20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

False brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage. Ga. 2. 4.-How turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ga. 4. 9.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer. Mat. 23. 14.-They that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. Ro. 16. 18.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over God's heritage. 1 Pe. 5. 2, 3.

21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

His letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 2 Co.

10. 10.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. 2 Co. 7. 4.-I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare. 2 Co. 13. 2.-I Paul... being absent am bold toward you: but I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 2 Co. 10. 1, 2.-We were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 1 Th. 2. 2.

22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Israelites? so am I. Are they the Abraham? so am I.

Are they

seed of

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 2 Co. 11. 5.

I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Ro. 11. 1.

23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1 Co. 15. 10.-The Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. Ac. 20. 23.-Why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 1 Co. 15. 30, 31.

24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed : lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. De. 25. 3.

25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

There came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. Ac. 14. 19. 2 Co. 6. 4, 5.

26 In 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 wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

After that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him. Ac. 9. 23.-The Jews stirred up... the chief men of the

city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. Ac. 13. 50.-There was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them. Ac. 14. 5. The Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. Ac. 17. 5.-The Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria. Ac. 20. 3.-As they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Ac. 21. 31.-When there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. Ac. 23. 10.

27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in

cold and nakedness.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place. 1 Co. 4. 11.

28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh. Col. 2. 1.

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth. 1 Co. 8. 13.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Ro. 14. 21.

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth? Ga. 3. 1.

30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. 2 Co. 12. 9, 10.

31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob: ... this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. Ex. 3. 15. 2 Co. 1. 3.

32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: but their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. Ac. 9. 22_25.

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CHAPTER XII.

IT is not expedient for me doubtless to glory.

Lord.

2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth ;)

4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Co. 5. 17.

The Spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea. Eze. 11. 24.-The Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip. Ac. 8. 39.-Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit. Re. 4. 1, 2.

To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Lu. 23. 43.

5 of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

2 Co. 12. 9, 10.

7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. Ga. 4. 13.

whom

So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils. Job 2. 7.-This woman, Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. Lu. 13. 16.

...

I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 1 Co. 2. 3-5.-We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2 Co. 4. 7.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye: for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 1 Pe. 4. 14.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

We glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience. Ro. 5. 3.-I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. 2 Co. 7. 4.

11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you; for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

They who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me. Ga. 2. 6.

Neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 1 Co. 3. 7.-Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Eph. 3. 8.-When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. Lu. 17. 10.

12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

In all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses. 2 Co.

6. 4.

13 For what is it wherein you were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong,

When I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied. 2 Co. 11. 9.

14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's, but you: for the children

that it might depart from me.

His bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

2 Co. 10. 10.-Our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Co. 1. 3.

He... prayed the third time, saying the same words. Mat. 26. 44.

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me; and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. De. 3. 25, 26.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Phi. 4. 13.

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parents for the children.

I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. 1 Co. 10, 33. Though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 1 Co. 4. 15.

15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you. Col. 1. 24.-If I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. Phi. 2. 17.-I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 2 Ti. 2. 10.-So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 1 Th. 2. 8.- I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. Jno. 10. 11.

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16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

We have wronged no man, we have defrauded no man. 2 Co. 7. 2.-For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. 2 Co. 1. 12.— Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Mat. 5. 11.

17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

18. I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you ? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

2 Co. 8. 6, 18.

19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. 2 Co. 5. 19.-Being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. He. 1. 3.

I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. 1 Co. 10. 33.

20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

2 Co. 13. 2, 10.

21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 1 Co. 5. 1.-I gave her space to repent of her fornication: and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. Re. 2. 21, 22.

THIS

CHAPTER XIII.

HIS is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. De. 19. 15.-If he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Mat. 18. 16.-He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses. He. 10. 28.

I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? 1 Co. 4. 19, 21.

3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

The seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 1 Co. 9. 2My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. 1 Co. 2. 4.-Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you so that ye come behind in no gift. 1 Co. 1. 6, 7.—When ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 1 Th. 2. 13.In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. i Co. 5. 4.

4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

Made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men; and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Phi. 2. 7, 8.Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 1 Pe. 3. 18.

The exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who be lieve, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places. Eph. 1. 19, 20.

Always bearing about in the body, the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made mani fest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 2 Co. 4. 10-12.-Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds. 2 Co. 10. 3, 4.

5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

If a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work. Ga. 6. 3, 4.-Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 1 Co. 11. 28.-Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. La. 3. 40.-I commune with mine own heart and my spirit made diligent search. Ps. 77. 6.-If our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 1 Jno. 3. 21.

I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 2 Ti. 1. 12.

He that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 1 Jno. 3. 24.-Christ 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 himself for me. Ga. 2. 20.-If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. Jno. 14. 23.-Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the

ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Jno. 15. 4, 5.-That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. Eph. 3. 17.-Christ in you, the hope of glory. Col. 1, 27. My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you. Ga. 4. 19.

I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Co. 9. 27.-Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Tit. 1. 15, 16.-As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 2 Ti. 3. 8.-As they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind. Ro. 1. 28.-Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Je. 6. 30.-That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. He. 6. 8.-Not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. 2 Co. 10. 18.

6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

Are not ye my work in the Lord? If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 1 Co. 9. 1, 2.

7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.

I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 2 Co. 10. 2.

Approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you. Ac. 2. 22.

8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

When his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Lu. 9. 54–56.

9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong and this also we wish, even your perfection.

He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. La. 3. 33.-They verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. He. 12. 10.

Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Eph. 6. 10, 11.-I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and ye have overcome the wicked one. 1 Jno. 2. 14.

He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. Eph. 4. 11-13.-Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. Col. 1. 28.-All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Ti. 3. 16, 17.

10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness,

according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

Rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith. Tit. 1. 13.-As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Re. 3. 19.

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Barnabas... exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. Ac. 11. 22, 23.-My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. Nu. 14. 24.

Be of the same mind one toward another. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Ro. 12. 16, 18.-The God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus. Ro. 15. 5.-I beseech you, brethren, by 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 perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1 Co. 1. 10.-Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Eph. 4. 3.-Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Phi. 2. 2.-Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous. 1 Pe. 3. 8.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 Jno. 4. 7_12.

12 Greet one another with an holy kiss. 13 All the saints salute you.

Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. 1 Pe. 5. 14.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Jno. 1. 17.

The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Ro. 5. 5.-Building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 20, 21.-Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Ro. 8. 39.

The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Jno. 4. 14.-Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive. Jno. 7. 37-39; Jno. 14. 16-18.-If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again, to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. Ro. 8. 9, 14-17.-Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you? 1 Co. 6. 19.

PAUL,

CHAPTER I.

AUL, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

I said, What shall I do Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. Thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Ac. 22. 10, 15, 21.-Rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee. Ac. 26. 16.-As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia. Ac. 13. 2_4. Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Ac. 2. 24.-Jesus... said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. He spake of the temple of his body. Jno. 2. 19, 21.

2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

So were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, etc. Ac. 16. 5, 6.

3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory. Ps. 84. 11.-Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Jno. 1. 16, 17.-Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ro. 5. 1.-The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phi. 4. 7.

4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

one

I lay down my life for the sheep. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. Jno. 10. 15, 18.-There is mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all. 1 Ti. 2. 5, 6.-Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Tit. 2. 14.-The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Ga. 2. 20.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Jno. 17. 15.God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord

Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Ga. 6. 14.-All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. 1 Jao. 2. 16.-Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? The whole world lieth in wickedness. 1 Jno. 5. 5, 19.

Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.... By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. He. 10. 9, 10.-God, even our Father. 1 Th. 3. 13. 5 To whom be glory for ever Amen.

and ever.

I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. Re. 5. 11-14.

6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

The seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 1 Co. 9. 2. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Ro. 5. 1, 2.

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. Ga. 5. 4-After that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. Ga. 4. 9, 10.

7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. Ac. 15. 1.

8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be

accursed.

9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the