Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners, who are well known to the apostles, who were also in Christ before me.

Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my dear [friend] Stachys.

Greet Apelles, the one tested and approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.

Greet Rufus, the chosen one in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all God’s people who are with them.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations [for others] to commit sin, [acting in ways] contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. Turn away from them.

Timothy, my coworker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen, greet you.

I, Tertius, the writer (scribe) of this letter, greet you in the Lord.

Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God's great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy;

I came to you in [a state of] weakness and fear and great trembling.

but, as it is written: "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him."

But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

every man's work shall be made manifest. For the great day will shew it; because it will be discovered by fire, and the fire will prove every man's work of what sort it is.

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

But to me it is a very little matter that I be judged by you or by a human court, but I do not [even] judge myself.

But actually, I have written to you not to associate with any so-called [Christian] brother if he is sexually immoral or greedy, or is an idolater [devoted to anything that takes the place of God], or is a reviler [who insults or slanders or otherwise verbally abuses others], or is a drunkard or a swindler—you must not so much as eat with such a person.

Does anyone among you, [if he] has a matter against someone else, dare to go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Do you not know that God's people will sit in judgement upon the world? And if you are the court before which the world is to be judged, are you unfit to deal with these petty matters?

But brother goes to court with brother, and this before unbelievers!

Now therefore there is a great fault among you, that you go to law one with another. Why not rather suffer injustice? why not rather be defrauded?

nor theives, nor avaricious people, nor any who are addicted to hard drinking, to abusive language or to greed of gain, will inherit God's Kingdom.

for tho' there are several titular deities, both in heaven and on earth: such as the whole crowd of gods, and lords among the Gentiles;

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death].

So the man who thinks he can stand must be on his guard against a fall.

Yea, rather a great deal those members of the body which seem to be most feeble, are most necessary.

while our well-shaped parts do not want for anything. Yes, God has perfectly adjusted the body, giving great honor to its apparently inferior parts,

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the great est of these is love.

Pursue [this] love [with eagerness, make it your goal], yet earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual gifts [to be used by believers for the benefit of the church], but especially that you may prophesy [to foretell the future, to speak a new message from God to the people].

There are, we will suppose, a great number of languages in the world, and no creature is without a language.

I shall now tell you a very great secret: we shall not all of us sleep, but we shall all be changed,

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.

But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

Be on guard; stand firm in your faith [in God, respecting His precepts and keeping your doctrine sound]. Act like [mature] men and be courageous; be strong.

The churches of [the province of] Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you in the Lord many [times], together with the church in their house.

All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.

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:

Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

For I wrote to you out of great distress and with an anguished heart, and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to make you realize the [overflowing] love which I have especially for you.

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

When I was come to Troas for Christ's gospel's sake - and a great door was opened unto me of the Lord -

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

Now if the old religious service which resulted in death, although its law was carved in letters of stone, was introduced with a splendor so great that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on Moses' face because of the splendor that was fading from it,

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

but we commend ourselves in every way as servants of God: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

Therefore, since we have these [great and wonderful] promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, completing holiness [living a consecrated life—a life set apart for God’s purpose] in the fear of God.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted on your account, telling us of your great desire, your deep sorrow, your zeal for me, so that I rather rejoiced.

See what great earnestness godly sorrow has produced in you! How ready you are to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how full of longing and enthusiasm, how eager to seek justice! In every way you have demonstrated that you are innocent in this matter.

And he has great affection for you when he remembers how obedient all of you were [i.e., obedient to his or Paul's instructions to the church], and how you welcomed him with fear and trembling [i.e., with a respectful, submissive spirit].

It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

For Titus has responded to my appeals and, in his great earnestness, is starting to go to you of his own accord.

We are taking precaution so that no one will [find anything with which to] discredit us in our administration of this generous gift.

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

For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

You will be enriched in every way for great generosity, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

I am prepared to court-martial anyone who remains insubordinate, once your submission is complete.

We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.

For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great Apostles.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Besides those things that are without, the crowd of cares pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept guard over the city of the Damascenes, in order to apprehend me;

And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.

It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing.

Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance by signs and wonders and powerful deeds.

Greet one another with an holy kiss.

All the saints greet you.

For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

Of them which seemed to be great - what they were in time passed it maketh no matter to me: God looketh on no man's person - nevertheless they seemed great, added nothing to me:

Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the Faith that was destined to be revealed.

So when we were spiritually under age, we were slaves to the world's crude notions,

but now that you know God, or rather have come to be known by him, how can you turn back to the old, crude notions, so poor and weak, and wish to become slaves to them again?

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.

These men [the Judaizers] eagerly seek you [to entrap you with honeyed words and attention, to win you over to their philosophy], not honorably [for their purpose is not honorable or worthy of consideration]. They want to isolate you [from us who oppose them] so that you will seek them.

an enlightned understanding, that ye may see what great expectations he has called you to, and what abundant glory it is to the saints to be the lot of his inheritance.

and how surpassingly great his power is for us who believe; like the mighty strength

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

through his great love wherewith he loved us, Hath quickened us together with Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses, (by grace ye are saved) And hath raised us up together,

Make every effort to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the bond of peace [each individual working together to make the whole successful].

Who, indeed, having become past feeling, have delivered, themselves, up, with wantonness, unto making a trade of all impurity with greed.

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.

Take great care, then, how you live--not unwisely but wisely,

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

instead of merely working when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, do God's will from the heart like servants of Christ,

And besides all these take the great shield of faith, on which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the Wicked one;