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As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.

What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—

I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.

And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.

I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.

Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

…or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

…or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.

In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

…which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!

As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!

As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

…know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.

Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.

What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.

Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

…as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

…and do not give the devil a foothold.

…and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

…and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),