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At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem with aid for the saints.

For Macedo'nia and Acha'ia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem;

they were pleased to do it, and indeed they are in debt to them, for if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as well.

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks;

greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epae'netus, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.

For while your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil;

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret for long ages

to the only wise God be glory for evermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

I give thanks to God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

For it has been reported to me by Chlo'e's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren.

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart."

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,