For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

The fear of the LORD {is} the beginning of knowledge: {but} fools despise wisdom and instruction. {the beginning: or, the principal part}

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. {dishonesty: Gr. shame}

And because I tell {you} the truth, ye believe me not.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

That we {henceforth} be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, {and} cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

Therefore {it is} no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. {corrupt: or, deal deceitfully with} {in Christ: or, of Christ}

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. {which...: Gr. whereto ye were delivered}

For when they speak great swelling {words} of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, {through much} wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. {clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read}

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

And even as they did not like to retain God in {their} knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; {to retain: or, to acknowledge} {a reprobate...: or, a mind void of judgment or, an unapproving mind}

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. {disobedience: or, unbelief}

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.

Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in {their} heart; and they have not known my ways.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will {have mercy}, and whom he will he hardeneth.

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: {standing: Gr. consisting}

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth {it}; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices {by the space of} forty years in the wilderness?

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

What man {is} he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way {that} he shall choose.

For without {are} dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe {unto him}, through whom they come!

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, {Ye} men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the {image} which fell down from Jupiter? {a worshipper: Gr. the temple keeper}

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded {blinded: or, hardened}

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

And an host was given {him} against the daily {sacrifice} by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. {an host...: or, the host was given over for the transgression against the daily sacrifice}

Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked {him} at the sea, {even} at the Red sea.

And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they {are} a rebellious house.

Yea, they made their hearts {as} an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. {by: Heb. by the hand of}

And because I tell {you} the truth, ye believe me not.

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose {that} in which I delighted not. {delusions: or, devices}

And they answered, that they could not tell whence {it was}.

For this people's heart is waxed gross, and {their} ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with {their} eyes, and hear with {their} ears, and should understand with {their} heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim {and} publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. {offer: Heb. offer by burning} {this...: Heb. so ye love}

The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know {it}: the prophet {is} a fool, the spiritual man {is} mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. {spiritual...: Heb. man of the spirit}

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be {any} that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: