o...Jesus Christ fied. Ch. 2, 2. ...And hath apsins." pointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained... Ac. 17, 31. x a Ps. 8, 6. He. 2, 8. Ep. 1, 22. Christ is God. 23. Some read, our. ...Pressed out of strength, inso measure, above much that we despaired even of life. 2 Co. 1, 8; and 4, 8-11. x Or, to speak after the manner of men. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, and him crucigrace of God which was with me. so we preach, and so ye believed. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection b... The head of of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ P......That God hath made...Je-not risen: 14 and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your sus...both Lord faith is also vain.? 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because and Christ. Ac. 2, 36. we have testified of God that he raised up Christ : whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.s 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits' 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 firstfruits;" afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies d Is. 22, 13. under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." 27" FOR HE HATH PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET."a... Be ye...thereBut when he saith, All things are put under him, it is manifest 28 And when all that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. the world, and things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at......Do ye not all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If xafter the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? LET US EAT AND DRINK; FOR TO-MORROW WE DIE."d 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 Except a corn r...(And)... the wages of sin is death...Ro. 6, 23. 8...Die daily, ve. 31...Appointed to death...made a spectacle unto to angels, and to men. Ch. 4, 9. t Le. 23, 10, 11. ...By the offence u... of one judgment came,...by the righteousness of One the free gift came...Ro. 5, 18. fore sober and watch unto prayer. 1 Pe. 4, 7. therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God. Ma. 12, 24. of wheat fall into the ground & die, it abideth alone but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. Jno. 12, 24. h...The Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ...... shall change our vile body, that it may 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die : 37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 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 birds. 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 dif...After He had fereth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. offered one sacri- It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 it is sown in disever, sat down honour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; 44 it is raised in power: hand of God: it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural expecting till his body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, “THE FIRST enemies be made MAN ADAM WAS MADE A LIVING SOUL;" the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which Ge. 2, 7. Ro. 5, fice for sins for on the right from henceforth His footstool. He. 10, 12, 13. be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according whereby he is to the working able even to subdue all things unto himself. Phi. 3, 21. 14. No man hath is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the that came down from heaven, e ven the Son of man which is in heaven. Jno. 3, o The Lord Him self shall des cend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, & with the trump of God...1 Th. 4, 16. P ...In Christ such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they y Ac. 16, 6. Ga. z Ac. 20, 7; and 21, 4; and 28, 14. Re. 1, 10. commendation from you. 2 Co. 3, 1. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, 2, 10; & 6, 6, 10. I shew 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 trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 63 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have ......Letters of 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? O 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, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know your labour is not in vain in the Lord. that 16 Contributions for the saints in Judea. OW concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order NOW 2 w Gr., gift. Ac. 20, 3. After the up roar(at Ephesus) was ceased...... Paul departed... Ac. 20, 1. ......Mightily God & prevailed. Ac. 19, 20. Macedonia... Ti of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. 8 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters," them will I send to bring youre Ac. 19, 23. "liberality unto Jerusalem. And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Mace-Paul sent into shall rise first donia: for I do pass through Macedonia. 6And it may be that I will abide, motheus and Eyea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoI ever 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a go. while with you, if the Lord permit. 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries." 10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear :9 for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. 11 Let no man therefore with our house despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: which is from for I look for him with the brethren. 12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time: but he will come when he shall have cons Is. 25, 8. He. 2, venient time. 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 14 Let all your things be done with charity. 15I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas,' that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) 16 that ye submit yourselves unto such,' m and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. 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 "... My helpers ...Ro. 16, 3; and see Ve. 4...they took him (Apollos) unto them, and expounded in Christ Jesus Priscilla" salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their kiss." Ro. 16, 16. 2 Co. 13, 12. 1 Th. 5, 26. 1 Pe. 5, 14. 21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand." 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha. 23 The grace p... Which is the way of God more of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 24 My love be with you all in Christ unto him the perfectly. 18, 26. Ac. Jesus. Amen. This Epistle was written from Ephesus in Asia. token in every epistle. 2 Th. 3, 17. Col. 4, 18. The Second Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS. VERY soon after the sending off of the first epistle, a popular uproar at Ephesus, directed against the apostle, rendered it expedient for him to leave that city. He accordingly retired to Troas, where he expected to meet Titus, whom he had despatched in the interval to Corinth, and from whom he hoped to receive tidings of the effect produced by his letter upon the church in that place. Disappointed in this expectation, he proceeded into Macedonia, and there at length Titus joined him. The intelligence brought by this missionary from Corinth was, upon the whole, of a satisfactory kind. Good had been effected by the apostle's reproofs and instructions; and the church had returned from its grosser delinquencies, and purged itself of many of the disorders by which it had been infested. Everything, however, was not as the apostle wished-the bad feeling towards himself in the minds of some in the church having rather increased, and shewn itself in still more direct attacks on his authority as an apostle. This intelligence led Paul, under divine guidance, to compose this second epistle-the contents of which are in strict accordance with the circumstances by which it was occasioned. Whilst he commends them for the attention they had paid to his former injunctions, he strongly asserts and defends his claims as an apostle of Christ. At the same time he urges upon them the case of the poor saints in Judea, as demanding their liberal aid. No doubts have ever been entertained as to the genuineness and authenticity of this epistle; and though some have suspected the integrity of some parts, it has been on grounds altogether imaginary, and which a careful reading of the epistle itself is quite sufficient to invalidate. Tradition points out Philippi as the place where the Second Epistle to the Corinthians was written, and it is certain that it was sent from some place in Macedonia. As to the time, it was probably about the close of the year 57. a Ro. 1, Co. 13. Ep. 1, 2.1 PAUL, Mher, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy the more part 1 Pe. 1, b God that com- c I rejoice in my of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church. Col. 1, 24. Salutation. our conso under Paul's the saints which are in all Achaia: 2 Grace" be to you and peace knew not wherefore they were come together. Ac. 19, 32. B Or, answer. h Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. Je. 17, 5. i Ch. 4, 15. Ro. 15, 30. Ph. 1, 19. Philem. 22. k My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort, wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. And whether we be afflicted, it is for yourd consolation and salvation, which "is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. And our hope of d All things are you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall that the abun ye be also of the consolation. 8 For we would not, brethren, have you might, through ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out the thanksgiv- of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life but 4. dound to the we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 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. for your sakes, dant grace ing of many, re glory of God. Ch. 4, 15, a Or, is wrought. e God is not un righteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name. ...He. 6, 10. B from selfish f...... (To speak) His freedom motives or ir but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. 1 Co. 2, 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 conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. 13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust shall acknowledge even to the end; 14 as also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also 11, 12. in the day of the Lord Jesus.' 15 And in this confidence I was confused, and minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;" after the manner of men (Paul) fought with beasts at Ephesus. 1 Co. 15, resolution, 12 -22. 32...... For the are ours assembly was ye forted together with you (in you) by the mutual faith of both you and me. Ro. 1, 8 Or, preaching. o When Silas & come...Paul was as absent in bo dy, but present (deter present, concern that and to pass by you into Macedonia, 16 and to come again out of Macedonia | For I, verily, unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, Timotheus were do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, pressed in the and nay nay? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea spirit, and testi- and nay. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among that Jesus was you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay ;o Christ (or, is but in him was yea. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in 5, 3. Christ). Ac. 18, 5, 8, 11. him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God ;P 22 who hath also sealed p For whom he us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.? fied to the Jews did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.....Ro. 8, 29. 4 ... Beareth wit-2 ness......that we 16. r... Ministers by whom ye be lieved......1 Co. 3, 5, 1 Co. 4, 21. t...That he that hath done this deed might be 2 Bids them restore to their love him who had transgressed. ing him 23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I a When we were came not as yet unto Corinth. 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers" of your joy: for by faith ye stand. 1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice;" having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I b have more abundantly unto you." ye 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: 8... With a rod... that I may not overcharge you all. Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such an one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow." 8 Wherefore I beseech you that would confirm your love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it, in the person of Christ; lest Satan should get an advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. taken away from were fears. Ch. 7, 5. For the preach ing of the cross is to them that perish foolish ness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 Co. 1, 18. This child is set rising...of many for the fall and in Israel. Lu. 2, 34. n Or, deal deceit. 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's Gospel, and a This matter a- door was opened unto me of the Lord, 13I had no rest in my fully with. spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia." lone kept Paul v......We do all from coming to things, dearly Corinth, 12,13. beloved, for your edifying. 2 Co. 12, 19, e Or, censure. That Paul was sincere and true was evidenced by the results of his teaching. 14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is suffian one unto Sa- cient for these things? 17 For we are not as many, which "corrupt the tan for the de- word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. To deliver such struction of the flesh...1 Co. 5, 5. y...A broken spi 3 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 forPr. 17, asmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered rit drieth bones. 22. the |