2 Corinthians 11:17

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”

Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”

but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.

I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

they came near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we have been sacrificing to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”

Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.

Now when they fall, they will be helped with a little help; but many will join themselves to them with flatteries.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.

This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,