Study Desk

And I know such a man--whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows--

Again, do you think [fn] that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ. But we do all things, beloved, for your edification.

lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.

For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

Now I [fn] pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead),

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,

(Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)

And they glorified God in me.

But from those who seemed to be something--whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man--for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.

For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain."

just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." Genesis 15:6">[fn]