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Would that
ye could bear with me in
a little foolishness
: but
indeed ye
do
bear with me.
Would to
God
ye could bear with me a little in
my
folly
: and
indeed bear with me.
For I am jealous over you with a
godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might
present you `
as '
a pure
virgin to Christ.
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have
espoused you to one husband, that I may
present you as a chaste
virgin to Christ.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in
his craftiness
, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and
the
purity
that is toward
Christ.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through
his subtilty
, so
your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ.
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did
not preach
, or `
if '
ye receive a
different
spirit, which ye did
not receive
, or a
different
gospel, which ye did
not accept
, ye do
well to
bear with `
him '
.
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have
not preached
, or if ye receive another
spirit, which ye have
not received
, or another
gospel, which ye have
not accepted
, ye might
well bear with him.
For I reckon
that
I am
not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
For I suppose
I was
not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
But though `
I be '
rude in speech, yet `am
I'
not in knowledge; nay,
in
every
way
have
we made `this'
manifest unto
you in all things.
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but
we have
been
throughly
made manifest among
you in all things.
Or
did
I commit
a
sin
in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for
nought
?
Have
I committed
an
offence
in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have
preached to you the gospel of God freely
?
I robbed other churches, taking wages `
of them '
that
I
might
minister
unto
you ;
I robbed other churches, taking wages of them ,
to
do
you service.
and when I was present with you and was
in
want
, I was not
a
burden
on
any
man ;
for the brethren ,
when
they
came from Macedonia ,
supplied the
measure
of
my
want;
and in everything
I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and `
so '
will I keep `
myself '
.
And when I was present with you ,
and wanted
, I was chargeable
to
no
man :
for that
which
was
lacking
to
me
the brethren which
came from Macedonia supplied :
and in all
things
I have
kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying
in the regions of Achaia.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting
in the regions of Achaia.
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that
desire an
occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which
desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
For such men
are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning
themselves into apostles of Christ.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into the
apostles of Christ.
And no marvel; for even
Satan fashioneth
himself into an angel of light.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed
into an angel of light.
It is no great thing therefore
if his ministers also fashion
themselves
as ministers of righteousness ,
whose end shall be according to their works.
Therefore
it is no great thing if his ministers also be
transformed
as the
ministers of righteousness ;
whose end shall be according to their works.
I say again, let no man think me foolish
; but
if `ye
do'
, yet as foolish
receive me, that I also
may glory
a little.
I say again, Let no man think me a
fool
; if otherwise
, yet as a
fool
receive me, that I may boast
myself
a little.
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in
foolishness
, in this confidence of glorying
.
That which I speak, I speak it
not after the Lord, but as it
were
foolishly
, in this confidence of boasting
.
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
For ye bear
with
the
foolish
gladly, being
wise
`
yourselves '
.
For ye suffer
fools
gladly, seeing
ye
yourselves are
wise
.
For ye bear
with
a
man
, if he
bringeth
you into bondage, if he
devoureth
you, if he
taketh
you `captive'
, if he
exalteth
himself, if he
smiteth
you on the face.
For ye suffer
, if a
man
bring
you into bondage, if a
man
devour
you, if a
man
take
of
you, if a
man
exalt
himself, if a
man
smite
you on the face.
I speak by
way
of
disparagement
, as though we had been weak. Yet
whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in
foolishness)
, I am bold also.
I speak as
concerning
reproach
, as though we had been weak. Howbeit
whereinsoever any is bold ,
(I speak foolishly
, )
I am bold also.
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one
beside
himself
) I more; in labors
more
abundantly,
in
prisons
more abundantly
, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a
fool
) I am
more; in labours
more abundant
, in stripes above measure, in prisons
more
frequent,
in
deaths oft.
Of the Jews five times received I forty `
stripes '
save one.
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have
I been in the deep;
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have
been in the deep;
`
in '
journeyings often, `
in '
perils of rivers
, `
in '
perils of robbers, `
in '
perils from
`my'
countrymen, `
in '
perils from
the Gentiles
, `
in '
perils in the city, `
in '
perils in the wilderness, `
in '
perils in the sea, `
in '
perils among false brethren;
In journeyings often, in perils of waters
, in perils of robbers, in perils by
mine
own
countrymen, in perils by
the heathen
, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
`
in '
labor
and travail
, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
In weariness
and painfulness
, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Besides
those things that are without, there
is
that which presseth
upon me daily, anxiety
for
all the churches.
Beside
those things that are without, that which cometh
upon me daily, the
care
of
all the churches.
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused
to
stumble
, and I burn not?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended
, and I burn not?
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that
concern my
weakness
.
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which
concern mine
infirmities
.
The God and Father of the
Lord Jesus, he
who
is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
The God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ
, which
is blessed for evermore ,
knoweth that I lie not.
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded
the city of the Damascenes in
order
to take
me:
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept
the city of the Damascenes with
a
garrison,
desirous
to apprehend
me:
and through a window was I let down in
a
basket
by the wall, and escaped his hands.
And through a window in
a
basket
was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
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