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If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.

Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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.

You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

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

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.

And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with 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.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?

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 it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

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

If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,

It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

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.

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.

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

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.

So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.

Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.

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—

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—

So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,

So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.

Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.

It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

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

We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

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.

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?

It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

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 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.

And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from 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.

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

I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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.”

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

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.

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.

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

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.

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

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 that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

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.”

At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.

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.

…made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

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

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

…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.

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

…“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

…for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

…being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

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