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ing over; and he that gathered little had no lack. But this also I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

According therefore as each of you hath prospered, as each man hath purposed in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace rebound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: as it is writ

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He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor;

His righteousness abideth for ever.

Now he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.

II CORINTHIANS XI, XII

Galatians vi

Now if any man have whereof to boast, so also have I. Whereinsoever any is bold, might I be bold also. Are they ministers of Christ? I more; in labours more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft! Of the Jews five times received I the forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice did I suffer

shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in labour and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, there is that which weigheth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Or if I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my weakness. And lest I should be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch. Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake for when I am weak, then am I strong.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL

TO THE GALATIANS

GALATIANS III, IV, V

Now I would not have you ignorant, that before the faith came, we were kept in ward under the law of commandments and ordinances, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. So that the law hath been our tutor to bring us to Christ. But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor. For in Christ Jesus ye are all sons of God through faith.

But I say that so long as he is a child, the son differeth not from a servant, though he is heir of all; but is under guardians and stewards until the term appointed of his father. Even so we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the law: but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born under the law, that he might release them that were under the law, that we might receive our inheritance as sons. And because ye are sons, God sent forth his Spirit into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. So then, brethren, we are not under the law, but under grace. Yea, Christ hath made us free from the law, that we should serve, not in oldness of the letter, but in newness of the spirit.

Stand fast therefore in the freedom wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled

again in a yoke of bondage. For, brethren, ye were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. For in Christ Jesus nought availeth anything, save faith working through love.

GALATIANS V, VI

This I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would. But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. For the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life eternal. And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, from God our Father.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL

TO THE EPHESIANS

EPHESIANS II, III

Acts ix. Colossians i

I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles, make known unto you the mystery which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus: for he hath made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith. And you, who in time past were alienated and enemies in your mind, hath he now reconciled, to present you holy and without blemish and unreprovable before him: if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel.

Wherefore remember that aforetime ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now ye that once were far off are made nigh in Christ Jesus. For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, having abolished in his life the enmity, even the law of commandments con

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