2 Corinthians 12:19

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me;” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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,

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,

I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”

Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

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

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”

He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, or has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.

Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.