some other herb:

38 but, God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and, to each seed its proper body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes:

40 there are also heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another:

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. 42 And so is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption :

43 it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in

power:

44 it is sown an animal body, it is raised a spiritual body: as there is an animal body, so there is also a spiritual body; 45 and, as it is written, "The "first man Adam was made "a living soul;" so, the last Adam is made a life-giving spirit.

46 But, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is animal; and afterward, that which is spiritual:

47 the first man, was from

man, is from heaven:

48 as is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly: 49 and, as we have borne the image of the earthy, so also shall we bear the image of the heavenly:

50 but this I say, brethren; that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

52 for, the trumpet will sound; 1 Thess. iv.16. and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed:

53 for, this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality:

54 and when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass the saying that is written, "Death is swal- Hos. xiii. 14. "lowed up in victory."

57 but, thanks be to God who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ!

58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord; since ye know, that your labour is not in vain, in the Lord.

CHAPTER XVI.

AND, concerning the collec

tion for the saints; as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye:

2 on the first day of the week, let each of you lay by him in store according as he hath prospered, that the collections may not begin to be made when I come :

3 and when I am come, those whom ye shall have approved by your letters, I will send to carry your bounty to Jerusalem:

4 and, if it be judged advisable that I also should go, they shall go with me.

2 Cor. i. 15,16. 5 And I will go to you, when I pass through Macedonia; (for I shall pass through Macedonia ;)

6 and I shall perhaps stay; or winter with you, that ye may conduct me forward, whither I may proceed.

7 For I do not wish to see you, now, only by the way; but

hope to stay some time with you, if the Lord permit. 8 But, I shall remain in Ephesus until the Pentecost;

9 for, a great and effectual door is opened to me, although there are many adversaries.

10 But if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I myself do:

11 let no one, therefore, despise him; but, conduct him

forward in peace, that he may

come to me, for I am expecting him:

12 as to our brother Apollos, I much entreated him to go to you, with the brethren; but it was not at all his wish to go now, but he will go when he shall have leisure.

13 Watch ye; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves as men; be strong:

14 let all you do, be done with love.

15 I beseech you, brethren, (for ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruit of Achaia, and that they have applied themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

16 that ye submit yourselves to such, and to every one that worketh and laboureth with us.

17 I rejoice at the presence of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus among you; because they supply that which was wanting to you;

18 for they have thus freshed both my spirit and yours: acknowledge therefore such as they.

19 The churches of Asia salute you: Aquila and Priscilla, with the church that is in their

house, salute you much in the Lord.

20 All the brethren salute

21 The salutation of me Paul with my own hand.

22 If any one love not the Lord, let him be Anathema, Maranatha.

23 The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you!

24 My love is with you all, in Christ Jesus.

CHAPTER I.

PAUL, an apostle of Christ

Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, together with all the saints that are in all Achaia:

2 grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ!

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

4 who comforteth us in all our tribulation; that we may be able to comfort those that are in any tribulation, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God:

5 for, as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so also doth our consolation abound through Christ:

6 and if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation, which worketh in you by the patient enduring of the same sufferings

that we also suffer; and our hope of you is steadfast:

7 or, if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation; knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so ye will also be of the consolation.

8 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of the affliction which befell us in Asia;· that we were oppressed above measure, above our strength, so that we despaired even of life : 9 yea, we had the sentence of death in ourselves; that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

10 who hath delivered us from so great a death; and will deliver us:

11 in whom we hope, that he will deliver us; ye, also, striving together for us in supplication, that, for the benefit bestowed on us through many persons, thanksgiving may be rendered by many on our behalf.

5, 6.

12 For, our rejoicing is this; the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, and not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world; and more abundantly toward you: 13 for, in this, we write no other to you than that which ye acknowledge, (and, I hope will acknowledge, even to the end; as indeed ye have in part acknowledged us to be ;)

14 that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also will be ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ:

15 and, in this confidence, I 1 Cor. xvi. first determined to go to you, that ye might have a double joy; 16 and both to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come to you again from Macedonia; and to be conducted

v. 23.

20 for, all the promises of God in him are yea; (because they are, through him, who is the AMEN, to the glory of God Rev. iii. 14. by us :)

21 and he who establisheth us, and hath anointed us together with you, in Christ, is God;

22 who hath also set his seal upon us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

23 But, I call God for a witness on my soul, that it was to spare you that I went not v. 17. yet to Corinth:

24 for, we not only do not exercise dominion over your faith, but we work together for your joy: for by your faith ye stand.

CHAPTER II.

17 when, therefore, I so determined, did I use fickleness? or, what I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh; so that there is with me, both yea yea, and nay nay?

18 But, God is a faithful witness, that our word to you is not both yea and nay;

19 for, the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, namely, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not both yea and nay, but yea only was in him :

myself; not to go again

to you in sorrow:

2 for, if I make you sorrowful, who would there be to cheer me, but he who is made

sorrowful by me?

3 and for this very cause I wrote, lest, if I came, I should have sorrow upon sorrow from them in whom I ought to rejoice; being persuaded of you all, that my joy is that of you all:

4 for I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of