¹⁷ Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

²⁸ In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.

¹⁷ For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

¹⁸ And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;

³ But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.

⁴ For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

⁵ So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

⁶ And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

⁷ Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

⁸ He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

¹⁰ Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

¹¹ If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

¹ Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.

³³ For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.

²⁴ My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

²⁰ Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

²¹ If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

¹⁸ If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

⁷ It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

¹² For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.