Verse 1
Concerning the gatheryng for the saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia, euen so do ye.
Verse 2
Upon some Sabboth daye, let euery one of you put asyde by hym selfe, and laye vp as God hath prospered hym, that then there be no gatherynges when I come.
Verse 3
When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.
Verse 4
And yf it be meete that I go also, they shall go with me.
Verse 5
I wyll come vnto you, after I haue gone ouer Macedonia (For I wyl passe through Macedonia)
Verse 6
And it may be, that I wyll abyde, yea or wynter with you, that ye may bryng me on my way whyther soeuer I go.
Verse 7
For I wyll not see you nowe in my passage, but I trust to abyde a whyle with you, yf the Lorde shall suffer me.
Verse 8
I wyll tarie at Ephesus vntyll whytsontyde:
Verse 9
For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me, and there are many aduersaries.
Verse 10
Yf Timotheus come, see that he be without feare with you: For he worketh the worke of the Lorde, as I do.
Verse 11
Let no man therfore despise hym, but conuay him foorth in peace, that he may come vnto me: for I loke for hym with the brethren.
Verse 12
As touchyng our brother Apollo, I greatly desired hym to come vnto you with the brethren, but his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme: Howebeit, he wyll come when he shall haue conuenient tyme.
Verse 13
Watche ye, stande fast in the fayth, quyte you lyke men, be strong.
Verse 14
Let al your thinges be done with loue.
Verse 15
I beseche you brethren (ye knowe the house of Stephanas, that it is ye first fruites of Achaia, and that they haue appoynted them selues to minister vnto the saintes)
Verse 16
That ye be obedient euen vnto suche, and to all that helpe with vs, & labour.
Verse 17
I am glad of the commyng of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, & Achaicus: for that whiche was lackyng vnto me on your part, they haue supplied.
Verse 18
For they haue comforted my spirite, and yours: Loke therfore that ye know them that are such.
Verse 19
The Churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you muche in the Lord, and so doth the Churche that is in their house.
Verse 20
All the brethren greete you: Greete ye one another with an holy kysse.
Verse 21
The salutatio of me Paul, with mine owne hande.
Verse 22
Yf any man loue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, the same be Anathema maranatha.
Verse 23
The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you.
Verse 24
My loue be with you all in Christe Iesus. Amen. The first (epistle) to the Corinthians, was sent from Philippos by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus.