xhortations to purity, Chap. vii, viii. peak as unto my children,) be ye alfo arged. 4 Be ye not unequally yoked together 16 And what agreement hath the temple of 17 Wherefore come out from among them, d be ye feparate, faith the Lord, and touch ot the unclean thing; and I will receive and to liberality. 13 Therefore we were comiorted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joy. ed we for the joy of Thus, because his spirit was refreshen by you all. 14 For if I have boafted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even fo our boafting, which I made betore Titus, is found a truth. 15 And his inward affection is more abun. dant toward you, whilft he reinembereth the obedience of you all, how with tear and trembling ye received him. 16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. CHAP. VIII. He firreth them up to contribute to the faints: 16 be commendeth Titus and others. OREOVER, brethren, we do you to And will be a Father unto you, and yet of the grace of God bestowed on the hall be my fons and daughters, faith the Lord ilmighty. CHAP. VII. He exhorteth to purity, 3 and beweth ubat comfort be took in afflictions. AVING therefore thefe promifes, dearly beloved, let us cleanfe ourfelves from all filthiness of the flesh and fpirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. HA 2 Receive us: we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no min. 3fpeak not this to condemn you: for I have faid before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. 4 Great is my boldnefs of fpeech toward you, great is my glorying of you; I am rilled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. s For, when we were come into Macedo nia, our fleth had no reft, but we were troubled on every fide; without were fightings, with in were fears. 6 Nevertheless, God, that coriforteth thofe that are caft down, comforted us by the coning of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the confolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earneft defire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For though I made you forry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the fame epifle hath made you forry, though it were but for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made forry, but that ye forrowed to repentance: for ye were made forry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. to For godly forrow worketh repentance to falvation not to be repented of: but the forrow of the world worketh death. II For behold this felf fame thing, that ye forrowed after a godly fort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourfelves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement defire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his caufe that had done the wrong, nor for his caufe that fuffered wrong, but that our care for you in the fight of God might appear unto you. churches of Macedonia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; 4 Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the miniftering to the faints. 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but firit gave their own felves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. 6 Infomuch that we defired Titus, that as he had begun, fo he would also finish in you the fame grace alfo. 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in taith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, fee that ye abouni in this grace alfo. 8 I fpeak not by commandment, but by occafion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the fincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that, though he was rich, yet for your fakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, fo there may be a performance alfo ou. of that which ye have. 12 For if there be firft a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: 14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance alfo may be a fupply for your want: that there may be equality: 15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. 16 But thanks be to God, which put the faine earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. Paul commendeth II. CORINTHIANS. Titus and t 18 And we have fent with him the brother, but is abundant alfo by many thanks whofe praife is in the gospel throughout all unto God; the churches; 19 And not that only, but who was alfo chofen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is adminutered by us to the glory of the fame Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: 20 Avoiding this, that no man fhould blame us in this abundance which is adminiftered by us: 21 Providing for honeft things, not only in the fight of the Lord, but also in the fight of men. 22 And we have fent with them our bro. ther, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I bave in you. 23 Whether any do enquire of Titus be is my partner and fellow-helper, concerning you: or our brethren be inquired of, they are the meffengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. 24 Wheretore fhew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boatting on your behalf. CHAP. IX. He beweth why he font Titus, 6 and firreth F to you: 2 For know the forwardnofe of your mind, for lich 1 toaft of yor to them of Macellonia, that Achein was ridy a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. 3 Yet have I funt the buctures, left our bcathing of you fiould be in vain in this be. hair; that, as I faid, ye may be ready: 4 Left haply if they of Jacodonia come with me, and and you unprepared, we (t) at we fay not, ye) thould be famed in this fate confident boating. 5 Therefore I thought it neceffary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforshand your bounty, whereof ye had notice betond, that the fame might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetoufaefs. 6 But this I Jay, He which foweth fparingly thall reap alío (paringly, and ho which fowe : bountifully mall rep alfo boun titully. 7 Every man according as he purpofeth in his heart, fo let him grea; not grudgingly, or of neceffity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all fufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, He hath difperfed a. broad; he hath given to the poor: his rightc oufnefs remaineth for ever. 10 Now he that miniftereth feed to the fower, both minifier bread for your food, and multiply your fee fown,and increase the fruits of your righteoufnefs;) 11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which caufeth through us thanksgiving to God. 12 For the adminiftration of this fervice not only fupplieth the want of the faints, 13 Whiles by the experiment of the 14 And by their prayer for you 2 But I befeech you, that I may not he bu 3 For though we walk in the fich, wit not war alter the flesh. 4 (Por the weapons of our warterec 5 Carling down imaginations, and every 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all Do ye look on things after the outw.t difobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled de is riit, la hira of himself think thi appearance, if any men trut to himself the erdo, tout, as he in Chrift's, even fo are we Chrlits, For though ithould braft fomewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for education, and setter your defručtion, Iould not be ashamed: That I may not feem as if I would terri fy you by tiers. is For lette, fay they, are weighty and power,ul, but his bodily prefence is week, and is peach contemptible. 11 Let fuch as one think this, that, fuch as we are in word by letters when we are the fent, fuch will we be alfo in deed when we are prefent. 13 For we dare net make our felves of the number, or compare ourselves with fome that commend themilelves; but they measuring themselves by themielves, and comp ng wife. themfelves among themselves, are not 13 But we will not boat of things with out on measure, but according to the mea us, a meafure to reach even unto you. fure of the rule which God hath distributed to 14 For we ftretch not ourfelves beyond sur for we are come as far as to you alfo in priech measure, as though we reached not unto you! ing the gospel of Chrift: 15 Not boafting of things without our mea having hope, when your faith is increased, fure, that is, of other men's labours; but that we fhall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly. 16 To preach the gofpel in the regions be 7 But yond you, and not to boaft in another ma line of things made ready to our hand. Chap. xi, xi. But he that glorieth, let him glory in lul commendeth himself. Lord. For not he that commendeth himself is oved, but whom the Lord commend CHAP. XI. I being forced, entereth into a commendation of simfelf. JOULD to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear h me. For I am jealous over you with godly oufy: for I have efpoufed you to one band, that I may prefent you as a chafte gin to Chrift. But I fear, left by any means, as the ferit beguiled Eve through his fubtilty, fo ur minds thould be corrupted from the fimcity that is in Chritt. For if he that cometh preacheth another us, whom we have not preached, or ye receive another fpirit, which ye have At received, or another gofpel, which ye ve not accepted, ye might weli bear with 5 For 1 fuppofe I was not a whit behind he very chieteit apostles. 6 But though I be rude in fpeech, yet not knowledge; but we have been thoroughly nade manifeft among you in all things. 7 Have I committe i an offence in abafing nyfelf that ye might be exalted, becaufe have preached to you the gospel of God reely? 8 Í robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you fervice. 9 And when I was prefent with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia fupplied and in all things I have kept myfelt from being burdenfome unto you, and fo will I keep my self. 10 As the truth of Chrift is in me, no man fhall ftop me of this boafting in the regions of Achaia. II Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occafion from them which defire Occafion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. 13 For fuch are falfe apoftles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apoitles of Chrift. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his minifters alfo be transformed as the minif. ters of righteoufnefs; whofe end shall be according to their works. 161 fay again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwife, yet as a tool receive me, that I may boat myfelt a little. 17 That which I fpeak, I fpeak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boafting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory alfo. 19 For ye futter fools gladly, feeing ye yourselves are wife. 20 For ye fuffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, il a man exalt himfelt, if a man fmite you on the face. He glorieth in affiction. 21 I fpeak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit, where, infoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold alfo. 22 Are they Hebrews? fo am I. Are they Ifracutes? fo am I. Are they the feed of Abraham? fo am I. 23 Are they minifters of Chrift? (I fpeak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in ftripes above measure, in prifons more tre quent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty fripes fave one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I ftoned, thrice I fuffered fhipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 Is journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilder nefs, in perils in the fea, in perils among talle brethren; 27 In wearinefs and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirit, in fattings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Befide thofe things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 20 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 30 If I muft needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which is bleffed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 32 In Damafcus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damaf cenes with a garrifon, defirous to apprehend me: 33 And through a window in a basket was let down by the wall and efcaped his CHAP. XII. hands. He commendeth his apostleship, not by bis revelations, but by his infirmities. T is not expedient for me doubtless to glo. of the Lord. 2 I knew a man in Chrift above fourteen vears ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth ;) fuch an one caught up to the third heaven." 3 And I knew fuch a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) 4 How that he was caught up into paradife, and heard unfpeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 5 Of fuch an one will I glory: yet of myfelt I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. 6 For though I would defire to glory, I fhall not be a fool; for I will fay the truth: but now I forbear, left any man thould think of me above that which he feeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. 7 And left I fhould be exalted above meafure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the feth, the meffenger of Satan to buffet me, left i thould be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I befought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9And he faid unto me, My grace is fuf. ficient for thee: for my firength is mad perfect CHA P. XIII perfect in weakness, Moft gladly therefore 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in neceffities, in perfecutions, in diftretes for Chrift's fake: for when I am weak, then an 1 strong. 111 am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I be. hind the very chiefeft apostles, though I be nothing. 12 Truly the figus of an apoftle were wrought among you in all patience, in figns, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I my felf was not burdenfome to you? forgive me this wrong. 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdenfome to you: for I feek not your's, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 15 And I will very gladly fpend and be fpent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the lefs I be loved. 16 But be it fo, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. 17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I fent unto you? 18 1 defired Titus, and with him I fent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? Walked we not in the fame fpirit! walked we not in the same steps? 19 Again, think ye that we excufe ourfelves unto you? We fpeak before God in Chrift: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. 20 For I fear, left, when I come, I fhall not find you fuch as I would, and that I thall be found unto you fuch as ye would not left there be debates, envyings, wraths, ftrifes, backbitings, whisperings, fwellings, tumults: 21 And left, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I thall bewail many which have finned already, and have not repented of the uncleannefs and fornication and lafcivioufnefs which they have committed. you. In the mouth of two or thre 3 Since ve feek a proof of Chri 4 For though he was crucifies ama Examine yourselves, whether 6 But I truit that ye shall know that m 7 Now I pray to God that ye do not; 8 For we can do nothing against the trufi, 9 For we are glad, when we are nes, and ye are strong and this also we wi ever your perfection. 10 Therefore I write these things being abfent, left being prefent I thould use hop nefs, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not u deftruction. 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be per 12 Greet one another with an holy kifs. 14 The grace of the Lord Jefus Chriff, and of the = afte The fecond epifle to the Corinthians was The Epiftle of PAUL the Apoftle to the GALATIANS. CHAP. I. He wondereth that they have fo from left bim and the gospel, 11 which he learned not of men but of God, PAUL an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jefus Chrift, and God the Father who railed him from the dead;) 2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia : 3 Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jefus Chrift, 4 Who gave hinfelt for our fins, that he might deliver us from this prefent evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. = the Jen 61 marvel that ye are fo foon removed from him that called you into the grace of Chrift unto another gospel : in 7 Which is not another; but there be fome that trouble you, and would pervert the gofpel of Chrit. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gofpel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we faid before, fo fay I now again, It any man preach any other gofpel unto you than thai ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now perfuade men, or God! Cr do I feek to please men? for it I yet pleased men, I fhould not be the fervant of Chria. But I certily you, brethren, that the be G For I neither received it of man, nei was I taught it, but by the revelation of 7. S Chrift. For ye have heard of my converfation ime part in the Jews' religion, bow that Ond measure I perfecuted the church of , and watted it: 4 And profited in the Jews' religion ve many my equals in mine own nation, ng more exceedingly zealous of the traions of my fathers. 5 But when it pleafed God, who fepaed me from my mother's womb, and call me by his grace, 6 To reveal his Son in me, that I ght preach him among the heathen; mediately I conferred not with fieth and 17 Neither went I up to Jerufalem to em which were apoftles before me; but went into Arabia, and returned again unto mafcus. 18 Then after three years I went up to rufalem to see Peter, and abode with him teen days. 19 But other of the apoftles faw I none, ve James the Lord's brother. 20 Now the things which I write unto ou, behold, before God, I lie not. 21 Afterwards I came into the regions of yria and Cilicia; 22 And was unknown by face unto the hurches of Judea which were in Chrift: 23 But they had heard only, That he which perfecuted us in times paft, now reacheth the faith which once he destroyed. 24 And they glorified God in me. CHAP. II. He feweth when he went up again to Jerufalem, and why. 14 of juftification by faith, and not by works. THEN fourteen years after I went up to Jerufalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me alfo, 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gofpel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, left by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcifed: 4 And that because of falfe brethren unawares brought in, who came in pri. vily to fpy out our liberty which we have in Carift Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 5 To whom we gave place by fubjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 6 But of thefe who feemed to be fomewhat, whatsoever they were it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's perfon for they who feemed to be fomercbat in conference added nothing to me: 7 But contrariwife, when they faw that the gospel of the uncircumcifion was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcifion was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the aportleship of the circumcifion, the fame was mighty in me toward the Genciles :) and not by werkt. 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who feemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that wasiven unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcifion. 10 Only they would that we should re. member the poor; the fame which I alfo was forward to do. 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I wi hitood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew, and feparated himfeli, tearing them which were of the circumcifion 13 And the other Jews diffembled likewife with him; infomuch that Barnabas alfo was carried away with their diffimulation. 14 But when I faw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gofpel, I faid unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, liveft after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compelieft thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews! 15 We who are Jews by nature, and not finners of the Gentiles, 16 Knowing that a man is not juftified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jefus Chritt, even we have believed in Jefus Chrift, that we might be juftified by the faith of Chrift, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law thall no flesh be juftiffed. 17 But if while we seek to be juftified by Chrift, we ourselves alfo are found finners, is therefore Chrift the minister of fin? God forbid. 18 For if I build again the things which L destroyed, I make myself a tranfgreffor. 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Chrift: neverthe lefs, live; yet pot I, but Chrift liveth in me? and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himselt for me. 21 I do not fruitrate the grace of God: for if righteoufnefs come by the law, then Chrift is dead in vain. CHAP. III. 1 He asketh what moved them to leave the faith, and depend on the law. 6. They that believe are jujiifed. Foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye fhould not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jefus Chrift hath been evidently fet forth, crucified among you! This only would I learn of you, Received ye the spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? ? Are ye fo foolish! having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh! 4 Have ye fuffered fo many things in vain? it it be yet in vain. 5 He therefore that miniftereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you doeth be it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith! 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the fame are the children of Abraham, |