Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen.

From Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother,

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Then after fourteen years I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, taking Titus along too.

For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,