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Greet Philol'ogus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olym'pas, and all the saints who are with them.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

He who plants and he who waters are equal, and each shall receive his wages according to his labor.

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father's wife.

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

Shun immorality. Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body; but the immoral man sins against his own body.

But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

For the wife does not rule over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does.

I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

(but if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband) --and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

Was any one at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.

but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife,

and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband.

If any one thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry--it is no sin.

But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.

So that he who marries his betrothed does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.