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forrow upon forrow.

28 I fent him therefore the more carefully, that when ye fee him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the lefs forrowful.

29 Receive him therefore

as touching the law, a Pharifee;

6 Concerning zeal, perfecuting the church; touching the righteoufnefs which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were

in the Lord with all glad-gain to me, thofe I counted nefs; and hold fuch in repu- lofs for Chrift.

tation:

8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but lofs for the excellency of the knowledge of Chrift Jefus my Lord: for whom I have fuffered the lofs of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, Inally, my brethren, re-not having mine own righ

30 Because for the work of Chrift he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life to fupply your lack of fervice toward me.

CHAP. III.

Foice in the Lord. To coumers, which is of the

write the fame things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is fafe.

2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concifion.

law, but that which is through the faith of Chrift, the rightcoufnefs which is of God by faith:

10 That I may know him, and the power of his

3 For we are the circum-refurrection, and the fellowcifion, which worship God in the fpirit, and rejoice in Chrift Jefus, and have no confidence in the flefh.

fhip of his fufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

II If by any means I 4 Though I might alfo might attain unto the refurhave confidence in the flesh.rection of the dead. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might truft in the flesh, I

more:

5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the ftock of Ifrael, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews;

12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which alfo I am apprehended of Chrift Jefus.

13 Brethren, I count not

myself to have apprehended : ¡ ye have us for an enfample. but this one thing I do, for- 18 (For many walk, of getting thofe things which whom I have told you often, are behind, and reaching and now tell you even weepforth unto those things which ing, that they are the eneare before, mies of the crofs of Chrift:

14 I prefs toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jefus.

15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded; and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God fhall reveal even this unto you.

16 Nevertheless whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the fame rule, let us mind the fame thing,

17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk fo, as

19 Whofe end is deftruction, whofe god is their belly, and whofe glory is in their fhame, who mind earthly things.)

20 For our converfation is in heaven; from whence alfo we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jefus Christ:

21 Who fhall change our vile body, that it may be fafhioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to fubdue all things unto himself.

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it doth alfo in you, fince the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

15 Who is the image of the invifible God, the firstborn of every creature :

16 For by him were all

7 As ye alfo learned of Epaphras our dear fellow-things created that are in

fervant, who is for you a
faithful minifter of Chrift;
8 Who alfo declared unto
us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this caufe we alfo,
fince the day we heard it, do
not cease to pray
for you,
and
to defire that ye might be
filled with the knowledge of
his will, in all wisdom and
spiritual understanding;

heaven, and that are in earth, vifible and invifible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things confift.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the

10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleafing, being fruitful in every good work, and in-preeminence. creafing in the knowledge of God;

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II Strengthened with all might according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-fuffering with joyfulness;

12 Giving thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the faints in light:

19 For it pleafed the Father that in him fhould all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I Jay, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

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21 And you that were fometime alienated and ene

13 Who hath delivered mies in your mind by wicked us from the power of dark-works, yet now hath he renefs, and hath tranflated us conciled. into the kingdom of his dear Son:

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of fins :

22 In the body of his flesh through death, to prefent you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his fight:

23 If ye continue in the

faith grounded and fettled,| and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven: whereof I Paul am made a minifter;

24 Who now rejoice in my fufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Chrift in my flesh, for his body's fake, which is the church:

25 Whereof I am made a minifter according to the difpenfation of God, which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from, generations, but now is made manifeft to his faints:

27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this myftery among the Gentiles; which is Chrift in you, the hope of glory:

CHAP. III.

Fve then be rifen with ye Chrift, feek thofe things which are above, where Chrift fitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

4 When Chrift, who is our life, fhall appear, then fhall ye alfo appear with him in glory.

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleannefs, inordinate affection, evil concupifcence, and covetoufnefs, which is idolatry:

6 For which things' fake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience :

7 In the which ye alfo walked fometime, when ye lived in them.

8 But now ye alfo put off 28 Whom we preach, all thefe; anger, wrath, mawarning every man, and lice, blafphemy, filthy comteaching every man in all munication out of your wisdom; that we may pre-mouth. fent every man perfect in Christ Jelus:

29 Whereunto I alfo labour, ftriving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

9 Lie not one to another, feeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds

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10 And have put on the new man which is renewed in knowledge, after the image

of

of him that created him : 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcifion nor uncircumcifion, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free but Chrift is all, and in | all.

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any even as Chrift forgave you, fo alfo

do ye.

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14 And above all thefe things, put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness..

15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

16 Let the word of Chrift dwell in you richly in all wifdom; teaching and admonishing one another in pfalms and hymns and spiritual fongs, finging with grace in your

hearts to the Lord.

17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the

name of the Lord Jefus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

18 Wives, fubmit yourfelves unto your own hufbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

19 Hufbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleafing unto the Lord.

21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, left they be difcouraged.

22 Servants, obey in all things your mafters, according to the flesh: not with eye-fervice, as men-pleafers, but in fingleness of heart, fearing God:

23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

24 Knowing that of the Lord ye fhall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye ferve the Lord Chrift.

25 But he that doeth wrong fhall receive for the wrong

which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

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