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Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.

Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!

For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.

…yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?

These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

…who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

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,

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,

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,

…as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

…as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

…as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

…as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

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

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

…placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

…in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

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.

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

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

…knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.

…knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

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.

We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

…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.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

…and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

…yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

…they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.

More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

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.

You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.

For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

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.

…who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”

This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

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.”

He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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.

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.

Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

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

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

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.

For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

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

…that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

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

…and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

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

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,