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For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.

But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

…because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.

Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

…that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

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.

As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

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.

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

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

What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

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.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

…to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

…which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

…though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

…that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

…that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

…giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

…if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,

For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.

…hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

…not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.

…he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

…who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.

Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

…because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

…because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.

Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.

In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.