Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

Beware lest anyone captures you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things He may have the preeminence,

I marvel that you are turning so quickly from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel to you other than what we preached to you, let him be accursed.

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.

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.

who gave Himself a ransom for all, the testimony in due time;

but speaking the truth in love, we may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ;

from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the working of the measure of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the edification of itself in love.

And He has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.

And He has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.

My bones, which You made in secret, were not hidden from You, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in Your book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them.

Abide in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit on its own, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw [them] into the fire, and they are burned.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in [among] them, and became a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also the Lord does the church.

that their hearts may be encouraged, being joined together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to a full knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

so that they all may be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things belonging to him was his own, but they had all things in common.

For just as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,

so we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

Now I beseech you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same opinion.

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?

Because we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake from the one bread.

For just as the body is one and has many parts, but all the parts of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

For in fact the body is not one part but many.

And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?

But now God has set the parts, each one of them, in the body just as He desired.

But now indeed there [are] many parts, but one body.

But to a greater degree the parts of the body which seem weaker are necessary.

But our presentable [parts] have no need. But God united the body, giving greater honor to the [part] being inferior,

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

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Only conduct yourselves worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit, intending the same purpose,

Let each of you look out not only for his own concerns, but also for the concerns of others.

Finally, all [of you] be like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brothers, compassionate, friendly,

that you should walk worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit and increasing in the full knowledge of God;

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gives the increase.

from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the working of the measure of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the edification of itself in love.

And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all [men], as indeed we also do toward you,

For indeed you do so toward all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you increase more and more,

We are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, [and] rightfully so, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all increases towards one another,

but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.