and indeed it was
not his will at all to come at this time. But he will come when he shall
have leisure.

16:13. Watch ye: stand fast in the faith: do manfully and be
strengthened.

16:14. Let all your things be done in charity.

16:15. And I beseech you, brethren, you know the house of Stephanus, and
of Fortunatus, and of Achaicus, that they are the firstfruits of Achaia,
and have dedicated themselves to the ministry of the saints:

16:16. That you also be subject to such and to every one that worketh
with us and laboureth.

16:17. And I rejoice in the presence of Stephanus and Fortunatus and
Achaicus: because that which was wanting on your part, they have
supplied.

16:18. For they have refreshed both my spirit and yours. Know them,
therefore, that are such.

16:19. The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you
much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house, with whom I
also lodge.

16:20. All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.

16:21. The salutation of me Paul, with my own hand.

16:22. If any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema,
maranatha.

Let him be anathema, maranatha... Anathema signifies here a thing
accursed. Maran-atha, which, according to St. Jerome and St. Chrysostom,
signify, `The Lord is come' already, and therefore is to be taken as an
admonition to those who doubted of the resurrection, and to put them in
mind that Christ, the judge of the living and the dead, is come already.
Others explain Maran-atha: `May our Lord come', that is, to judge and
punish those with exemplary judgments and punishments, that do not love
the Lord Jesus Christ.

16:23. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

16:24. My charity be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS

In this Epistle St. Paul comforts those who are now reformed by his
admonitions to them in the former and absolves the incestuous man on
doing penance, whom he had before excommunicated for his crime. Hence he
treats of true penance and of the dignity of the ministers of the New
Testament. He cautions the faithful against false teachers and the
society of infidels. He gives an account of his sufferings and also of
the favours and graces which God hath bestowed on him. This second
Epistle was written in the same year with the first and sent by Titus
from some place in Macedonia.

2 Corinthians Chapte