fully satisfy you, with all joy and peace in believing; that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit. 15 And though I am myself persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another;

16 yet, I have partly written to you with more boldness, as reminding you of these things, because of the grace bestowed on me by God, that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus; 17 so administering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles may be made acceptable to Him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

18 I have, therefore, that of which I may glory, through Jesus Christ, in the things pertaining to God:

19 for, I dare not say any thing of what Christ hath not wrought by my word, for the instruction of the Gentiles;

20 both by my word and work; by the power of signs and wonders; by the power of the Spirit:

21 so that from Jerusalem, and round as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ:

22 and I have so aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ had been named, lest

I should build on another's foundation;

23 but, as it is written, "They, Is. Hi. 15. "to whom he was not spoken "of, shall see; and they that "have not heard, shall under"stand."

24 From which cause, also, I have been often hindered from going to you:

25 but, having now no longer any place in these parts, and having had, for many years, a great desire to go to you; I will do so, whenever I take my journey to Spain.

26 I trust, therefore, to see you in my passage; and to be conducted by you on my way thither, after I shall have been, in some degree, satisfied by your presence.

27 But, I am now going to Jerusalem, to minister to the saints:

28 for, it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certain contribution

for the indigent saints which are in Jerusalem :

29 it hath pleased them, and indeed they are their debtors: for, if the Gentiles have partaken of their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them in carnal things:

30 when, therefore, I have accomplished this work, and have secured to them this fruit, I will go from thence, by you, into Spain.

31 And I know that, when I come to you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ:

32 and I beseech you, by the Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive with me in prayers to God, for me; 33 that I may be delivered from those in Judea, who believe not; and that the gift which I carry to Jerusalem, may be acceptable to the saints:

34 that I may go to you with joy, by the will of the Lord Jesus:

35 and may the God of peace be with you all! Amen!

CHAPTER XVI.

I COMMEND to you our

sister Phoebe, who is also a deaconess of the church which is at Kenchrea:

2 that ye should receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you: for she hath been a protectress of many, and of me also.

3 Salute Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow-labourers in Christ Jesus, who, for my life, have laid down their own necks; 4 (to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles ;) salute also the church that is in their house.

5 Salute my well-beloved

Epenetus, who is the first-fruit of Asia to Christ.

6 Salute Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

7 Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellowprisoners, who are distinguished by the apostles, and who were in Christ before me.

8 Salute Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.

9 Salute Urbanus, our fellowlabourer in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.

10 Salute Apelles, approved in Christ salute those that are of the household of Aristobulus.

11 Salute Herodion, my kinsman: salute those of the household of Narcissus, that are in the Lord.

12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord: salute the beloved sister Persis, who laboured much in the Lord.

13 Salute Rufus, the chosen of the Lord; salute also both his mother and mine.

14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren that are with them.

15 Salute Philologus, and Julia; Nereus, and his sister; and Olympas, and all the saints that are with them.

16 Salute one another with an holy kiss the churches of Christ salute you.

:

17 And I beseech you, brethren, to observe those who cause divisions and stumblingblocks, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them:

18 for, such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and, by their fair and plausible words, seduce the hearts of the guileless:

19 for, your obedience is come to the knowledge of all: I rejoice, therefore, on your behalf; for I would have you wise in that which is good, and simple, in that which is evil:

20 and the God of peace, will shortly bruise Satan under your feet.

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. Amen!

22 Timothy, my fellow-labourer, and my kinsmen, Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater,

who wrote this epistle,) salute you in the Lord:

24 Gaius, my host and that of the whole church, saluteth you: Erastus, the treasurer of the city, saluteth you; also, the brother Quartus.

25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, be with you all!

Amen!

26 Now, to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ; according to the revelation of the mystery 1 Cor. ii. 7. which, in former times, hath been kept secret,

27 but is now manifested, and made known to all nations, through the writings of the prophets, for the obedience of faith; according to the ordinance of the ever-living God;

28 to God, only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever! Amen!

Eph. iii. 4, &

CHAPTER I.

PAUL, (called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God,) and Sosthenes our brother,

2 to the sanctified in Christ Jesus, in the church of God which is in Corinth; called to be saints, together with all who, in every place, call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours; 3 grace and peace be to you, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I thank God always, on your behalf, for the grace of God which hath been given you by Jesus Christ;

5 that ye are enriched by him in every thing, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

6 even as the testimony of Christ hath been confirmed

in you:

7 so that ye are wanting in no gift; while ye wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

8 who will also keep you blameless to the end, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

9 God is faithful, by whom ye have been called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 And I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same word; and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same opinion: 11 for, it hath been made known to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you:

12 and I mean this; that each of you saith, I am of Paul; but I of Apollos; but I of Kephas.

13 But I am of Christ: is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

14 I am thankful, that I baptized none of you, but Crispus

thing the understanding of "the prudent:"

19

"where is the wise? "where is the learned?" where is the disputant of this world? hath not God stupified the wisdom of this world?

20 for, since the world, with its wisdom, knew not God by the wisdom of God, it pleased God to save them that believe, by the foolishness of our preaching:

21 for, while the Jews demand a sign, and the Greeks require wisdom;

22 we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews a stumblingblock, and to the Greeks fool

ishness;

called, both Jews and Gentiles, we preach Christ, the power of God, and the wisdom of God:

24 for, the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

25 Wherefore, ye see your calling, brethren; that ye are not many wise, nor many mighty, nor many noble, according to the flesh:

26 yea, God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, that he might confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world, that he might confound those that are mighty;

27 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that were not, God hath chosen, that he might bring to nothing the things that are; that no flesh should glory before Him. 28 But ye are chosen by Him in Christ Jesus, who is made, by God, our wisdom, and justification, and sanctification, and redemption;

29 so that, according as it is written, "Let him who glori- Jer. ix. "eth, glory in the Lord."

CHAPTER II.

AND when I came to you,

brethren, I came not de

23, 24.