voked, thinketh no evil; give a distinction in the 3 sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet shall give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle? 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words 4 easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken ? for ye will speak into the air. 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of 5 voices in the world, and none 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoi-3 or, reason. of them is without signification. ceth 2 in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. ed. 4 or, the child. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether things of a there are prophecies, they shall fail; whether there are languages, they shall cease; whether there is knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 5 Gr. in a riddle. 1 Gr. hear. eth. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, 13 thought 2or, foreign, languages. as a child: but when I became a man, I put away 4 childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass 5 darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. CHAP. XIV. or, divers 3 or, tunes. 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown language, speaketh not to men, but to God: for no man 1 understandeth him; yet in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 3 But he that prophesieth, speaketh to 6 Gr. of spirits. 11 Therefore, if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian to me. 12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous 6 of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. 13 Wherefore, let him that speaketh in an unknown language, pray that he may interpret. 14 For if I pray in an unknown language, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the unspirit, and I will sing with the underderstanding also: I will sing with the standing also. 16 Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? 17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. 18 I thank my God, I speak in languages more than ye all: 19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown language. 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet in malice « be ye children, but in understanding be 7 men. 21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 22 Wherefore languages are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth men to edification, and exhortation, and a Matt. 18. 3. not for them that believe not, but for comfort. 4 He that speaketh in an unknown language edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 5 I would that ye all spoke in languages, but rather that ye prophesied : for greater is he that prophesieth than he 7 Gr. or, perthat speaketh in languages, except he in- fect, or, of terpret, that the church may receive edi- a ripe age. fying. 6 Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in languages, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they Isa. 28. 11. 8 or, reproved. them who believe. 23 If therefore the whole church is assembled in one place, and all speak in languages, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are insane? 24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is 8 convinced by all, he is judged by all: heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face, he will worship God, and report that God is in you in truth. 25 And thus are the secrets of his 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye are assembled, every one of you hath a Ipsalm, hath a doctrine, hath a language, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done to edification. 27 If any man speaketh in an unknown language, let it be by 9 two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the others judge. 10 Gr. tu- ness. 1 Tim.2.12. 30 If any thing is revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. 31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. 32 And the spirits of the prophets are fast. subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the author of 10 confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted to them to speak: but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the d law. 1 or, hold 2 Gr.by what &c. me. 11 Therefore whether it was I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 12 Now if Christ is preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not raised. 14 And if Christ is not raised, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 And indeed we are found false wita Isa. 53. 5.6, nesses of God; because we have testified concerning God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not, if in truth the dead rise not. b Ps. 16. 10. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home; John 20. 19. Christ raised: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. 36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it to you only? d Acts 9. 4. abortive. 37 If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowl- 3or, an edge that the things that I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak in lan- Col. 1. 18. guages. 40 Let all things be done decently, and in order. CHAP. XV. 3 By Christ's resurrection, 12 he proveth the necessity of our resurrection against all such as deny the resurrection of the body. 21 Rev. I. 5. 1 Thess. 4. 15. 17 And if Christ is not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 20 But now is Christ raised from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall The fruit, 35 and manner of it, 51 and of Ps. 110. 1. have delivered up the kingdom to God, the changing of them that shall be found 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted who did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued to him, then shall the Son also himself be subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Else what will they do, who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest by 5 your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If 6 after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead rise not? i let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die. 33 Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt good manners. 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. 35 But some man will say, How are 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? Os grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus the dead raised? and with what body do Isa. 22. 13. Christ. they come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not vivified except it die : 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain; it may be of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed its own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of fowls. 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 4 or, animal k Gen. 2. 7. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. CHAP. XVI. 1 He exhorteth them to relieve the wants of the brethren at Jerusalem; 10 commendeth Timothy; 13 and after friendly admonitions, 16 closeth his epistle with divers salutations. NOW OW concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2 Upon the first day of the week, let 1 Thess. 4. every one of you 1 lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no collections when I come. Matt. 24.31. 16. 42 So also is the resurrection of them Isa. 25. 8. dead. It is sown in corruption, it is rais ed in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a 4 natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a nat- Hos. 13.14. ural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a vivifying spirit. 46 However, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is from the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 5 or, hades. 1or, putting 2 Gr. gift. 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your 2 liberality to Jerusalem. 4 And if it be proper that I should go also, they shall go with me. 5 Now I will come to you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I am to pass through Macedonia. 6 And it may be that I shall abide, and even winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. 8 But I shall tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great door and effectual is opened to me, and there are many adver saries. 10 Now if Timothy come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. Il Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come to me: for I look for him with the brethren. 12 As concerning our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come to you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, acquit yourselves like men, be strong. 14 Let all your things be done with charity. 15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) 16 That ye submit yourselves to such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboreth. 17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part, they have supplied. 18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such. 19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. A. D. 59. Rom. 16.16. 3 or, the Lord com eth. 20 All the brethren greet you. -Greet ye one another with a holy kiss. 21 The salutation of me Paul with my own hand. 22 If any man loveth not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema, a Maran-atha. 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. ¶ The Second Epistle of PAUL to the CORINTHIANS. CHAP. I. A. D. 60. death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us: 3 The apostle encourageth them against troubles, by the comforts and deliverances which God had given him, as in all his afflictions, 8 so particularly in his late danger in Asia: 12 and calling both his own conscience and theirs to witness of his sincere manner of preaching the immutable truth of the gospel, a Eph. 1. 3. 15 he execuseth his not coming to them, as 1 Pet. 1. 3. proceeding not from lightness, but from his lenity towards them. PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: 1 or, is wrought. 2 or, an 2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus swer. Christ. 3 a Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation. 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which 1 is effectual in the enduring of the same Rom. 15. 30, co-operating. sufferings which we also suffer: or 3 or, among whether we are comforted, it is for your you. consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 8 For we would not, brethren, have 4 or, gift. you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of 11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf. 12 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 manner of life in the world, and more abundantly toward you. 13 For we write no other things to you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye will acknowledge even to the end; 14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. 15 And in this confidence I purposed to come to you before, that ye might have a second 4 benefit; 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be brought on my way towards Judea. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use levity? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea, yea, and nay, nay? 18 But as God is true, our 5 word towards you was not yea and nay. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him was yes. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, to the glory of God by us. 21 Now he who establisheth us with measure, above strength, so that we de-sor, preach you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is spaired even of life: 9 But we had the 2 sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts. 23 Moreover, I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I have not as yet come to Corinth. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same who is made sorry by me? 3 And I wrote this same to you, lest, coming I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having con-3 or, deal fidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly to you. deceitfully with. 5 But if any hath caused grief, he hatha c. 4. 2. not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. 6 Sufficient to such a man is this 1 punishment, which was inflicted by many. 7 So that on the other hand, ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow. 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love towards him. 9 For to this end also I wrote, that 1 might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things. 1 or, bold 10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I ness. forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it, 2 in the person of Christ; Il Lest Satan should get an advantage] of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, 13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. a Ex. 34.38. 2 or, cove 14 Now thanks be to God, who always nant. causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To the one we are the savor of death to death; and to the other the savor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not as many, whose corrupt the word of God: but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. CHAP. III. 1 Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain-glory, he showeth the faith and 3 or, from the Lord of the Spirit. graces of the Corinthians to be sufficient commendation of his ministry. 6 Entering a comparison between the ministers of the law, and of the gospel, 12 he proveth that his ministry is so far the more excellent, as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious than the law of condemnation. Do we to, co some others, O we begin again to commend our epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you. 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart. 4 And such trust we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away; 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation was glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 11 For if that which was done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great 1 plainness of speech: 13 And not as Moses, a who put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day the same vail remaineth untaken away in the reading of the old 2 testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as 3 by the Spirit of the Lord. CHAP. IV. 1 He declareth how he hath used all sincerity and faithful diligence in preaching the gos pel; 7 and how the troubles and persecu tions which he daily endured for the same |