THE Entire 1st Epistle of Paul to the
CORINTHIANIANS
based on The King James Bible of 1611.
Edited & Formatted to be read with the reading of:
Paul's 1st. Epistle to the Corinthians
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Paul's 1st. Epistle to the Corinthians
Ch.1 1st Cor.
1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of
Jesus Christ through the will of
God, and Sosthenes, our brother.
1:2 Unto the church of God, which is at Corinth,
to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus,
called to be saints, with all that in every
place call upon the name of Jesus Christ
our Lord, both theirs, and ours.
1:3 Grace be unto you, and peace,
from God our Father, and from the
Lord Jesus Christ.
1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf,
for the grace of God which is
given you, by Jesus Christ;
1:5 that in everything, ye are enriched by him,
in all utterance, and in all knowledge.
1:6 Even as the
testimony of Christ was confirmed in you;
1:7 so that ye come behind in no gift;
waiting for the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ;
1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the
end, that ye may be blameless in the
day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called,
unto the fellowship of his Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
1:10 Now I beseech you brethren, by the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
ye all speak the same thing, and that
there be no divisions among you;
but that ye be perfectly joined together in the
same mind, and in the same judgment.
1:11 For it hath been declared unto me,
of you, my brethren, by them which are
of the house of Chloe, that there are
contentions among you.
1:12 Now this I say,
that every one of you saith,
I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and
I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
1:13 Is Christ divided?
Was Paul crucified for you?
Or were ye baptized in the
name of Paul?
1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of
you, but Crispus and Gaius;
1:15 lest any should say that I had
baptized in mine own name.
1:16 And I baptized also, the household
of Stephanas besides. I know not
whether I baptized any other.
1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize,
but to preach the gospel.
Not with wisdom of words,
lest the cross of Christ should be
made of none effect.
1:18 For the preaching of the cross, is
to them that perish, foolishness.
But unto us which are saved,
it is the power of God.
1:19 For it is written,
I will destroy the wisdom of the
wise, and will bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent.
1:20 Where is the wise?
Where is the scribe?
Where is the disputer of this world?
Hath not God made foolish the
wisdom of this world?
1:21 For after that,
in the wisdom of God,
the world, by wisdom, knew not God.
It pleased God by the foolishness of
preaching,
to save them that believe.
1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the
Greeks seek after wisdom.
1:23 But we preach Christ crucified,
unto the Jews, a stumbling block,
and unto the Greeks, foolishness.
1:24 but unto them which are
called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ, the power of God, and the
wisdom of God.
1:25 Because the foolishness of
God, is wiser than men; and the
weakness of God is stronger than men.
1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren,
how that not many wise men after
the flesh,
not many mighty, not many noble,
are called.
1:27 But God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world to
confound the wise; and God
hath chosen the weak things of the
world to confound the
things which are mighty;
1:28 and base things of the world, and
things which are despised, hath God
chosen, yea, and things which
are not, to bring to
naught, things that are;
1:29 that no flesh should glory in
his presence.
1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
who, of God,
is made unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption;
1:31 that, according as it is written,
he that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord.
Ch. 2 1st Cor.
2:1 And I, brethren,
when I came to you, came not with
excellency of speech, or of wisdom,
declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2:2 For I determined not to know
anything among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him, crucified.
2:3 And I was with you in weakness,
and in fear, and in much trembling.
2:4 And my speech, and my preaching, was
not with enticing words of man's
wisdom,
but in demonstration of the Spirit,
and of power;
2:5 that your faith should not
stand in the wisdom of men,
but in the power of God.
2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among
them that are perfect; yet not the
wisdom of this world,
nor of the princes of this world,
that come to naught.
2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God
in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the
world unto our glory;
2:8 which none of the princes of
this world knew.
For had they known it,
they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory.
2:9 But, as it is written,
eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.
2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us,
by his Spirit.
For the Spirit searcheth all things,
yea, the deep things of God.
2:11 For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the spirit of
man which is in him?
Even so, the things of
God knoweth no man, but the
Spirit of God.
2:12 Now we have received,
not the spirit of the world, but the
spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of God.
2:13 Which things also we speak,
not in the words which man's
wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things, with spiritual.
2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God;
for they are foolishness unto him.
Neither can he know them, because they
are spiritually discerned.
2:15 But he that is spiritual,
judgeth all things, yet he himself is
judged of no man.
2:16 For who hath known the
mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?
But we, have the mind of Christ.
Ch.3 1st Cor.
3:1 And I brethren, could not
speak unto you as unto spiritual,
but as unto carnal, even as unto
babes, in Christ.
3:2 I have fed you with milk, and
not with meat.
For hitherto, ye were not
able to bear it, neither
yet now are ye able.
3:3 For ye are yet carnal.
For, whereas there is among
you envying, and strife, and divisions,
are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
3:4 For while one saith, I am of
Paul; and another, I am of Apollos;
are ye not carnal?
3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is
Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed,
even as the Lord gave, to every man?
3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered;
but God gave the increase.
3:7 So then, neither is he that
planteth anything, neither he that
watereth;
but God, that giveth the increase.
3:8 Now he that planteth, and
he that watereth are one.
And every man shall receive his
own reward, according to his own labor.
3:9 For we are laborers together with God.
Ye are God's husbandry, ye
are God's building.
3:10 According to the grace of God,
which is given unto me, as a
wise master builder, I have
laid the foundation,
and another buildeth thereon.
But let every man take heed how
he buildeth thereupon.
3:11 For other foundation
can no man lay, than that is
laid, which is, Jesus Christ.
3:12 Now if any man build upon
this foundation, gold, silver, precious
stones, wood, hay, stubble;
3:13 every man's work shall be
made manifest.
For the day shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed by fire;
and the fire shall try every man's
work, of what sort it is.
3:14 If any man's work abide
which he hath built thereupon,
he shall receive a reward.
3:15 If any man's work shall be burned,
he shall suffer loss.
But he himself shall be saved;
yet so, as by fire.
3:16 Know ye not that ye are the
temple of God, and that the
Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
3:17 If any man defile the
temple of God,
him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God is holy,
which temple ye are.
3:18 Let no man deceive himself.
If any man among you seemeth
to be wise in this world,
let him become a fool,
that he may be wise.
3:19 For the wisdom of this world is
foolishness with God.
For it is written,
He taketh the wise in
their own craftiness.
3:20 And again,
The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of the wise,
that they are vain.
3:21 Therefore,
let no man glory in men.
For all things are yours.
3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or
Cephas, or the world, or life, or
death, or things present, or
things to come. All are yours;
3:23 and
ye are Christ's. And Christ, is God's.
Ch.4 1st Cor.
4:1 Let a man so account of us,
as of the ministers of Christ, and
stewards of the mysteries of God.
4:2 Moreover, it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful.
4:3 But with me,
it is a very small thing
that I should be judged of
you, or of man's judgment.
Yea, I judge not mine own self.
4:4 For I know nothing by myself;
yet, am I not hereby justified.
But he that judgeth me, is the Lord.
4:5 Therefore,
judge nothing before the time,
until the Lord come, who
both will bring to light the
hidden things of darkness, and
will make manifest, the
counsels of the hearts.
And then, shall every man have
praise of God.
4:6 And these things brethren,
I have in a figure, transferred to
myself, and to Apollos, for your sakes;
that ye might learn in us, not to
think of men above that which is written,
that no one of you be puffed up,
for one against another.
4:7 For who maketh thee to
differ from another?
And what hast thou that
thou didst not receive?
Now if thou didst receive it,
why dost thou glory,
as if thou hadst not received it?
4:8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich.
Ye have reigned as kings without us.
And I would to God ye did reign,
that we also might reign with you.
4:9 For I think, that God hath
set forth us, the apostles, last, as it
were, appointed to death.
For we are made a spectacle unto the
world, and to angels, and to men.
4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake,
but ye are wise in Christ.
We are weak, but ye are strong;
ye are honorable, but we are despised.
4:11 Even unto this present hour,
we both hunger and thirst, and
are naked, and are buffeted,
and have no certain dwelling place;
4:12 and labor,
working with our own hands.
Being reviled, we bless;
being persecuted, we suffer it.
4:13 Being defamed, we in-treat.
We are made as the filth of the world,
and are the off-scouring of all things,
unto this day.
4:14 I write not these things to
shame you,
but as my beloved sons, I
warn you.
4:15 For though ye have ten thousand
instructors in Christ, yet have ye
not many fathers.
For in Christ Jesus
I have begotten you, through the
gospel.
4:16 Wherefore,
I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
4:17 For this cause have I
sent unto you Timotheus,
who is my beloved son, and
faithful, in the Lord.
Who shall bring you into
remembrance of my ways,
which be in Christ,
as I teach everywhere, in every church.
4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though
I would not come to you.
4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the
Lord will, and will know not the speech of
them which are puffed up, but the power.
4:20 For the kingdom of God is not
in word, but in power.
4:21 What will ye?
Shall I come unto you with a rod,
or in love,
and in the spirit of meekness?
Ch.5 1st Cor
5:1 It is reported commonly,
that there is fornication among you,
and such fornication, as is not
so much as named among the Gentiles.
That one should have his father's wife.
5:2 And ye are puffed up, and
have not rather, mourned.
That he that hath done this deed,
might be taken away from among you.
5:3 For I verily, as absent in body,
but present in spirit,
have judged already,
as though I were present,
concerning him that hath so
done this deed.
5:4 In the name of our Lord,
Jesus Christ,
when ye are gathered together,
and my spirit,
with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:5 to deliver such an one unto Satan,
for the destruction of the flesh.
That the spirit may be saved in the
day of the Lord Jesus.
5:6 Your glorying is not good.
Know ye not, that a little leaven,
leaveneth the whole lump?
5:7 Purge out therefore
the old leaven, that ye may be a
new lump, as ye are; unleavened.
For even Christ, our Passover, is
sacrificed for us.
5:8 Therefore, let us keep the feast,
not with old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedness;
but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity, and truth.
5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle,
not to company with fornicators.
5:10 Yet, not altogether with the
fornicators of this world, or with
the covetous, or extortioners, or
with idolaters; for then, must ye
needs go out of the world.
5:11 But now, I have written unto you
not to keep company, if any man
that is called a brother be a
fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater,
or a railer, or a drunkard,
or an extortioner;
with such an one no, not to eat.
5:12 For what have I to do,
to judge them also, that are without?
Do not ye judge them that are within?
5:13 But them that are without,
God judgeth.
Therefore, put away from among
yourselves that wicked person.
Ch. 6 1st Cor
6:1 Dare any of you,
having a matter against another,
go to law before the unjust, and
not before the saints?
6:2 Do ye not know that the
saints shall judge the world?
And if the world shall be
judged by you, are ye unworthy
to judge the smallest matters?
6:3 Know ye not that we shall
judge angels?
How much more things that
pertain to this life?
6:4 If then, ye have judgments of
things pertaining to this life,
set them to judge who are
least esteemed in the church.
6:5 I speak to your shame.
Is it so that there is not a
wise man among you?
No, not one, that shall be able to
judge between his brethren ?
6:6 But brother goeth to
law with brother,
and that before the
unbelievers.
6:7 Now therefore, there is utterly a
fault among you, because ye go to
law one with another.
Why do ye not rather take wrong?
Why do ye not rather suffer
yourselves to be defrauded?
6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud,
and that, your brethren.
6:9 Know ye not, that the
unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
abusers of themselves with mankind,
6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers,
nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God.
6:11 And such were some of you.
But ye are washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are justified;
in the name of the Lord Jesus,
and by the Spirit of our God.
6:12 All things are lawful unto me,
but all things are not expedient.
All things are lawful for me,
but I will not be brought under
the power of any.
6:13 Meats for the belly, and the
belly for meats.
But God shall destroy both it,
and them.
Now the body is not for fornication,
but for the Lord.
And the Lord for the body.
6:14 And God hath both raised up the
Lord, and will also raise up us, by
his own power.
6:15 Know ye not that your bodies
are the members of Christ?
Shall I then take the members of
Christ, and make them the
members of an harlot?
God forbid.
6:16 What? Know ye not, that he which is
joined to an harlot, is one body?
For two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
6:17 But he that is joined unto the
Lord, is one spirit.
6:18 Flee fornication.
Every sin that a man doeth,
is without the body;
but he that committeth fornication,
sinneth against his own body.
6:19 What? Know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost;
which is in you, which ye have of God,
and ye are not your own?
6:20 For ye are bought with a price.
Therefore, glorify God, in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's.
Ch. 7 1st Cor.
7:1 Now concerning the things,
whereof ye wrote unto me.
It is good for a man not to
touch a woman.
7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication,
let every man have his own wife,
and let every woman have her own
husband.
7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife,
due benevolence.
And likewise also,
the wife unto the husband.
7:4 The wife hath not
power of her own body,
but the husband.
And likewise also,
the husband hath not power of
his own body, but the wife.
7:5 Defraud ye not, one the other,
except it be with consent, for a time,
that ye may give yourselves to
fasting and prayer;
And come together again,
that Satan, tempt you not,
for your *incontinency.*
7:6 But I speak this by permission,
and not of commandment.
7:7 For I would that all men were
even as I myself.
But every man hath his
proper gift of God.
One after this manner, and
another after that.
7:8 I say therefore,
to the unmarried and widows,
it is good for them, if they abide,
even as I.
7:9 But if they cannot contain,
let them marry.
For it is better to marry; than to burn.
7:10 And, unto the married I command,
yet not I, but the Lord.
Let not the wife depart from
her husband.
7:11 But, and if she depart,
let her remain unmarried, or be
reconciled to her husband.
And let not the husband put away
his wife.
7:12 But to the rest speak I,
not the Lord.
If any brother hath a wife that
believeth not, and she be pleased to
dwell with him, let him not
put her away.
7:13 And the woman which hath an
husband that believeth not,
and if he be pleased to
dwell with her, let her not leave him.
7:14 For the unbelieving husband,
is sanctified by the wife,
and the unbelieving wife,
is sanctified by the husband.
Else were your children unclean;
but now, are they holy.
7:15 But if the unbelieving depart,
let him depart.
A brother or a sister is not under
bondage in such cases.
But God hath called us to peace.
7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife,
whether thou shalt save thy husband?
Or how knowest thou, O man,
whether thou shalt save thy wife?
7:17 But as God hath distributed to
every man,
as the Lord hath called every one,
so let him walk.
And so ordain I, in all churches.
7:18 Is any man called being
circumcised?
Let him not become uncircumcised.
Is any called in un-circumcision?
Let him not be circumcised.
7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and
un-circumcision is nothing, but the
keeping of the commandments of God.
7:20 Let every man abide in the
same calling wherein he was called.
7:21 Art thou called being a servant?
Care not for it.
But if thou mayest be made free,
use it rather.
7:22 For he that is called,
in the Lord being a servant,
is the Lord's freeman.
Likewise also, he that is called,
being free, is Christ's servant.
7:23 Ye are bought with a price.
Be not ye the servants of men.
7:24 Brethren, let every man,
wherein he is called,
therein, abide with God.
7:25 Now concerning virgins,
I have no commandment of the Lord.
Yet I give my judgment, as one that
hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be
faithful.
7:26 I suppose, therefore,
that this is good for the
present distress, I say,
that it is good for a man so to be.
7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife?
Seek not to be loosed.
Art thou loosed from a wife?
Seek not a wife.
7:28 But, and if thou marry,
thou hast not sinned.
And if a virgin marry,
she hath not sinned.
Nevertheless, such shall have
trouble in the flesh.
But I spare you.
7:29 But this I say brethren,
the time is short.
It remaineth, that both,
they that have wives, be as
though they had none;
7:30 and they that weep, as though
they wept not, and they that rejoice,
as though they rejoiced not;
and they that buy,
as though they possessed not;
7:31 and they that use this world,
as not abusing it.
For the fashion of this world,
passeth away.
7:32 But I would have you
without carefulness.
He that is unmarried, careth for the
things that belong to the Lord,
how he may please the Lord.
7:33 But he that is married, careth for
the things that are of the world,
how he may please his wife.
7:34 There is difference also,
between a wife and a virgin.
The unmarried woman careth for the
things of the Lord, that she may be
holy, both in body and in spirit.
But she that is married, careth for the
things of the world,
how she may please her husband.
7:35 And this I speak for your own
profit; not that I may cast a
snare upon you,
but for that which is comely, and
that ye may attend upon the
Lord, without distraction.
7:36 But, if any man think that he
behaveth himself uncomely toward
his virgin,
if she pass the flower of her age,
and need so require, let him do what
he will, he sinneth not.
Let them marry.
7:37 Nevertheless, he that
standeth steadfast in his heart,
having no necessity,
but hath power over his own will,
and hath so decreed in his heart,
that he will keep his virgin,
doeth well.
7:38 So then, he that giveth her in
marriage doeth well;
but he that giveth her not
in marriage, doeth better.
7:39 The wife is bound by the law as
long as her husband liveth.
But if her husband be dead,
she is at liberty to be married
to whom she will.
Only in the Lord.
7:40 But she is happier if she
so abide, after my judgment.
And I think, also,
that I have the Spirit of God.
vs.5; *incontinency* = lack of self control
Ch. 8 1st Cor.
8:1 Now, as touching things
offered unto idols,
we know, that we all have
knowledge.
Knowledge puffeth up,
but *love (charity)* edifieth.
8:2 And if any man think that he
knoweth anything, he knoweth
nothing, yet as he ought to know.
8:3 But if any man love God,
the same is known of him.
8:4 As concerning therefore, the
eating of those things that are
offered in sacrifice unto idols,
we know that an idol is
nothing in the world, and
that there is none other God but one.
8:5 For though there be that are
called gods, whether in
heaven or in earth,
(as there be gods many, and
lords many,)
8:6 but to us, there is but one God,
the Father, of whom are all things.
And we, in him.
And one Lord, Jesus Christ,
by whom are all things,
and we, by him.
8:7 Howbeit there is not in every
man, that knowledge.
For some, with conscience of the idol,
unto this hour, eat it as a
thing offered unto an idol.
And their conscience being weak,
is defiled.
8:8 But meat commendeth
us not to God.
For neither if we eat, are we the better;
neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
8:9 But take heed,
lest by any means,
this liberty of yours become a
stumbling block to them that are weak.
8:10 For if any man see thee,
which hast knowledge, sit at meat,
in the idol's temple,
shall not the conscience of
him which is weak,
be emboldened to
eat those things which are
offered to idols.
8:11 And through thy knowledge,
shall the weak brother perish,
for whom Christ died?
8:12 But when ye sin so, against
the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ.
8:13 Wherefore,
if meat make my brother to offend,
I will eat no flesh while the
world standeth,
lest I make my brother to offend.
Ch. 8, vs. 1 *love; not charity (Agape, Godly Love)
Ch. 9 1st Cor.
9:1 Am I not an apostle?
Am I not free?
Have I not seen
Jesus Christ our Lord?
Are not ye my work in the Lord?
9:2 If I be not an apostle unto others,
yet doubtless, I am to you.
For the seal of mine apostleship,
are ye, in the Lord.
9:3 Mine answer to them that
do examine me is this,
9:4 have we not power to eat and to drink?
9:5 Have we not power to lead about a
sister, a wife, as well as other
apostles, and as the brethren of
the Lord, and Cephas?
9:6 Or I only, and Barnabas,
have not we power to forbear working?
9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at
his own charges?
Who planteth a vineyard, and
eateth not of the fruit thereof?
Or who feedeth a flock, and
eateth not of the milk of the flock?
9:8 Say I these things as a man?
Or saith not the law, the same also?
9:9 For it is written in the
law of Moses,
thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of
the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Doth God take care for oxen?
9:10 Or saith he it altogether,
for our sakes?
For our sakes, no doubt,
this is written,
that he that ploweth, should
plow in hope;
and that he that thresheth in
hope,
should be partaker, of his hope.
9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual
things, is it a great thing if
we shall reap your carnal things?
9:12 If others be partakers of this
power over you, are not we rather?
Nevertheless, we have not used this
power; but suffer all things, lest we
should hinder the gospel of Christ.
9:13 Do ye not know,
that they which minister about holy
things, live of the things of the temple?
And they ,which wait at the altar,
are partakers with the altar?
9:14 Even so, hath the Lord
ordained,
that they which preach the gospel,
should live of the gospel.
9:15 But I have used none of these things.
Neither have I written these things,
that it should be so done unto me.
For it were better for me to die,
than that any man should make my
glorying void.
9:16 For though I preach the gospel,
I have nothing to glory of.
For necessity is laid upon me.
Yea, woe is unto me, if I
preach not the gospel!
9:17 For if I do this thing willingly,
I have a reward.
But if against my will,
a *dispensation* of the gospel
is committed unto me.
9:18 What is my reward then?
Verily, that when I preach the
gospel, I may make the
gospel of Christ without charge,
that I abuse not my power
in the gospel.
9:19 For though I be free from all men,
yet have I made myself servant
unto all, that I might gain the more.
9:20 And unto the Jews,
I became as a Jew, that I might
gain the Jews.
To them that are under the law,
as under the law,
that I might gain them that are
under the law;
9:21 To them that are without law, as
without law,
(being not without law to God,
but under the law, to Christ,)
that I might gain them that are
without law.
9:22 To the weak became I as weak,
that I might gain the weak.
I am made all things to all men,
that I might, by all means, save some.
9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake,
that I might be partaker thereof
with you.
9:24 Know ye not that they which
run in a race run all,
but one receiveth the prize?
So, run, that ye may obtain.
9:25 And every man that striveth for the
mastery, is temperate, in all
things.
Now they do it, to obtain a
corruptible crown; but we,
an incorruptible.
9:26 I, therefore, so run, not as
uncertainly; so fight I,
not as one that beateth the air.
9:27 But I keep under my body, and
bring it into subjection.
Lest that by any means,
when I have preached to others,
I myself, should be a castaway.
vs.17;*dispensation* = chore; administration, job, task
Ch. 10 1st Cor.
10:1 Moreover brethren,
I would not that ye should be
ignorant, how that all our fathers
were under the cloud,
and all passed through the sea;
10:2 and were all baptized unto Moses,
in the cloud, and in the sea;
10:3 and did all eat the same
spiritual meat;
10:4 and did all drink the
same spiritual drink.
For they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them.
And that Rock, was Christ.
10:5 But with many of them,
God was not well pleased.
For they were overthrown in the
wilderness.
10:6 Now these things were our examples,
to the intent we should not
lust after evil things, as they
also lusted.
10:7 Neither be ye idolaters,
as were some of them;
as it is written,
the people sat down to
eat and drink, and rose up to play.
10:8 Neither let us commit fornication,
as some of them committed,
and fell, in one day,
three and twenty thousand.
10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as
some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents.
10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of
them also murmured, and were
destroyed of the destroyer.
10:11 Now all these things happened
unto them, for ensamples;
and they are written for our
admonition,
upon whom the ends of the
world, are come.
10:12 Wherefore, let him that thinketh he
standeth, take heed, lest he fall.
10:13 There hath no temptation
taken you, but such as is
common to man.
But God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted above
that, ye are able;
but will, with the temptation,
also make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it.
10:14 Wherefore my dearly beloved,
flee from idolatry.
10:15 I speak as to wise men;
judge ye what I say.
10:16 The cup of blessing, which we bless,
is it not the communion,
of the blood of Christ?
The bread which we break,
is it not the communion, of the
body of Christ?
10:17 For we being many,
are one bread, and one body.
For we are all partakers of that
one bread.
10:18 Behold, Israel, after the flesh.
Are not they which eat of the
sacrifices, partakers of the altar?
10:19 What say I then?
That the idol is anything,
or that which is offered in
sacrifice to idols is any thing?
10:20 But I say, that the things which
the Gentiles sacrifice,
they sacrifice to devils, and not to God.
And I would not, that ye should have
fellowship with devils.
10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the
Lord, and the cup of devils.
Ye cannot be partakers of the
Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?
Are we stronger than he?
10:23 All things are lawful for me, but
all things are not expedient.
All things are lawful for me, but
all things edify not.
10:24 Let no man seek his own,
but every man, another's wealth.
10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles,
that, eat, asking no question for
conscience sake.
10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the
fullness thereof.
10:27 If any of them that
believe not, bid you to a feast,
and ye be disposed to go;
whatsoever is set before you, eat,
asking no question for conscience sake.
10:28 But if any man say unto you,
this is offered in sacrifice unto
idols,
eat not, for his sake that shewed it,
and for conscience sake.
For the earth is the Lord's,
and the fullness thereof.
10:29 Conscience, I say,
not thine own, but of the other.
For why is my liberty,
judged of another man's conscience?
10:30 For if I by grace be a partaker,
why am I evil spoken of, for that
for which I give thanks?
10:31 Whether therefore, ye eat,
or drink, or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.
10:32 Give none offence,
neither to the Jews, nor to the
Gentiles, nor to the church of God.
10:33 Even as I, please all men,
in all things,
not seeking mine own
profit, but the profit of many,
that they may be saved.
Ch. 11 1st Cor.
11:1 Be ye followers of me,
even as I also, am of Christ.
11:2 Now I praise you, brethren,
that ye remember me in all things,
and keep the ordinances,
as I delivered them to you.
11:3 But I would have you know,
that the head of every man, is Christ;
and the head of the woman is the
man; and the head of Christ, is God.
11:4 Every man, praying or
prophesying,
having his head covered,
dishonoureth his head.
11:5 But every woman that prayeth or
prophesieth with her head
uncovered, dishonoureth her head.
For that is even all one as if she
were shaven.
11:6 For if the woman be not covered,
let her also be shorn.
But if it be a shame for a
woman to be shorn or shaven,
let her be covered.
11:7 For a man, indeed ought not to
cover his head, forasmuch as he is
the image, and glory of God.
But the woman is the glory of the man.
11:8 For the man is not of the
woman; but the woman; of the man.
11:9 Neither was the man created for the
woman; but the woman for the man.
11:10 For this cause, ought the
woman to have power on her
head, because of the angels.
11:11 Nevertheless, neither is the man
without the woman, neither the
woman, without the man,
in the Lord.
11:12 For as the woman is of the man,
even so is the man also by the
woman;
but all things; of God.
11:13 Judge in yourselves:
Is it comely that a woman
pray unto God uncovered?
11:14 Doth not even nature itself
teach you,
that if a man have long
hair, it is a shame unto him?
11:15 But if a woman have
long hair, it is a glory to her.
For her hair is given her for a
covering.
11:16 But if any man seem to
be contentious,
we have no such custom,
neither the churches of God.
11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you,
I praise you not, that ye come
together, not for the better,
but for the worse.
11:18 For first of all, when ye
come together in the church,
I hear that there be
divisions among you;
and I partly believe it.
11:19 For there must be also
heresies among you,
that they which are approved,
may be made manifest among you.
11:20 When ye come together,
therefore, into one place,
this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
11:21 For in eating, every one
taketh before other, his own supper.
And one is hungry, and
another is drunken.
11:22 What?
Have ye not houses to
eat and to drink in?
Or despise ye the church of God,
and shame them that have not?
What shall I say to you?
Shall I praise you in this?
I praise you not.
11:23 For I have received of the
Lord, that which also I
delivered unto you, that the
Lord Jesus,
the same night in which he
was betrayed, took bread.
11:24 And when he had given thanks,
he brake it, and said, Take, eat.
This is my body, which is broken for you.
This do, in remembrance of me.
11:25 After the same manner, also,
he took the cup,
when he had supped,
saying,
this cup is the new testament,
in my blood.
This do ye, as oft as ye drink it,
in remembrance of me.
11:26 For as often as ye
eat this bread, and
drink this cup, ye do shew
the Lord's death, till he come.
11:27 Wherefore, whosoever shall
eat this bread, and
drink this cup of the Lord unworthily,
shall be guilty of the body and
blood of the Lord.
11:28 But let a man examine himself,
and so, let him eat of that bread,
and drink of that cup.
11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh
unworthily,
eateth and drinketh damnation,
to himself,
not discerning the Lord's body.
11:30 For this cause, many are
weak, and sickly among you, and
many sleep.
11:31 For if we would judge ourselves,
we should not be judged.
11:32 But when we are judged, we are
chastened of the Lord, that we
should not be condemned
with the world.
11:33 Wherefore my brethren,
when ye come together to eat,
tarry one for another.
11:34 And if any man hunger,
let him eat at home; that ye
come not together,
unto condemnation.
And the rest will I set in order,
when I come.
Ch. 12 1st Cor.
12:1 Now,
concerning spiritual gifts brethren,
I would not have you ignorant.
12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles,
carried away unto these dumb idols,
even as ye were led.
12:3 Wherefore, I give you to
understand, that no man,
speaking by the Spirit of God,
calleth Jesus accursed.
And that no man can say that
Jesus is the Lord, but by the
Holy Ghost. (Spirit)
12:4 Now,
there are diversities of gifts,
but the same Spirit.
12:5 And there are differences
of administrations,
but the same Lord.
12:6 And there are diversities of
operations, but it is the
same God which worketh,
all, in all.
12:7 But the manifestation of the
Spirit is given to every man,
to profit withal.
12:8 For to one, is given by the Spirit,
the word of wisdom;
to another, the word of knowledge,
by the same Spirit;
12:9 To another,
faith, by the same Spirit;
to another, the gifts of
healing; by the same Spirit;
12:10 To another the working of miracles;
to another prophecy;
to another discerning of spirits;
to another, divers kinds of tongues;
to another, the interpretation of
tongues.
12:11 But all these worketh,
that one, and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man, severally,
as he will.
12:12 For as the body is one,
and hath many members, and
all the members of that one body,
being many, are one body.
So also, is Christ.
12:13 For by one Spirit, are we all
baptized into one body.
Whether we be Jews, or Gentiles.
Whether we be bond, or free;
and have been all made to
drink, into one Spirit.
12:14 For the body is not
one member, but many.
12:15 If the foot shall say,
because I am not the hand,
I am not of the body;
is it therefore, not of the body?
12:16 And if the ear shall say,
because I am not the eye,
I am not of the body;
is it therefore, not of the body?
12:17 If the whole body were an
eye, where were the hearing?
If the whole were hearing,
where were the smelling?
12:18 But now hath God set the members,
every one of them, in the body, as
it hath pleased him.
12:19 And if they were all one member,
where were the body?
12:20 But now are they many members,
yet, but one body.
12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand,
I have no need of thee.
Nor again the head to the feet,
I have no need of you.
12:22 Nay, much more
those members of the body,
which seem to be more feeble,
are necessary.
12:23 And those members of the body,
which we think to be less
honorable,
upon these we bestow more
abundant honor; and our uncomely
parts have more abundant comeliness.
12:24 For our comely parts have no need.
But God hath tempered the body
together,
having given more abundant honor,
to that part which lacked;
12:25 that there should be no
schism in the body;
but that the members should
have the same care,
one for another.
12:26 And whether one member suffer,
all the members suffer with it.
Or one member be honored,
all the members rejoice with it.
12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ,
and members in particular.
12:28 And God hath set some,
in the church, first,
apostles,
secondarily, prophets,
thirdly, teachers.
After that, miracles,
then gifts of healings,
helps, governments,
diversities of tongues.
12:29 Are all apostles?
Are all prophets?
Are all teachers?
Are all workers of miracles?
12:30 Have all the gifts of healing?
Do all speak with tongues?
Do all interpret?
12:31 But covet, earnestly, the best gifts.
And yet, shew I unto you, a more
excellent way.
Ch. 13 1st Cor.
13:1 Though I speak with the
tongues of men, and of angels, and
have not *love (charity)*,
I am become as sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal.
13:2 And though I have the
gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries, and
all knowledge; and though I
have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, and
have not *love (charity)*,
I am nothing.
13:3 And though I bestow all my
goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be
burned, and have not *love (charity)*,
it profiteth me nothing.
13:4 *Love (charity)*, suffereth long, and is
kind; *love (charity)*, envieth not;
*love (charity)* vaunteth not itself,
is not puffed up,
13:5 doth not
behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own,
is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil;
13:6 rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the truth;
13:7 beareth all things, believeth
all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things.
13:8 *Love (charity)*, never faileth.
But whether there be prophecies,
they shall fail;
whether there be tongues,
they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge,
it shall vanish away.
13:9 For we know in part, and we
prophesy in part.
13:10 But when that which is perfect
is come,
then that which is in part,
shall be done away.
13:11 When I was a child,
I spake as a child,
I understood as a child,
I thought as a child.
But when I became a man,
I put away childish things.
13:12 For now we see through a
glass darkly;
but then, face to face.
Now, I know in part;
but then, shall I know,
even as also, I am known.
13:13 And now abideth, faith, hope,
*love (charity)*, these three;
but the greatest of these,
is *Love (charity)*.
* love, not charity
(Agape, Godly Love)
Ch. 14 1st Cor.
14:1 Follow after *love (charity)*, and
desire spiritual gifts, but rather,
that ye may prophesy.
14:2 For he that speaketh in an
unknown tongue, speaketh not
unto men, but unto God.
For no man understandeth him;
howbeit, in the spirit,
he speaketh mysteries.
14:3 But he that prophesieth,
speaketh unto men, to edification,
and exhortation, and comfort.
14:4 He that speaketh in an
unknown tongue, edifieth himself.
But he that prophesieth,
edifieth the church.
14:5 I would that ye all spake with
tongues, but rather, that ye
prophesied.
For greater is he that
prophesieth, than he that
speaketh with tongues, except he
interpret, that the church may
receive edifying.
14:6 Now brethren, if I
come unto you speaking with tongues,
what shall I profit you, except I shall
speak to you either by revelation,
or by knowledge, or by
prophesying, or by doctrine?
14:7 And even things without life,
giving sound, whether pipe or harp,
except they give a
distinction in the sounds,
how shall it be known what is
piped or harped?
14:8 For if the trumpet give an
uncertain sound,
who shall prepare himself
to the battle?
14:9 So likewise ye, except ye
utter by the tongue,
words easy to be understood,
how shall it be known what
is spoken?
For ye shall speak into the air.
14:10 There are, it may be,
so many kinds of voices in the
world, and none of them is
without signification.
14:11 Therefore, if I know not the
meaning of the voice,
I shall be unto him that speaketh,
a barbarian,
and he that speaketh,
shall be a barbarian unto me.
14:12 Even so ye,
forasmuch as ye are zealous of
spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel,
to the edifying of the church.
14:13 Wherefore, let him that speaketh in
an unknown tongue,
pray that he may interpret.
14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue,
my spirit prayeth,
but my understanding is unfruitful.
14:15 What is it, then?
I will pray with the spirit, and I will
pray with the understanding also.
I will sing with the spirit, and I will
sing with the understanding, also.
14:16 Else when thou shalt
bless with the spirit,
how shall he that occupieth the
room of the unlearned say, Amen;
at thy giving of thanks,
seeing he understandeth not,
what thou sayest?
14:17 For thou, verily, givest thanks well,
but the other, is not edified.
14:18 I thank my God, I speak with
tongues more than ye all.
14:19 Yet, in the church, I had rather speak
five words with my understanding,
that by my voice, I might
teach others also, than ten
thousand words,
in an unknown tongue.
14:20 Brethren, be not children in
understanding.
Howbeit in malice, be ye children,
but in understanding, be men.
14:21 In the law it is written,
with men of other tongues and
other lips will I speak unto
this people;
and yet, for all that will,
they not hear me,
saith the Lord.
14:22 Wherefore,
tongues are for a sign,
not to them that believe,
but to them that believe not.
But prophesying serveth not for
them that believe not, but for
them which believe.
14:23 If therefore, the whole church be
come together into one place, and
all speak with tongues, and
there come in those that are
unlearned, or unbelievers,
will they not say, that ye are mad?
14:24 But if all prophesy,
and there come in one that
believeth not, or one unlearned,
he is *convinced* of all, he is
judged of all.
14:25 And thus, are the secrets of his
heart made manifest;
and so falling down on his face,
he will worship God, and
report that God is in you,
of a truth.
14:26 How is it then, brethren?
When ye come together, every
one of you hath a psalm,
hath a doctrine, hath a tongue,
hath a revelation,
hath an interpretation.
Let all things be done unto edifying.
14:27 If any man speak in an
unknown tongue, let it be by
two, or at the most by three.
And that, *by course*;
and let one, interpret.
14:28 But if there be no interpreter,
let him keep silence in the church;
and let him speak to himself,
and to God.
14:29 Let the prophets speak,
two or three, and let the other judge.
14:30 If any thing be revealed to another,
that sitteth by, let the first
hold his peace.
14:31 For ye may all prophesy,
one by one,
that all may learn, and all
may be comforted.
14:32 And the spirits of the prophets,
are subject to the prophets.
14:33 For God is not the author of
confusion, but of peace, as in
all churches of the saints.
14:34 Let your women keep
silence, in the churches.
For it is not permitted unto
them to speak;
but they are commanded to be
under obedience,
as also saith the law.
14:35 And if they will learn anything,
let them ask their husbands, at
home.
For it is a shame for women to
speak in the church.
14:36 What?
Came the word of God out from you?
Or came it unto you only?
14:37 If any man think himself to be a
prophet, or spiritual, let him
acknowledge, that the things that I
write unto, you are the
commandments of the Lord.
14:38 But if any man be ignorant,
let him be ignorant.
14:39 Wherefore, brethren,
covet to prophesy,
and forbid not to speak
with tongues.
14:40 Let all things be done, decently,
and in order.
Ch.14:vs.1 * love, not charity
(Agape, Godly Love)
Ch.14:vs.24 *convinced/also: convicted*
Ch.14:vs.27 *by course = each in turn
Ch. 15 1st Cor.
15:1 Moreover, brethren,
I declare unto you the gospel
which I preached unto you,
which also ye have received, and
wherein, ye stand.
15:2 By which also, ye are saved,
if ye keep in memory what I
preached unto you,
unless ye have believed, in vain.
15:3 For I delivered unto you, first of all,
that which I also received,
how that Christ, died for our sins,
according to the scriptures.
15:4 And that he was buried, and
that he rose again, the third day,
according to the scriptures.
15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas,
then of the twelve.
15:6 After that, he was seen of
above five hundred brethren at
once; of whom the greater part
remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep.
15:7 After that, he was seen of
James; then of all the apostles.
15:8 And last of all,
he was seen of me also,
as of one born out of due time.
15:9 For I, am the least of the
apostles, that am not meet to be
called an apostle, because I
persecuted the church of God.
15:10 But by the grace of God,
I am what I am.
And his grace, which was
bestowed upon me,
was not in vain;
but I labored more
abundantly than they all.
Yet, not I, but the grace of God,
which was with me.
15:11 Therefore, whether it were I,
or they, so we preach, and
so, ye believed.
15:12 Now, if Christ be preached,
that he rose from the dead,
how say some among you, that
there is no resurrection of the dead?
15:13 But if there be no
resurrection of the dead,
then is Christ not risen.
15:14 And if Christ be not risen,
then is our preaching vain,
and your faith, is also vain.
15:15 Yea, and we, are found false
witnesses of God;
because we have
testified of God,
that he raised up Christ;
whom he raised not up, if so be
that the dead rise not.
15:16 For if the dead rise not,
then is not Christ raised.
15:17 And if Christ be not raised,
your faith is vain; ye are yet
in your sins.
15:18 Then, they also, which are
fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
15:19 If in this life only, we have
hope in Christ,
we are of all men most miserable.
15:20 But now, is Christ risen from the
dead,
and become the first fruits of
them that slept.
15:21 For since by man came death,
by man came also the
resurrection of the dead.
15:22 For as in Adam, all die,
even so, in Christ, shall all be
made alive.
15:23 But every man in his
own order.
Christ, the first fruits; afterward,
they that are Christ's, at his coming.
15:24 Then cometh the end,
when he shall have delivered up the
kingdom to God, even the Father;
when he shall have put down
all rule, and all authority, and power.
15:25 For he must reign, till he hath
put all enemies under his feet.
15:26 The last enemy that
shall be destroyed, is death.
15:27 For he hath put all things
under his feet.
But when he saith all things are
put under him,
it is manifest, that he is excepted,
which did put all things under him.
15:28 And when all things shall be
subdued unto him, then shall the
Son also, himself, be subject unto him,
that put all things under him,
that God, may be all, in all.
15:29 Else what shall they do which are
baptized for the dead, if the
dead rise not at all?
Why are they then baptized
for the dead?
15:30 And why stand we in
jeopardy, every hour?
15:31 I *protest* by your rejoicing,
which I have in Christ Jesus,
our Lord.
I die daily.
15:32 If after the manner of men,
I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus,
what advantageth it me,
if the dead rise not?
Let us eat and drink; for
tomorrow we die.
15:33 Be not deceived.
Evil communications,
corrupt good *manners.*
15:34 Awake to righteousness, and
sin not; for some have not the
knowledge of God.
I speak this to your shame.
15:35 But some man will say,
how are the dead raised up?
And with what body do they come?
15:36 Thou fool, that which thou
sowest, is not quickened,
except it die.
15:37 And that which thou sowest,
thou sowest not that body that
shall be, but bare grain,
it may chance of wheat, or of
some other grain.
15:38 But God giveth it a body, as it hath
pleased him, and to every seed,
his own body.
15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh.
But there is one kind of flesh of
men, another flesh of beasts,
another of fishes, and another of birds.
15:40 There are also celestial bodies,
and bodies terrestrial.
But the glory of the celestial
is one,
and the glory of the terrestrial,
is another.
15:41 There is one glory of the sun,
and another glory of the moon,
and another glory of the stars,
for one star differeth from
another star in glory.
15:42 So also is the
resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption.
It is raised in incorruption.
15:43 It is sown in dishonor;
it is raised in glory.
It is sown in weakness;
it is raised, in power.
15:44 It is sown a natural body.
It is raised, a spiritual body.
There is a natural body,
and there is a spiritual body.
15:45 And so it is written,
the first man, Adam,
was made a living soul;
the last Adam, was made a
quickening spirit.
15:46 Howbeit, that was not first
which is spiritual,
but that which is natural;
and afterward, that which is spiritual.
15:47 The first man,
is of the earth, earthy;
the second man is the Lord,
from heaven.
15:48 As is the earthy,
such are they also,
that are earthy.
And as is the heavenly,
such are they also,
that are heavenly.
15:49 And as we have borne the
image of the earthy,
we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly.
15:50 Now this I say brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption.
15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery;
we shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed.
15:52 In a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump.
For the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
15:53 For this corruptible, must put on
incorruption,
and this mortal must put on
immortality.
15:54 So,
when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass, the
saying that is written,
death is swallowed up in victory.
15:55 O death,
where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory?
15:56 The sting of death is sin;
and the strength of sin, is the law.
15:57 But thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory, through our
Lord, Jesus Christ.
15:58 Therefore my beloved brethren,
be ye steadfast, un-moveable,
always abounding in the work of the
Lord, forasmuch as ye know,
that your labor, is not in vain,
in the Lord.
Ch.15:vs.31 *protest* = proclaim,brag,boast
Ch.15:vs.43 *manners* habits, ways
Ch. 16 1st Cor.
16:1 Now concerning the collection for the
saints,
as I have given order to the churches of
Galatia, even so, do ye.
16:2 Upon the first day of the week,
let every one of you lay by him,
in store,
as God hath prospered him,
that there be no gatherings,
when I come.
16:3 And when I come,
whomsoever ye shall approve
by your letters,
them, will I send to bring your
liberality unto Jerusalem.
16:4 And if it be meet that I go also,
they shall go with me.
16:5 Now I will come unto you
when I shall pass through Macedonia.
For I do pass through Macedonia.
16:6 And it may be, that I will abide,
yea, and winter with you, that ye
may bring me on my journey
whithersoever I go.
16:7 For I will not see you now,
by the way;
but I trust to tarry a while with you,
if the Lord permit.
16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus,
until Pentecost.
16:9 For a great door, and effectual,
is opened unto me, and there,
are many adversaries.
16:10 Now, if Timotheus come,
see that he may be with you
without fear;
for he worketh the work of the
Lord, as I also do.
16:11 Let no man therefore,
despise him.
But conduct him forth in peace,
that he may come unto me.
For I look for him, with the brethren.
16:12 As touching our brother Apollos,
I greatly desired him to come unto
you, with the brethren.
But his will was not at all to
come, at this time.
But he will come, when he shall
have convenient time.
16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith,
quit you like men, be strong.
16:14 Let all your things be done with
*love (charity) *.
16:15 I beseech you, brethren,
(ye know the house of Stephanas,
that it is the first fruits of Achaia,
and that they have addicted
themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
16:16 that ye submit yourselves unto such,
and to everyone that helpeth
with us, and laboureth.
16:17 I am glad of the coming of
Stephanas, and Fortunatus,
and Achaicus
For that which was lacking on
your part, they have supplied.
16:18 For they have
refreshed my spirit, and yours.
Therefore, acknowledge
ye them, that are such.
16:19 The churches of Asia salute you.
Aquila and Priscilla salute you
much in the Lord, with the church
that is in their house.
16:20 All the brethren greet you.
Greet ye one another,
with an holy kiss.
16:21 The salutation of me,
Paul, with mine
own hand.
16:22 If any man love not the
Lord, Jesus Christ,
let him be Anathema.*
Maranatha. *
16:23 The grace of our Lord,
Jesus Christ,
be with you.
16:24 My love be with you all,
in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Ch.16:vs.14 * love,* not charity, Godly Love)
Ch.16:vs.22 Anathema.* a curse, cut off, excommunicated
Maranatha. * Lord, come quickly
THE Entire 2nd Epistle of Paul to the
CORINTHIANIANS
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Paul's 2nd. Epistle to the Corinthians
Ch1. 2nd Cor.
1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
by the will of God, and Timothy,
our brother,
unto the church of God which is at
Corinth, with all the saints,
which are in all Achaia.
1:2 Grace be to you, and peace,
from God our Father,
and from the Lord, Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed be God,
even the Father of our Lord,
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies,
and the God of all comfort;
1:4 Who comforteth us,
in all our tribulation,
that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any trouble,
by the comfort wherewith we
ourselves, are comforted of God.
1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so our consolation
also, aboundeth by Christ.
1:6 And whether we be afflicted,
it is for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectual, in the enduring of the
same sufferings, which we also suffer.
Or whether we be comforted, it is for your
consolation and salvation.
1:7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing,
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings,
so shall ye be also of the consolation.
1:8 For we would not, brethren,
have you ignorant of our trouble,
which came to us in Asia,
that we were pressed,
out of measure, above strength,
insomuch that we despaired,
even of life.
1:9 But we had the sentence of
death in ourselves, that we should not
trust in ourselves, but in God,
which raiseth the dead.
1:10 Who delivered us from so great a
death, and doth deliver.
In whom we trust, that he will
yet deliver us.
1:11 Ye also, helping together by
prayer for us,
that for the gift bestowed upon us,
by the means of many persons,
thanks may be given, by many,
on our behalf.
1:12 For our rejoicing is this,
the testimony of our conscience,
that in simplicity and godly sincerity,
not with fleshly wisdom,
but by the grace of God,
we have had our conversation in
the world, and more abundantly,
to you-ward.
1:13 For we write none other things
unto you, than what ye read, or
acknowledge; and I trust, ye shall
acknowledge, even to the end;
1:14 as also, ye have acknowledged us,
in part, that we are your rejoicing,
even as ye, also, are ours,
in the day of the Lord, Jesus.
1:15 And in this confidence,
I was minded to come unto you before,
that ye might have a second benefit;
1:16 and to pass by you into Macedonia,
and to come again, out of
Macedonia, unto you,
and of you, to be brought on my way,
toward Judea.
1:17 When I therefore,
was thus minded,
did I use lightness?
Or the things that I purpose,
do I purpose according to the flesh,
that with me, there should be
yea; yea, and nay; nay?
1:18 But as God is true,
our word toward you was not
yea and nay.
1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ,
who was preached among you by us,
even by me, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
was not yea and nay,
but in him, was yea.
1:20 For all the promises of God,
in him, are yea, and in him;
Amen,
unto the glory of God; by us.
1:21 Now he which stablisheth us,
with you in Christ, and hath
anointed us, is God;
1:22 Who hath also
sealed us, and given the
earnest of the Spirit, in our
hearts.
1:23 Moreover, I call God
for a record upon my soul,
that to spare you, I
came not as yet unto Corinth.
1:24 Not for that we have
dominion over your faith,
but are helpers of your joy.
For by faith, ye stand.
Ch. 2 2nd Cor.
2:1 But I determined this
with myself, that I would
not come again to you in
heaviness.
2:2 For if I make you sorry,
who is he then that maketh me glad,
but the same which is made sorry
by me?
2:3 And I wrote this, same unto you,
lest, when I came, I should have
sorrow from them of whom I
ought to rejoice;
having confidence in you all,
that my joy is the joy of you all.
2:4 For out of much affliction,
and anguish of heart,
I wrote unto you with many tears;
not that ye should be grieved, but that
ye might know the love which I have
more abundantly unto you.
2:5 But if any have caused grief
he hath not grieved me, but in part;
that I may not overcharge you all.
2:6 Sufficient to such a man,
is this punishment, which was
inflicted of many.
2:7 So that, contrariwise,
ye ought rather to forgive him, and
comfort him, lest perhaps such a
one should be swallowed up with
overmuch sorrow.
2:8 Wherefore, I beseech you,
that ye would confirm your
love toward him.
2:9 For to this end also, did I write,
that I might know the proof of you,
whether ye be obedient in all things.
2:10 To whom ye forgive anything,
I forgive also.
For if I forgave anything,
to whom I forgave it, for your sakes,
forgave I it in the
person of Christ;
2:11 lest Satan should
get an advantage of us.
For we are not ignorant of his devices.
2:12 Furthermore,
when I came to Troas,
to preach Christ's gospel, and a
door was opened unto me of the Lord,
2:13 I had no rest in my spirit,
because I found not Titus, my brother.
But taking my leave of them,
I went from thence into Macedonia.
2:14 Now, thanks be unto God, which
always causeth us to triumph in Christ,
and maketh manifest, the savor of his
knowledge, by us, in every place.
2:15 For we are unto God,
a sweet savor of Christ,
in them that are saved,
and in them that perish.
2:16 To the one, we are the savor of
death, unto death;
and to the other,
the savor of life, unto life.
And who is sufficient for these things?
2:17 For we are not as many,
which corrupt the word of God.
But as of sincerity, but as of God,
in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.
Ch. 3 2nd Cor.
3:1 Do we begin again to commend
ourselves?
Or need we, as some others,
epistles of commendation to you.
Or letters of commendation from you?
3:2 Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts,
known and read of all men.
3:3 Forasmuch as ye are
manifestly declared, to be the
epistle of Christ, ministered by us,
written, not with ink, but with the
Spirit of the living God;
not in tables of stone, but in
fleshy tables, of the heart.
3:4 And such trust have we,
through Christ, to God-ward.
3:5 Not that we are sufficient of
ourselves to think anything as of
ourselves;
but our sufficiency is of God;
3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers
of the new testament;
not of the letter, but of the spirit.
For the letter killeth, but the spirit
giveth life.
3:7 But if the ministration of death,
written, and engraven in
stones, was glorious,
so that the children of Israel could not
steadfastly behold the face of Moses,
for the glory of his countenance;
which glory was to be done away;
3:8 how shall not
the ministration of the spirit,
be rather, glorious?
3:9 For if the ministration of
condemnation be glory,
much more, doth the ministration
of righteousness, exceed in glory.
3:10 For even that which was
made glorious,
had no glory in this respect,
by reason of the glory that excelleth.
3:11 For if that which is done away
was glorious, much more, that which
remaineth, is glorious.
3:12 Seeing then, that we have such
hope, we use great plainness of speech.
3:13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over
his face, that the children of Israel,
could not steadfastly look, to the
end of that, which is abolished.
3:14 But their minds were blinded.
For until this day, remaineth the
same veil,
untaken away, in the reading of the
old testament; which veil is done
away, in Christ.
3:15 But even unto this day,
when Moses is read, the veil is
upon their heart.
3:16 Nevertheless,
when it shall turn to the Lord,
the veil shall be taken away.
3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit.
And where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
3:18 But we all, with open face,
beholding, as in a glass,
the glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same image.
From glory, to glory, even, as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
Ch. 4 2nd Cor.
4:1 Therefore,
seeing we have this ministry,
as we have received mercy,
we faint not;
4:2 but have renounced the hidden
things of dishonesty,
not walking in craftiness,
nor handling the word of
God deceitfully; but by
manifestation of the truth,
commending ourselves to every man's
conscience, in the sight of God.
4:3 But if our gospel be hid,
it is hid to them that are lost;
4:4 in whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them, which
believe not,
lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God,
should shine unto them.
4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but
Christ Jesus the Lord; and
ourselves your servants,
for Jesus' sake.
4:6 For God, who commanded the light to
shine out of darkness,
hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of
the glory of God,
in the face of Jesus Christ.
4:7 But we have this treasure
in earthen vessels,
that the excellency of the
power may be of God,
and not of us.
4:8 We are troubled on every side,
yet not distressed;
we are perplexed,
but not in despair;
4:9 persecuted, but not forsaken;
cast down, but not destroyed.
4:10 Always bearing about
in the body,
the dying of the Lord Jesus,
that the life also of Jesus,
might be made manifest in our body.
4:11 For we which live are
alway delivered unto death,
for Jesus' sake,
that the life also of Jesus,
might be made manifest in our
mortal flesh.
4:12 So then,
death worketh in us,
but life in you.
4:13 We having the same spirit of faith,
according as it is written,
I believed,
and therefore, have I spoken;
we also believe, and therefore speak;
4:14 knowing, that he which
raised up the Lord Jesus,
shall raise up us also by Jesus,
and shall present us with you.
4:15 For all things,
are for your sakes, that the
abundant grace might,
through the thanksgiving of many,
redound, to the glory of God.
4:16 For which cause we faint not.
But though our outward man,
perish;
yet, the inward man is renewed,
day by day.
4:17 For our light affliction,
which is but for a moment,
worketh for us, a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory;
4:18 while we look not at the
things which are seen, but at the
things which are not seen.
For the things which are seen are
temporal; but the
things which are not seen,
are eternal.
Ch. 5 2nd Cor.
5:1 For we know,
that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved,
we have a building of God,
an house, not made with hands,
eternal, in the heavens.
5:2 For in this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be
clothed upon with our house,
which is from heaven.
5:3 If so be, that being clothed,
we shall not be found naked.
5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle,
do groan, being burdened.
Not for that we would be unclothed,
but clothed upon, that mortality might be
swallowed up of life.
5:5 Now he that hath wrought us
for the selfsame thing, is God,
who also hath given unto us,
the earnest of the Spirit.
5:6 Therefore, we are always confident,
knowing, that whilst we are at
home in the body,
we are absent from the Lord.
5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight.)
5:8 We are confident, I say,
and willing, rather to be
absent from the body,
and to be present, with the Lord.
5:9 Wherefore we labor, that whether
present, or absent, we may be
accepted of him.
5:10 For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ;
that every one may receive the
things done in his body,
according to that he hath done,
whether it be good, or bad.
5:11 Knowing therefore,
the terror of the Lord,
we persuade men; but we
are *made manifest* unto God;
and I trust also are made manifest
in your consciences.
5:12 For we commend not
ourselves again unto you,
but give you occasion to
glory on our behalf,
that ye may have somewhat to
answer them, which glory in
appearance, and not in heart.
5:13 For whether we
be beside ourselves, it is to God.
Or whether we be sober, it is for
your cause.
5:14 For the love of
Christ constraineth us;
because we thus judge,
that if one died for all,
then were all dead.
5:15 And, that he died for all,
that they which live,
should not henceforth live unto
themselves, but unto him,
which died for them,
and rose again.
5:16 Wherefore, henceforth know we
no man after the flesh.
Yea, though we have known
Christ after the flesh,
yet now henceforth,
know we him no more.
5:17 Therefore,
if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature.
Old things are passed away;
behold,
all things are become new.
5:18 And all things are of God,
who hath reconciled us to himself,
by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us,
the ministry, of reconciliation.
5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ,
reconciling the world, unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us, the
word of reconciliation.
5:20 Now then,
we are ambassadors for Christ,
as though God did beseech you,
by us.
We pray you in Christ's stead,
be ye reconciled to God.
5:21 For he hath made him to be
sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we, might be made the
righteousness of God; in him.
Ch.5;vs.11, *made manifest* = are known, revealed
Ch. 6 2nd Cor.
6:1 We then,
as workers together with him,
beseech you also,
that ye receive not the grace of God
in vain.
6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a
time accepted, and in the day
of salvation have I succored thee.
Behold, now is the accepted time;
behold, now is the day of salvation.)
6:3 Giving no offence in any thing,
that the ministry be not blamed;
6:4 but in all things,
approving ourselves as the
ministers of God, in much patience,
in afflictions, in necessities,
in distresses,
6:5 in stripes, in imprisonments,
in tumults, in labors, in watchings,
in fastings;
6:6 by pureness, by knowledge, by
longsuffering, by kindness, by the
Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
6:7 by the word of truth, by the
power of God, by the armor of
righteousness,
on the right hand and on the left,
6:8 by honor and dishonor,
by evil report, and good report;
as deceivers, and yet true;
6:9 as unknown, and yet
well known; as dying, and,
behold, we live;
as chastened, and not killed.
6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing;
as poor, yet making many rich;
as having nothing, and yet
possessing all things.
6:11 O ye Corinthians,
our mouth is open unto you,
our heart is enlarged.
6:12 Ye are not straitened in us,
but ye are straitened in your own
bowels.
6:13 Now for a recompence, in the same,
(I speak as unto my children,)
be ye also, enlarged.
6:14 Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers:
For what fellowship hath
righteousness, with unrighteousness?
And what communion hath
light with darkness?
6:15 And what *concord* hath
Christ with Belial?
Or what part hath he that believeth,
with an infidel?
6:16 And what agreement hath the
temple of God with idols?
For ye are the temple of the
living God;
as God hath said,
I will dwell in them, and
walk in them;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
6:17 Wherefore,
come out from among them,
and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you;
6:18 and will be a
Father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons, and
daughters,
saith the Lord Almighty.
6:15*concord* = accord, agreement
Ch. 7 2nd Cor.
7:1 Having therefore, these promises,
dearly beloved,
let us cleanse ourselves from all
filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness, in the fear of God.
7:2 Receive us;
we have wronged no man,
we have corrupted no man,
we have defrauded no man.
7:3 I speak not this to condemn you.
For I have said before, that ye
are in our hearts to die, and live
with you.
7:4 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.
7:5 For when we were come into
Macedonia, our flesh had no rest,
but we were troubled on every side.
Without were fightings, within,
were fears.
7:6 Nevertheless, God,
that comforteth those that are
cast down, comforted us,
by the coming of Titus.
7:7 And not by his coming only,
but by the consolation wherewith he
was comforted in you,
when he told us your earnest desire,
your mourning,
your fervent mind toward me;
so that I rejoiced the more.
7:8 For though I made you sorry,
with a letter, I do not repent,
though I did repent.
For I perceive, that the
same epistle hath made you sorry,
though it were, but for a season.
7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were
made sorry, but that ye sorrowed,
to repentance.
For ye were made sorry after a
godly manner, that ye might
receive damage by us, in nothing.
7:10 For godly sorrow worketh
repentance to salvation,
not to be repented of.
But the sorrow of the world,
worketh death.
7:11 For behold this selfsame thing,
that ye sorrowed after a godly sort,
what carefulness it wrought in you,
yea, what clearing of yourselves,
yea, what indignation, yea, what fear,
yea, what vehement desire,
yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge!
In all things ye have approved
yourselves, to be clear in this matter.
7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you,
I did it not for his cause
that had done the wrong,
nor for his cause that suffered wrong,
but that our care for you, in the
sight of God, might appear unto you.
7:13 Therefore, we were comforted in
your comfort.
Yea, and exceedingly the
more joyed, we for the joy of Titus,
because his spirit was refreshed
by you all.
7:14 For if I have boasted anything
to him of you, I am not ashamed.
But as we spake all things to you,
in truth, even so our boasting,
which I made before Titus,
is found a truth.
7:15 And his inward affection is
more abundant toward you,
whilst he remembereth the
obedience of you all.
How with fear and trembling,
ye received him.
7:16 I rejoice therefore,
that I have confidence in you,
in all things.
Ch. 8 2nd Cor.
8:1 Moreover brethren,
we do you to wit;
of the grace of God, bestowed
on the churches of Macedonia.
8:2 How that in a great trial of
affliction, the abundance of their joy
and their deep poverty abounded,
unto the riches of their *liberality.
8:3 For to their power, I bear record,
yea, and beyond their power, they
were willing of themselves.
8:4 Praying us, with much in-treaty,
that we would receive the gift,
and take upon us the fellowship of
the ministering to the saints.
8:5 And this they did,
not as we hoped, but first
gave their own selves to the Lord,
and unto us, by the will of God.
8:6 Insomuch, that we desired Titus,
that as he had begun, so he would
also finish in you,
the same grace also.
8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in
everything, in faith, and utterance,
and knowledge, and in all diligence,
and in your love to us,
see that ye abound, in this
grace also.
8:8 I speak not by commandment,
but by occasion of the
forwardness of others, and to
prove the sincerity of your love.
8:9 For ye know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich,
yet, for your sakes he became poor,
that ye, through his poverty, might
be rich.
8:10 And herein I give my advice.
For this is expedient, for you,
who have begun before, not only to do,
but also to be forward a year ago.
8:11 Now, therefore,
perform the doing of it;
that as there was a readiness to will,
so there may be a performance, also,
out of that which ye have.
8:12 For if there be first, a
willing mind, it is accepted,
according to that a man hath,
and not according to that he hath not.
8:13 For I mean not that other men be
eased, and ye burdened.
8:14 But by an equality,
that now at this time,
your abundance may be a
supply for their want,
that their abundance, also,
may be a supply for your want.
That there may be equality.
8:15 As it is written,
he that had gathered much,
had nothing over;
and he that had gathered little,
had no lack.
8:16 But thanks be to God,
which put the same earnest care
into the heart of Titus for you.
8:17 For indeed,
he accepted the exhortation;
but being more forward, of
his own accord he went unto you.
8:18 And we have sent with him,
the brother, whose praise is in the
gospel, throughout all the churches.
8:19 And not that only,
but who was also chosen,
of the churches, to travel with us,
with this grace,
which is administered by us,
to the glory of the same Lord,
and declaration of your ready mind.
8:20 Avoiding this,
that no man should blame us in
this abundance which is
administered by us.
8:21 Providing for honest things,
not only in the sight of the Lord,
but also in the sight of men.
8:22 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.
8:23 Whether any do enquire of Titus,
he is my partner, and fellow helper,
concerning you.
Or our brethren be enquired of,
they are the messengers of the
churches, and the glory of Christ.
8:24 Wherefore, shew ye to them,
and before the churches, the proof of
your love,
and of our boasting, on your behalf.
Ch.8;vs2: *liberality = generousity
Ch. 9 2nd Cor.
9:1 For as touching the
ministering to the saints,
it is *superfluous* for me to write to you.
9:2 For I know the
forwardness of your mind, for which I
boast of you to them of Macedonia,
that Achaia was ready, a year ago;
and your zeal hath provoked very many.
9:3 Yet, have I sent the brethren,
lest our boasting of you should be in
vain in this behalf; that,
as I said, ye may be ready.
9:4 Lest haply, if they of
Macedonia come with me, and
find you unprepared, we
(that we say not , ye )
should be ashamed in
this same confident boasting.
9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to
exhort the brethren, that they
would go before unto you, and
make up beforehand your bounty,
whereof ye had notice before,
that the same might be ready
as a matter of bounty,
and not, as of covetousness.
9:6 But this I say,
he which soweth sparingly,
shall reap also, sparingly;
and he which soweth bountifully,
shall reap also, bountifully.
9:7 Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart,
so let him give.
Not grudgingly, or of necessity.
For God loveth a cheerful giver.
9:8 And God is able to
make all grace abound toward you;
that ye,
always having all sufficiency in
all things, may abound
to every good work.
9:9 (As it is written,
He hath dispersed abroad.
He hath given to the poor.
His righteousness remaineth forever.
9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to
the sower, both minister bread for
your food,
and multiply your seed sown,
and increase the fruits of your
righteousness;)
9:11 being enriched in everything,
to all bountifulness, which causeth,
through us, thanksgiving to God.
9:12 For the administration of
this service, not only supplieth the
want of the saints,
but is abundant also,
by many thanksgivings, unto God.
9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this
ministration, they glorify God, for
your professed subjection,
unto the gospel of Christ,
and for your liberal distribution
unto them, and unto all men;
9:14 and by their prayer for you,
which long after you, for the
exceeding grace of God in you.
9:15 Thanks be unto God,
for his unspeakable gift.
Ch.9;vs.1: *superfluous* = unnecessary
Ch. 10 2nd Cor.
10:1 Now I Paul, myself beseech you,
by the meekness, and
gentleness of Christ,
who in presence, am base among you,
but being absent, am bold toward you.
10:2 But I beseech you,
that I may not be bold when I am
present with that confidence,
wherewith I think to be bold
against some, which think of
us as if we walked according to the
flesh.
10:3 For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war after the flesh.
10:4 (For the weapons of our
warfare, are not carnal,
but mighty, through God, to the
pulling down of strong holds;)
10:5 casting down imaginations, and
every high thing, that exalteth
itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity, every
thought, to the obedience of Christ;
10:6 and having in a readiness,
to revenge all disobedience,
when your obedience is fulfilled.
10:7 Do ye look on things after the
outward appearance?
If any man trust to himself,
that he is Christ's,
let him of himself, think this again,
that, as he is Christ's,
even so, are we Christ's.
10:8 For though I should boast somewhat
more of our authority, which the
Lord hath given us for edification,
and not for your destruction, I should
not be ashamed;
10:9 that I may not seem as if I
would terrify you by letters.
10:10 For his letters, say they, are
weighty and powerful;
but his bodily presence is weak,
and his speech; contemptible.
10:11 Let such an one think this,
that such as we are in word
by letters, when we are absent,
such will we be also in deed,
when we are present.
10:12 For we dare not make
ourselves of the number,
or compare ourselves with some,
that commend themselves.
But they, measuring themselves
by themselves,
and comparing themselves,
among themselves, are not wise.
10:13 But we will not boast of things,
without our measure,
but according to the measure of the
rule, which God hath distributed to us,
a measure to reach, even unto you.
10:14 For we stretch not ourselves
beyond our measure,
as though we reached not unto you.
For we are come as far as to you, also,
in preaching the gospel of Christ.
10:15 Not boasting of things without our
measure, that is, of other men's
labors; but, having hope,
when your faith is increased,
that we shall be enlarged by you,
according to our rule abundantly,
10:16 to preach the gospel in the
regions beyond you, and not to
boast in another man's line of things,
made ready to our hand.
10:17 But he that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord.
10:18 For not he that commendeth
himself is approved,
but whom the Lord commendeth.
Ch. 11 2nd Cor.
11:1 Would to God,
ye could bear with me a little,
in my folly.
And, indeed, bear with me.
11:2 For I am jealous over you,
with godly jealousy.
For I have espoused you to
one husband,
that I may present you,
as a chaste virgin, to Christ.
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means,
as the serpent beguiled Eve through
his subtilty,
so your minds should be
corrupted, from the simplicity that
is in Christ.
11:4 For if he that cometh,
preacheth another Jesus,
whom we have not preached,
or if ye receive another spirit,
which ye have not received,
or another gospel,
which ye have not accepted,
ye might well bear with him.
11:5 For I suppose I was not a
whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
11:6 But though I be rude in speech,
yet not in knowledge.
But we have been thoroughly made
manifest among you in all things.
11:7 Have I committed an offence in
abasing myself, that ye might be
exalted,
because I have preached to you the
gospel of God freely?
11:8 I robbed other churches,
taking wages of them,
to do you service.
11:9 And when I was present with you,
and wanted, I was chargeable
to no man.
For that which was lacking to me,
the brethren which came from
Macedonia, supplied.
And in all things,
I have kept myself from being
burdensome unto you,
and so, will I keep myself.
11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me,
no man shall stop me of this
boasting, in the regions of Achaia.
11:11 Wherefore?
Because I love you not?
God knoweth.
11:12 But what I do, that I will do,
that I may cut off occasion from
them which desire occasion;
that wherein they glory, they may be
found, even as we.
11:13 For such are false apostles,
deceitful workers, transforming
themselves, into the apostles of Christ.
11:14 And no marvel;
for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light.
11:15 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.
11:16 I say again,
let no man think me a fool;
if otherwise, yet as a
fool receive me,
that I may boast myself a little.
11:17 That which I speak,
I speak it not after the Lord,
but as it were, foolishly,
in this confidence of boasting.
11:18 Seeing that many glory after the
flesh, I will glory also.
11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly,
seeing ye yourselves, are wise.
11:20 For ye suffer,
if a man bring you into bondage,
if a man devour you,
if a man take of you,
if a man exalt himself,
if a man smite you on the face.
11:21 I speak as concerning reproach,
as though we had been weak.
Howbeit, whereinsoever, any is bold,
(I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
11:22 Are they Hebrews?
So am I.
Are they Israelites?
So am I.
Are they the seed of Abraham?
So am I.
11:23 Are they ministers of Christ?
(I speak as a fool) I am more.
In labors, more abundant,
in stripes, above measure,
in prisons, more frequent,
in deaths, oft.
11:24 Of the Jews,
five times received I forty
stripes, save one.
11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods,
once, was I stoned,
thrice I suffered shipwreck,
a night and a day,
I have been in the deep;
11:26 In journeyings often,
in perils of waters,
in perils of robbers,
in perils by mine own countrymen,
in perils by the heathen,
in perils in the city,
in perils in the wilderness,
in perils in the sea,
in perils among
false brethren;
11:27 In weariness and
painfulness,
in watchings, often,
in hunger, and thirst,
in fastings, often,
in cold and nakedness.
11:28 Beside those things,
that are without,
that which cometh upon me
daily, the care of all the churches.
11:29 Who is weak,
and I am not weak?
Who is offended, and I burn not?
11:30 If I must needs glory,
I will glory of the things which
concern mine infirmities.
11:31 The God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
which is blessed for evermore,
knoweth, that I lie not.
11:32 In Damascus, the governor,
under Aretas the king,
kept the city of the Damascenes,
with a garrison,
desirous, to apprehend me.
11:33 And through a window,
in a basket, was I let down by the wall,
and escaped his hands.
Ch. 12 2nd Cor.
12:1 It is not expedient for me,
doubtless, to glory.
I will come to visions,
and revelations of the Lord.
12:2 I knew a man, in Christ,
above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body, I cannot tell;
or whether out of the body,
I cannot tell. God knoweth.)
Such an one, caught up to the
third heaven.
12:3 And I knew such a man,
(whether in the body, or
out of the body, I cannot tell.
God knoweth;)
12:4 how, that he was caught up,
into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not lawful for a
man to utter.
12:5 Of such an one will I glory.
Yet, of myself, I will not glory,
but in mine infirmities.
12:6 For though I would desire to
glory, I shall not be a fool.
For I will say the truth.
But now I forbear, lest any man
should think of me above that which
he seeth me to be,
or that he heareth of me.
12:7 And lest I should be exalted above
measure, through the abundance of
the revelations,
there was given to me a thorn in the flesh,
the messenger of Satan to buffet me,
lest I should be exalted above measure.
12:8 For this thing,
I besought the Lord *thrice,
that it might depart from me.
12:9 And he said unto me,
My grace is sufficient for thee.
For my strength is made perfect
in weakness.
Most gladly therefore, will I rather
glory in my infirmities,
that the power of Christ,
may rest upon me.
12:10 Therefore,
I take pleasure in infirmities,
in reproaches, in necessities,
in persecutions, in distresses,
for Christ's sake.
For when I am weak,
then am I strong.
12:11 I am become a fool in
glorying;
ye have compelled me.
For I ought to have been
commended of you.
For in nothing am I behind the
very chiefest apostles,
though I be nothing.
12:12 Truly, the signs of an
apostle were wrought among
you, in all patience,
in signs, and wonders, and
mighty deeds.
12:13 For what is it, wherein ye were
inferior to other churches,
except, it be that I myself
was not burdensome to you?
Forgive me this wrong.
12:14 Behold, the third time I am
ready to come to you;
and I will not be burdensome to you.
For I seek not yours, but you.
For the children ought not to
lay up for the parents,
but the parents for the children.
12:15 And I will very gladly spend,
and be spent, for you.
Though the more abundantly I
love you, the less I be loved.
12:16 But, be it so,
I did not burden you.
Nevertheless, being crafty, I
caught you with guile.
12:17 Did I make a gain of you,
by any of them whom I
sent unto you?
12:18 I desired Titus, and with him
I sent a brother.
Did Titus make a gain of you?
Walked we not in the same spirit?
Walked we not in the same steps?
12:19 Again, think ye that we
excuse ourselves unto you?
We speak before God, in Christ.
But we do all things dearly beloved,
for your edifying.
12:20 For I fear, lest when I come,
I shall not find you such as I
would, and that I shall be found
unto you, such as ye would not;
lest there be debates, envyings,
wraths, strifes, backbitings,
whisperings, swellings, tumults.
12:21 And lest when I come again,
my God will humble me among you,
and that I shall bewail many which
have sinned already,
and have not repented of the
uncleanness, and fornication,
and lasciviousness, which they have
committed.
Ch.12;vs.8: *thrice = three times
Ch.13 2nd Cor.
13:1 This is the third time I am
coming to you.
In the mouth of two, or three
witnesses, shall every word be
established.
13:2 I told you before, and foretell you,
as if I were present, the second time;
and being absent, now,
I write to them which heretofore
have sinned, and to all other, that,
if I come again, I will not spare.
13:3 Since ye seek a proof of
Christ, speaking in me,
which to you-ward is not weak,
but is mighty in you,
13:4 for though he was crucified
through weakness,
yet he liveth, by the power of God.
For we also are weak in him.
But we shall live with him,
by the power of God toward you.
13:5 Examine yourselves,
whether ye be in the faith.
Prove your own selves.
Know ye not your own selves,
how that Jesus Christ is in you,
except ye be reprobates?
13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that
we are not reprobates.
13:7 Now, I pray to God,
that ye do no evil;
not that we should appear approved,
but that ye should do that which is honest,
though we be as reprobates.
13:8 For we can do nothing against the
truth, but for the truth.
13:9 For we are glad,
when we are weak,
and ye, are strong.
And this also we wish,
even, your perfection.
13:10 Therefore, I write these things
being absent,
lest being present, I should
use sharpness, according to the
power which the Lord hath given me,
to edification, and not to destruction.
13:11 Finally brethren, farewell.
Be perfect, be of good comfort,
be of one mind, live in peace;
and the God of love and peace shall
be with you.
13:12 Greet one another, with an
holy kiss.
13:13 All the saints salute you.
13:14 The grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the
Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.