Desperation

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him--I set him on high, Because he hath known My name. — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

`For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon--seventy years--I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place. — read the full passage →

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered--the obedience,

the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;

but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made, — read the full passage →

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. — read the full passage →

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed <FI>it<Fi> with the bathing of the water in the saying,

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-<FI> stone<Fi> ,

for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught <FI>it<Fi> , but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,

and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

the law and the prophets <FI>are<Fi> till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said--`Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!' — read the full passage →

where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'

it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;

and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that <FI>is<Fi> according to piety,

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

and dissemble with him also did the other Jews, so that also Barnabas was carried away by their dissimulation.

for I wish all men to be even as I myself <FI>am<Fi> ; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus. — read the full passage →

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

`And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover,

I wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news; — read the full passage →

for those such <FI>are<Fi> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,

and we in regard to the unmeasured things will not boast ourselves, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure did appoint to us--to reach even unto you; — read the full passage →

But some one will say, `How do the dead rise? — read the full passage →

for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive, — read the full passage →

a servant--wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free--use <FI>it<Fi> rather; — read the full passage →

being circumcised--was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised; — read the full passage →

we <FI>are<Fi> fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we <FI>are<Fi> ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last--as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

And I on Thee--I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God.'

`And it hath been, as Jehovah hath rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so doth Jehovah rejoice over you to destroy you, and to lay you waste; and ye have been pulled away from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it; — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ; — read the full passage →

lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing; — read the full passage →

for they did refresh my spirit and yours; acknowledge ye, therefore, those who <FI>are<Fi> such.

And I entreat you, brethren, ye have known the household of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruit of Achaia, and to the ministration to the saints they did set themselves--

and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up--to victory;

then--the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power--

for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;

but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news; — read the full passage →

And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for <FI>it is<Fi> good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.

if others do partake of the authority over you--not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?

but not in all men <FI>is<Fi> the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat <FI>it<Fi> , and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. — read the full passage →

to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;

and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Paul, an apostle--not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who did raise him out of the dead--

and we sent with them our brother, whom we proved in many things many times being diligent, and now much more diligent, by the great confidence that is toward you,

Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?

and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ's, in his presence,

for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead--the first-fruits of those sleeping he became,

have we not authority a sister--a wife--to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

have we not authority to eat and to drink? — read the full passage →

Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

yet to us <FI>is<Fi> one God, the Father, of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we through Him;

for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth--as there are gods many and lords many--

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol <FI>is<Fi> nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

and those using this world, as not using <FI>it<Fi> up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing; — read the full passage →

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened--that both those having wives may be as not having;

And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful: — read the full passage →

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

for I wish all men to be even as I myself <FI>am<Fi> ; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband; — read the full passage →

and God both the Lord did raise, and us will raise up through His power.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments? — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers--

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --