To avoid giving offence.

Chap. xv. xvi. 16 Let not then your good be evil fpoken

of:

17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteoufnefs and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghoft.

18 For he that in these things ferveth Chrift is acceptable to God, and approved of men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

20 For meat deftroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy bro ther stumbleth, or is offended, or is made

weak.

22 Haft thou faith? have it to thy felf before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for what foever is not of faith is fin. CHAP. XV.

1 The firong must bear with the weak. 2 We may not pleafe ourselves, but receive one another, as Chrift did us all.

Paul's falut.

16 That I should be the minister of us Christ to the Gentiles, miniftering the go of God, that the offering up of the Gentile might be acceptable, being fanctified by the Holy Ghoft.

17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jefus Chrift in thofe things which pertain to God.

18 For I will not dare to speak of any of thofe things which Chrift hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

19 Through mighty figns and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; fo that from Jerufalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

20 Yea, fo have I ftrived to preach the gofpel, not where Chrift was named, left I thould build upon another man's founda

tion:

21 But as it is written, To whom he was not fpoken of, they hall fee: and they that have not heard thall understand.

22 For which caufe alfo I have been much hindered from coming to you;

23 But now having no more place in thefe parts, and having a great defire these many

WE then that are strong ought to bear years to come unto you

the infirmities of the weak, and not to pleafe ourselves.

2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

3 For even Chrift pleafed not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

4 For whatfoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the fcriptures might have hope.

Now the God of patience and confolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Chrift Jefus:

6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Chrift alfo received us to the glory of God.

8 Now I fay that Jefus Chrift was a minifter of the circumcifion for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fa thers:

9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this caufe I will confefs to thee among the Gentiles, and fing unto thy name.

10 And again he faith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ve people.

12 And again Efaias faith, There shall be a root of Jeffe, and he that shall rife to reign over the Gentiles; in him fhall the Gentiles truft.

13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may a bound in hope, through the power of the Holy

Ghott.

14 And I myself alfo am perfuaded of you, my brethren, that ye alfo are full of goodnefs, filled with all knowledge, able alfo to admonish one another.

15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in fome fort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

Bart

24 Whenfoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to fee you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be fomewhat filled with your company.

25 But now I go unto Jerufalem to minifter unto the faints.

26 For it hath pleafed them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor faints which are at Jerufalem.

27 It hath pleafed them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their fpiritual things, their duty is also to minifter unto them in carnal things.

28 When therefore I have performed this, and have fealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

29 And I am fure, that when I come unto you, I thall come in the fulness of the bleifing of the gospel of Chrift.

30 Now I befeech you, brethren, for the Lord Jefus Chrift's fake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my fervice which I have for Jerufalem may be accepted of the faints;

32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be re. freshed.

33 Now the God of peace be with you all Amen.

CHA P. XVI. Paul fendeth greeting to many, 25 and endeth with praise and thanks to God. Commend unto your church which s which is a fervant of the is at Cenchrea:

2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as be cometh faints, and that ye athift her in what foever bufinefs the hath need of you; for the hath been a fuccourer of many, and of myfell alfo.

3 Greet Prifcilla and Aquila my helpers in Chrift Tefus:

on us.

7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinfnen, and my fellowprifoners, who are of note among the apottles, who alfo were in Chrift

before me.

8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Chrift, and
Stachy's my beloved.

10 Salute Apelles approved in Chrift. Sa-
lute them which are of Ariftobulus's household.
II Salute Herodion my kinfman. Greet
them that be of the boufehold of Narciffus,
which are in the Lord.

12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphofa, who la bour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Perfis, which laboured much in the Lord.

13 Salute Rufus chofen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

14 Salute Afyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.

15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his fifter, and Olympas, and all the faints which are with them.

16 Salute one another with an holy kifs. The churches of Chrift falute you.

17 Now Itefecch you,brethren, mark them which caufe divifions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and a void them.

1 The First Epistle of PAUL the

CHAP. I.

After falutation and thanksgiving, 10 he
exhorteth to unity, 12 andre preacheth their
dijentions. 18 God destroyeth the wildom
of the wife.

AUL called to be an apoftle of Jefus Chrift
Pthrough the will of God, and Softlens out

brother,

2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are fanctified in Chrift Jefus, called to be faints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jefus Chrift our Lord, both their's and our's:

3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jefus Chrift. 4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jefus Chrift;

5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 Even as the teftimony of Chrift was confirmed in you:

7 so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of cur Lord Jefus Chrift:

Who thall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

y God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jefus Chrift our

Lord.

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that ye all

The wisdom of the world. 18 For they that are fuch terve not sur Lord Jefus Chrift, but their own belly; and by good words and fair fpeeches deceive the hearts of the fimple.

19 For your obedience is come abroad unt all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wife unto th which is good, and fimple concerning

evil.

20 And the God of peace hall bruife Satan under your feet fhortly. The grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift be with you. Amen.

21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jafon, and Sofipater, my kinfmen, falut you.

22 I Tertius, who wrote this epiftle, falute you in the Lord.

23 Gaius mine hoft, and of the whole church, faluteth you. Eraftus the chamber. lain of the city faluteth you, and Quartus : brother.

24 The grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift be with you all. Amen.

25 Now to him that is of power to fa blith you according to my gofpel, and the preaching of Jefus Chrift, according to the re velation of the myftery, which was kept fe. cret fince the world began,

26 But now is made manifeft, and by the feriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlafting God made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.

27 To God only wife, be glory through Je. fus Chrift, for ever. Amen.

Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and fent by Phebe, fervant of the Church at Cenchrea.

Apoftle to the CORINTHIANS.

fpeak the fame thing, and that there be no divifions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the fame mind and in the fame judgment.

11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are f the boule of Chine, that there are contentions

among you.

12 Now this I fay, that every one of you faith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and of Cephas; and I of Chrift.

13 Is Chrift divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul!

14 1 thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crifpus and Gaius;

15 Left any fhould fay that I had baptized in mine own name.

16 And I baptized alfo the household of Ste. phanas: befides, I know not whether I bap tized any other.

17 For Chrift fent me not to baptize, but to preach the gofpel: not with wifdom of words, left the crois of Chrift fhould be made of none efect.

18 For the preaching of the crofs is to them that perith foolishness; but unto which are faved it is the power of God.

19 For it is written, I will deftroy the wil dom of the wife, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

20 Where is the wife? Where is the

Chap. vil. 2 Do ye not know that the faints fhall judge the world? and if the world fhall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the Imalleft matters?

3 Know ye not that we hall judge an. gels? How much more things that pertain to

Of offen 4g our brethren,

1. CORINTHIANS.

Jugme, as one that hath obtained mercy
of the Lord to be faithful.

2 I fuppofe therefore that this is good for
the prefent diftrefs, I fay, that it is good for
a man fo to be.

27 Art thou bound unto a wife? feek not to be loofed. Art thou loofed from a wife? feek not a wife.

28 But and if thou marry, thou haft not finned; and if a virgin marry, the hath not finned. Nevertheless, fuch thall have trouble in the flesh but I fpare you.

29 But this I fay, brethren, the time is fhort: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they poffeffed not;

31 And they that ufe this world, as not abuting it: for the fashion of this world pair eth away.

32 But I would have you without care
fulness. He that is unmarried careth for the

things that belong to the Lord, how he may
pleate the Lord:

33 But he that is married careth for the
things that are of the world, how he may
pleafe bis wife.

34 There is difference alfo between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that the may be holy both in body and in fpirit: but the that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may pleafe her husband.

35 And this I fpeak for your own profit; not that I may caft a fnare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may atteng upon the Lord whout diftraction.

36 But if any man think that he behaveth himfelf unconicly toward his virgin, if the pafs the flower of her age, and need fo require, let him do what he will, he finneth not let them marry.

37 Nevertheless, he that ftandeth ftedfaft in his heart, having no neceflity, but hath power over his own will, and hath fo decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well,

18 So then he that giveth her in marriage docth well; but he that giveth her not in mariage doeth better.

39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be read, he is at liberty to be married to whom the will; only in the Lord.

40 But the is happier if the fo abide, after 10y judgment: and 1 think alfo that i have the Spirit of God.

CHAP. VIII.

To abftain from meats offered to idols. 8, 9 We muff not abuse our chriftian liberty. NOW as touching things offered unso

idols, we know that we all have know. Dedge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity ediñeth.

2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ougnt to know.

3 But if any man love God, the fame is known of him.

4 As concerning therefore the eating of 1hofe things that are offered in facrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God

but one.

The true minifer

5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, ( there be gods many, and lords many,)

6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jefus Chrift, by whom are all things, and we by him.

7 Howbeit, there is not in every man that knowledge: for fome with confcience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing of fered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; ne ther, if we eat not, are we the worse.

9 But take heed left by any means this li berty of your's become a tumblingblock to them that are weak.

10 For if any man fee thee which had knowledge fit at meat in the idol's temple, fhall not the confcience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat thofe things which are offered to idols;

11 And through thy knowledge thall the weak brother perith, for whom Chrift died?

12 But when ye fin fo against the brethren, and wound their weak confcience, ye fia against Chrift.

13 Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no fleth while the world ftandeth, left I make my brother to offend. CHAP. IX.

1 He beweth his liberty. 7 Minifters ought to live by the gospel. 24 Life is like a race. AMI not an apoftle? Am I not free? Have I not feen Jefus Christ our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord!

2 If I be not an apottle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the feal of mine apoftlefhip are ye in the Lord.

3 Mine anfwer to them that do examine me is this,

4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? 5 Have we not power to lead about a fifter, wife, as well as other apoftles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

a

6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

7 Who goeth a warfare at any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

8 Say I thefe things as a man? or faith not the law the fame alfo!

9 For it is written in the law of Mofes, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take

care for oxen ?

10 Or faith he it altogether for our fakes! for our fakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth fhould plow in hope; and that he that thretheth in hope should be påt.

taker of his hope,

II If we have fown unto you fpirits things, is it a great thing if we fall reap yo carnal things?"

12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not ufed this power; but furter all things, left we thould hinder the gospel of Chrift.

13 Do ye not know that they which minif ter about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

and victory over death. in glory: it is fown in weakness; it is raised in power:

Of our refurrection, Chap. xvi. 18 Then they alfo which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

19 If in this life only we have hope in Chrift, we are of all men moit miferable. 20 But now is Chrift rifen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that Dept.

21 For fince by man came death, by man came alfo the refu, rection of the dead.

22 For as in Adam all die, even fo in Chrift thall all be made alive,

23 But every man in his own order: Chrift the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he thall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

25 For he muit reigr, till he hath put all

enemies under his feet.

2 The last enemy that thall be deftroyed is death.

27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he faith, all things are put under him, it is manifett that he is excepted, which did put all things under him."

28 And when all things thall be fubdued unto him, then ball the Son alfo himself be fubject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

29 Elfe what hall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rife not atall? Why are they then baptized for the

dead?

30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour!

31 I proteft by your rejoicing which I have In Chrift Jefus our Lord, I die daily.

32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beafts at Ephefus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rife not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

33 Be not deceived; evil communications corrupt good manners.

34 Awake to righteoufnefs, and fin rot; for fome have not the knowledge of God; Í fpeak this to your shame.

35 But fome man will fay, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they

come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou foweft, is not quickened, except it die:

37 And that which thou foweft, thou foweft not that body that shall be, but bare

grain, it may chance of wheat, or of fome

other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleafed him, and to every feed his own body.

39 All flesh is not the fame fieth: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beafts, another of fithes, and another "birds.

10 There are alfo celeftial bodies, and dies tereftrial: but the glory of the celef al is one, and the glory of the terreftrial is other.

41 There is one glory of the fun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the ftars: for one ftar differeth from another ttar in glory.

42 So alfo is the refurrection of the dead. It is fown in corruption; it is raifed in incorruption:

43 it is fown in dishonour; it is ralfed

44 It is fown a natural body; it is railed a fpiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

45 And fo it is written, The first man Adam was made a living foul; the laft Adam was made a quickening fpirit.

46 Howbeit, that was not firit which is fpiritual, but that which is natural; and after. ward that which is fpiritual.

47 The firit man is of the earth, earthy: the fecond man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, fuch are they alfo that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, fuch are they alfo that are heavenly.

49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall alfo bear the image of the heavenly.

So Now this I fay, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I fhew you a myftery; We fhall not all fleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the laft trump: for the trumpet shall found, and the dead thall be railed incorrupti ble, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible muft put on incor. ruption, and this mortal must put on immor. tality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal thall have put on Immortality, then thall be brought to pafs the faying that is written, Death is Iwallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy fting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The fting of death is fin; and the ftrength of fin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jefus Chrift.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye ftedfaft, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forafmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

CHAP. XVI.

1 The brethren's wants must be relieved. 12 Timothy commended. 13 Friendly ad monitions, 16 and falutations.

Now concerning the collection for the

faints, as I have en order to the 1 churches of Galatia, even do ye,

2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath profpered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I fend to bring your liberality unto Jerufalem.

4 And if it be meet that I go alfo, they thall go with me.

5 Now I will come unto you, when I fhall pafs through Macedonia; for I do pais through Macedonia.

6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whitherfoever I go.

7 For I will not fee you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.