Commends Phoebe unto them.

Divers Salutations

Judæa, and that my ministration which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints; 32 that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest. 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a 1servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ: 2 that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need of you: for she herself also hath been a helper of many, and of mine own self.

3 Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles: 5 and salute the church that is in their house. Salute Epænetus my beloved, who is the firstfruits of Asia unto Christ. 6 Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you. 7 Salute Andronicus and 2Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me. 8 Salute Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord. 9 Salute Urbanus our fellowworker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 10 Salute Apelles the approved in Christ. Salute them that are of the household of Aristobulus. 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Salute them of the household of Narcissus, that are in the Lord. 12 Salute Tryphæna and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord. 13 Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and 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

Dissension and Apostasy warned against

one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the 'doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent. 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore over you: but I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil. 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

21 Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen. 22 I Tertius, who write the epistle, salute you in the Lord. 23 Gaius my host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the treasurer of the city saluteth you, and Quartus the brother.3

25. Now to him that is able to establish you according to my "gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal, 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the 'nations unto obedience of faith: 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory 1ofor ever. Amen.

1 Or, teaching

2 Or, who write the epistle in the Lord, salute you 3 Some ancient authorities insert here ver. 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen, and omit the like words in ver. 20. 4 Some ancient authorities omit ver. 25-27. Comp. the 5 See marginal note on ch. 1. 1. 6 Gr. through. 7 Or, Gentiles 10 Gr. unto the ages.

end of ch. 14.

Or, to the faith

9 Some ancient authorities omit to whom.

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE

CORINTHIANS

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Salutation.

Thanksgiving.

Exhortation to Unity

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes 'our brother, 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus; 5 that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all 3utterance and all knowledge; 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; 8 who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreprovable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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10 Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no 'divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them that are of the household of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now this I mean, that each one of saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas;

1 Gr. the brother.

2 Some ancient authorities omit my. 3 Gr. word.

you

4 Gr. schisms.

"Christ the Power of God and the Wisdom of God"

and I of Christ. 13 'Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, save Crispus and Gaius; 15 lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

18 For the word of the cross is to them that *perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written,

"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this 'world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. 22 Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness; 24 but unto 1othem that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For "behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he 1 Or, Christ is divided! Was Paul crucified for you? 2 Some ancient authorities read I give thanks that. 3 Gr. bring good tidings. Comp. Mt. 11. 5. 4 Or, are perishing 5 Or, are being saved 6 Is. xxix. 14. 7 Or, age 8 Gr. thing preached. 9 Or, a Messiah 10 Gr. the called themselves. 11 Or, ye behold

True and False Wisdom; the Former,

might put to shame the things that are strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea 1and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: 29 that no flesh should glory before God. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption : 31 that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

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And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the "testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my "preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: 8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory: 9 but as it is written,

"Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not,

And which entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

10 1oBut unto us God revealed 11them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things

1 Many ancient authorities omit and.

redemption

2 Or, both righteousness and sanctification and 3 Jer. ix. 23 f. 4 Or, word 5 Many ancient authorities read mystery. 7 Gr. be. 8 Or, age: and so in ver. 7, 8; but not in ver. 12. 10 Some ancient authorities read For. 11 Or, it

6 Gr. thing preached. 9 Is. lxiv. 4; lxv. 17.