrated me,

who stamped me with his seal and gave me the Spirit as a pledge in my heart.

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

But I made up my mind not to grieve you with another painful visit.

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.

But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

so that, on the contrary, it is rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

For this was my purpose in writing, to see if you would stand the test, whether you are obedient and committed to following my instruction in all things.

Now whomever you forgive [for doing] anything [wrong], I will forgive also. For indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if I have [actually] forgiven anything, has been for your sakes in the sight of Christ. [Note: Paul seems to be saying "Since my forgiveness depends on your forgiveness of the man, I am not sure of my forgiveness because I am not sure of yours"].

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

Wherever I go, thank God, he makes my life a constant pageant of triumph in Christ, diffusing the perfume of his knowledge everywhere by me.

for God is pleased to accept my christian labours, in favour both of those who are in a saving, and of those who are in a ruinous state:

by the one my preaching is taken as a deadly poison, to the other it is a reviving potion. and who is so sufficient for such a commission?

Do I begin again to commend my self? or need I, as some others, commendatory letters to you, or from you?

Why, you are my certificate yourselves, written on my heart, recognized and read by all men;

You show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by me, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, and not on tablets of stone, but on the human heart.

Such is the confidence I possess through Christ in my service of God.

It is not that I am personally qualified to form any judgment by myself; my qualifications come from God,

and he has further qualified me to be the minister of a new covenant ??a covenant not of written law but of spirit; for the written law kills but the Spirit makes alive.

Such being my hope then, I am quite frank and open ??13 not like Moses, who used to hang a veil over his face to keep the children of Israel from gazing at the last rays of a fading glory.

and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.

Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;

I have renounced the hidden things of shame, not spending my life in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God; but setting forth the truth openly, I strive to commend myself to every man's conscience as in the sight of God.

Even if my gospel is veiled, it is only veiled in the case of the perishing;

In whom, the god of this age, hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to the end they may not discern the radiance e of the glad-message of the glory of the Christ - who is the image of God.

For God, who said [Gen. 1:3], "Light will shine out of darkness," has [also] shone in our hearts to provide [us with] the light of the knowledge of God's splendor [as it shines] on the face of Christ. [Note: This allusion to "splendor shining on Christ's face" may be a continuation of the analogy used in 3:13].

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed ??10 wherever I go, I am being killed in the body as Jesus was, so that the life of Jesus may come out in my body:

always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

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

So physical death is [actively] at work in us, but [spiritual] life [is actively at work] in you.

But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith;

sure that He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise me too with Jesus and set me at your side in his presence.

For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.