The apostle's afflictions. 1 CORINTHIANS, V. thou glory, as if thou hadst not A. D. 59. received it? CHAP. 4. 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kingsRev. 3, 17. without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 3 Or, us the last apostles, as. 9 Ps. 44, 22. 2 Cor. 4, 11. Heb. 10, 33. 4 theatre. 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it Eph. 6, 12. were appointed to death: for we are made a * spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ: we are weak, but ye are strong: ye are honourable, but we are despised. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; k 12 And 'labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; 13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the Matt. 10, 22 Offenders to be avoided. I there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in Matt. 5, 11, body, but present in spirit, have 1judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 25. Luke 6, 22. 2 Cor. 13, 9. k Acts 23, 2. Acts 18, 3. TM Matt. 5, 44. 1 Pet. 2, 23. "Rom. 15, 20. Jas. 1, 18. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven world, and are the offscouring of all 1 Thes. 1, 5. leaveneth the whole lump? things unto this day. CHAP. 5. 14 I write not these things to shame you, but, as my beloved Eph. 5, 3. sons, I warn you. 15 For 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. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, • be ye followers of me. p ¿ Deut. 27, 20. € 2 Cor. 7, 12. d Col. 2, 5. • Matt. 18, 18. John 20, 23. 2 Cor. 2, 10. 2 Cor. 13, 3. Job 2, 6. 9 Gal. 5, 9. 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into Isa. 53, 7. remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 19 But 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. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? CHAPTER V. 1 Of the incestuous person. 6 Of necessity the old leaven must be purged out, etc. John 1, 29. i Ex. 12. 5, 6. 2 Or, is slain Ex. 12, 15. * Deut. 16, 3. 2 Cor. 6, 14. m John 17, 15. "Matt. 18. 17. Rom. 16, 17. 2 John 10. Gal. 2, 12. P Mark 4, 11. 1 Tim. 3, 7. ? Eccl. 12, 14. Heb. 13, 4. 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with * old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, "if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one nonot to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also "that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 2 Do ye not know that a the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by Pro. 20, 22. you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life! Matt. 5, 39. d1 Thes. 4, 6. • Isa. 3, 11. 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set John 13, 10. them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Acts 22, 16. chap. 10, 23. 1 Thes. 4, 3. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What! know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? 'for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. m 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body: but he that committeth fornication sinneth "against his own body. 19 What! "know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price therefore glorify God in 2 Cor. 4, 14. your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. j Acts 2, 24. * Eph. 1, 19. 1 Gen. 2, 24. m John 17, 21. 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, 2 Cor. 6, 16. nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, P Rom. 14, 7. 4 Gal. 3, 13. 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom Matt. 5, 16. of God. 2 Cor. 7, 1. CHAP. 7. 11 And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and "Pro. 6, 19. by the Spirit of our God. 2 Nevertheless, a to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt 2 Cor. 11,17. you not for your incontinency. 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. b Ex. 21, 10. 2 Cor. 11, 3. d 2 Cor. 8, 8. • Acts 26, 29. Matt. 19, 12. C 7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. A. D. 59. CHAP. 7. 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for 1 Tim. 5, 14. them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn. 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife j Jer. 3, 20. Mark 10, 11, 12. Luke 16, 18. k Mal. 2, 15. married state. 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's 3 freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23 Ye "are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God... 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of Rom. 14, 19. the Lord to be faithful. 1 in peace. chap. 14, 33. Jas. 5, 19, 20. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress; I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou that believeth not, and she be m2 Cor. 11,28. loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. 15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. 16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? 17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And m so ordain I in all churches. 18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let "him not be circumcised. n Acts 15. 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: 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 possessed not; 31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for " the fashion of this world passeth away. 5 32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33 But he that is married careth 101 Tim. 1, 16. for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. chap. 4, 2. 1 Tim. 1, 12. 4 Or, Matt. 24, 13. Phil. 4, 5. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of chap. 9, 18. God. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayst be made free, use it rather. a Ps. 39, 6. 61 Tim. 5, 5. of the Lord. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. Charity preferable 1 CORINTHIANS, VIII, IX. 36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. A. D. 59. CHAP. 7. Heb. 13, 4. • Rom. 7, 2. 12 Cor. 6, 14. Deut. 17, 3. CHAP. 8. a Acts 15, 20. Rom. 14, 14. Gal. 6, 3. 38 So then he that giveth her in Ex. 33, 12. marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. Nah. 1, 7, • Isa. 41, 24. / Deut. 3, 24. Deut. 4, 39. Isa. 37, 16. Isa. 44, 8. Jer. 10, 10. to knowledge. God: for neither, if we eat, 2 are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed, lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be 5 emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my Mark 12, 29. brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. John 10, 34. A Mal. 2, 10. 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of Acts 17, 28, God. CHAPTER VIII. Charity preferable to knowledge. NOW OW "as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as 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 Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. k Rom. 11, 36. 1 Or, for him. 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 7 Who" goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who 'planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the Matt. 13,55. fruit thereof? or who feedeth ja flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? Mark 6, 3. Luke 6, 15. / Matt. 8, 14. Acts 18, 3. 2 Thes. 3, 8. 2 Cor. 10, 4. 2 Tim. 4, 7. 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is John 21, 15. defiled. 8 But meat commendeth us not to í Deut. 20, 6. Pro. 27, 18. 1 Pet. 5, 2. k Deut. 25, 4. 1 Tim. 6, 18. 8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? 10 Or saith he it altogether for our • Lev. 6, 16. Or, feed. "Luke 10, 7. ? Gal. 6, 6. 1 Tim. 5, 17. " Gal. 2, 7. Phil. 1, 17. Col. 1, 25. Gal. 5, 13. 13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things Matt. 18, 15. 2live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel. 15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 16 For though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the Gospel! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, a dispensation of the Gospel is committed unto me. 1 Pet. 3, 1. "Acts 16, 3. Acts 21, 23. "Rom. 2, 12. Gal. 3, 2. Matt. 5, 17 20. 25. chap. 7, 22. Gal, 5, 13,14, 22, 23. * Rom. 15, 1. y Matt. 10, 22. Matt. 24, 13. Gal. 2, 2. Gal. 5, 7. Heb. 6, 15. Heb. 12, 1. #1 Tim. 6, 12. 2 Tim. 2, 5. a Jas. 1, 12. Rev. 2, 10. ¿ 2 Cor. 5, 1. • Jer. 6, 30. 2 Cor. 13, 5. for the Gospel. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 And this I do for the Gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an "incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But 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 cast-away. CHAPTER X. OREOVER, brethren, I M would not that ye should be Μ ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the "cloud, and all passed through the 'sea;" 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them; and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were 2 our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. |