For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?

Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked.

He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.

For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.