For out of much affliction and distress of heart I wrote to you, through many tears, not that you might be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly towards you.

Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part--lest I burden you all.

For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; outside [were] fightings, inside [were] fears.

Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete.

And when these things were finished, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands in their abominations, [even] the Cannanite, the Hittites, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, and the Moserite and the Amorite.

And when I heard this thing, I tore my clothes, and trembled, and plucked [some] of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning.

Rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.

We then who are strong are obligated to bear with the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Wherefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will by no means eat meat, lest I cause my brother to stumble.

to the weak I became as weak, in order that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.

And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together; or if one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.

Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.

Because of this, when I could no longer endure [it], I sent to learn about your faith, lest somehow the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain.

because of this we were encouraged, brothers, in regard to you in all our affliction and distress by your faith.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

And behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought his brother to a Midianite woman before Moses, and before all the congregation of the children of Israel; and they were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of witness.

and went in after the Israelite man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelite man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stopped from the children of Israel.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And I was very angry as I heard their cry and these words.

and I said to them, We of our free will have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do you sell your brothers? And shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer.

Both my brothers, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and grain. Let us now leave off this usury!

And they said, We will restore, and we will not exact of them; we will do thus as you say. Then I called the priests, and bound them by oath to do according to this word.

In those days I saw in Judah [men] treading wine-presses on the Sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and every [kind of] burden, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

And I strove with the free children of Judah, and said to them, What [is] this evil thing which you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

And it came to pass, when the gates were set up in Jerusalem, before the Sabbath, that I spoke, and they shut the gates; and I gave orders that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set [some] of my servants at the gates, that none should bring [in] burdens on the Sabbath day.

And in those days I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab.

And I strove with them and cursed them; and I struck some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying,] You shall not give your daughters to their sons, and you shall not take of their daughters to your sons.

Then His disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal for Your house will consume Me."

It is actually heard that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even named among the Gentiles--that a man has his father's wife!

For I indeed, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has done this deed in this way,

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

I say [this] to your shame. So is there not among you a wise [man], not even one, who will be able to judge between his brother [and another]?

Actually then, it is already a defeat for you that you have lawsuits against one another. Why not rather accept wrong? Why not rather accept being defrauded?

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make [them] members of a harlot? Certainly not!

But he that is joined with the Lord is one spirit [with Him].

What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God, and disgrace those who do not have? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you!

Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain and your faith also is vain!

For if the dead are not raised, [then] neither has Christ been raised.

Then also those who have died in Christ have perished.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, [and] has become the firstfruits of those who have died.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive.

Then [will be] the end, when He hands over the kingdom to God, even the Father, when He abolishes every ruler and every authority and power.

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

Now when all things are made subject to Him, then also the Son Himself will be subjected to Him who subjected all things to Him, in order that God may be all in all.

And why are we also in danger every hour?

If, in the manner of men, I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

Awake to righteousness, and do not sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

which is not another; except there are certain people who trouble you and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ.

As we have said before, and I say again just now, if anyone preaches a gospel to you other than what you received, let him be accursed.

and that was because of false brothers secretly brought in (who slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might reduce us to slavery),

But from those who seemed to be something--whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows partiality to no man--so to me, those with influence contributed nothing,

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed publicly among you as crucified?

Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, will you now be made perfect in the flesh?

But at one time indeed, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature were not gods.

You observe days and months and seasons and years.

Brothers, I beseech you, become as I am, because I also [am] as you [are]. You have not wronged me at all.

And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise nor disdain, but as an angel of God you received me, even as Christ Jesus.

Have I therefore become your enemy by speaking the truth to you?

But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.

And I wanted to be present with you just now and to change my tone; because I am uncertain about you.

Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

You have become estranged from Christ, you who are justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house, and do not greet him;

for he who greets him shares in his evil works.

Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you about our common salvation, it became necessary to write to you exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

For certain men have crept in unawares, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the grace of our God into licentiousness and denying the only Master God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

"I know your works, and your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you tested those who say that they are apostles and they are not, and you found them [to be] liars;

But I have [this] against you, that you tolerate your wife Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed to idols.

"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish [that] you were cold or hot.

Because you say, 'I am wealthy, and have become rich, and have need of nothing'--and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked,