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²⁶He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
²⁸For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
³⁰The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
³¹The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
³²The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
³³The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
³⁴Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
³⁶Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
³⁷Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
³⁸But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
⁴⁰And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

²⁸And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
²⁹And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
³¹And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
³²And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
³³And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
³⁴Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

⁶And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
⁷For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
⁸Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
⁹For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
¹⁰We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
¹¹Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
¹²And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
¹³Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
¹⁴I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
¹⁵For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
¹⁶Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
¹⁷For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
¹⁸Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
¹⁹But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
²⁰For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
²¹What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?