Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
I wish
that
you would
bear with me
in
a little foolishness, but indeed
you do
bear
with
me
.
I hope
you will
bear with a little of
my
foolishness, but you are
already
doing
that
.
For
I am jealous over
you with a godly jealousy. For I married
you to one husband, that
I
might
present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
I am jealous for
you with a godly jealousy. For I promised
you to one husband, to
present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
But
I am afraid that
somehow
, as the
serpent
deceived
Eve in
his
craftiness
, so
your minds might
be corrupted
from the
simplicity
that
is
in
Christ.
I am afraid, however,
that
just
as Eve was
deceived
by
the
serpent’s
cunning
, your minds may
be led
astray
from your
simple
and
pure
devotion
to
Christ.
For if he
who
comes preaches
another
Jesus ,
whom
we did
not
preach
, or if you receive a different spirit ,
which
you did
not
receive
, or a different gospel ,
which
you did
not
accept
, you put up with that
well
enough
.
For if someone
comes and
proclaims
a
Jesus other
than
the
One
we proclaimed
, or if you receive a different spirit than
the
One
you received
, or a different gospel than
the
one
you accepted
, you put up with it
way
too
easily
.
For
I reckon
that
I
am
not
at
all
behind
the
very
best
apostles.
I consider
myself
in
no
way
inferior
to
those
“super-
apostles. ”
But
though
I am unskilled
in
speech
, yet
I am not unskilled
in knowledge. No,
in
every
way
we have been
revealed
to you in all
things
.
Although
I am not
a
polished
speaker
, I am certainly
not lacking
in knowledge. We have made
this
clear
to you in every
way
possible
.
Or
did
I
commit
a sin in
humbling
myself that
you might
be
exalted
, because I preached to you God's
Gospel
free of charge?
Was
it
a sin for
me
to
humble
myself in
order
to
exalt
you, because I preached the
gospel
of
God
to you free of charge?
I robbed other assemblies,
taking
wages
from
them
that
I
might
serve you.
I robbed other churches
by
accepting
their
support
in
order
to
serve you.
When I was present
with you and was
in need, I wasn't
a burden on
anyone ,
for the brothers ,
when
they
came from Macedonia ,
supplied the
measure
of
my need
. In
everything
I kept
myself
from being burdensome
to you, and I will continue to do so.
And
when I was with you and in need, I was
not
a burden to
anyone ;
for the brothers who
came from Macedonia supplied my needs
. I have
refrained
from being a
burden
to you in
any
way
, and I will continue to do so.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no
one
will
stop
me
from
this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
As surely
as
the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of
mine
will
not
be
silenced
in the regions of Achaia.
Why? Because I don't
love you? God knows .
Why? Because I do
not
love you? God knows I
do!
But what
I do,
that
I
will do,
that
I may
cut
off
occasion
from
them
that
desire
an
occasion
, that
in which they boast ,
they
may
be
found
even
as
we
.
But I will keep
on
doing
what
I am
doing
, in order
to
undercut
those
who
want
an
opportunity
to
be
regarded
as
our
equals
in
the
things
of
which they boast.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's
apostles.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of
Christ
.
And no wonder, for even
Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
And no wonder, for Satan himself
masquerades as an angel of light.
It is no
great
thing
therefore
if his ministers
also
masquerade as servants of righteousness ,
whose
end will be
according
to their works
.
It is not
surprising,
then,
if his servants
masquerade as servants of righteousness .
Their
end will correspond
to their actions
.
I say
again,
let no one think
me foolish
. But if so
, yet
receive me as foolish
, that I also
may boast a little.
I repeat:
Let no one take
me for
a
fool
. But if you
do
, then
receive me as a
fool
, so
that I too
may boast a little.
That
which
I
speak
, I don't
speak
according
to
the Lord, but as in
foolishness,
in
this
confidence
of
boasting
.
In
this
confident
boasting
of
mine
, I am
not
speaking
as
the Lord would
, but as a
fool
.
Seeing
that
many boast
after
the flesh, I will also
boast.
Since
many are
boasting
according
to
the flesh, I too
will boast.
For you bear
with
the
foolish
gladly, being
wise.
For you gladly tolerate
fools
, since
you
are
so
wise.
For
you bear
with a
man,
if
he
brings
you into
bondage,
if
he
devours
you ,
if
he
takes you captive,
if
he
exalts himself ,
if
he
strikes you on
the face.
In
fact,
you even
put
up
with anyone
who
enslaves
you or
exploits
you or
takes advantage
of
you or
exalts himself or
strikes you in
the face.
I speak
by
way
of
disparagement,
as
though
we had
been
weak .
Yet
however any
is
bold
(I
speak
in
foolishness)
, I am
bold
also
.
To
my
shame
I concede
that
we were
too
weak for
that!
Speaking
as
a
fool,
however, I can
match
what
anyone
else
dares
to
boast
about
.
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 descendants
of Abraham? So am I.
Are they servants of Christ? (
I speak
as
one
beside
himself)
I am more
so ;
in
labors
more abundantly
, in prisons
more abundantly
, in stripes
above
measure
, in deaths
often
.
Are they servants of Christ? I am
speaking
like
I am out
of
my
mind,
but
I
am
so much
more :
in
harder
labor
, in more imprisonments
, in worse
beatings
, in frequent
danger
of
death
.
Five times from the Jews I
received
forty stripes
minus one.
Five times I
received
from the Jews the
forty lashes
minus one.
Three times I was beaten with rods .
Once I was stoned .
Three times I suffered
shipwreck
. I have
been
a night and a day in the deep
.
Three times I was beaten with rods ,
once I was stoned ,
three times I was
shipwrecked
. I spent
a night and a day in the open
sea
.
I have been in travels
often,
perils
of
rivers ,
perils
of
robbers
, perils
from my countrymen ,
perils
from the Gentiles, perils
in the city ,
perils
in the wilderness
, perils
in the sea ,
perils
among false brothers ;
In
my
frequent
journeys,
I have been in danger
from
rivers and
from
bandits
, in
danger
from my countrymen and
from the Gentiles, in danger
in
the city and
in the country
, in danger
on
the sea and
among false brothers ,
in labor and travail,
in
watchings
often, in hunger and thirst ,
in
fastings
often, and
in cold and nakedness
.
in labor and toil
and
often without
sleep
, in hunger and thirst and
often without
food
, in cold and exposure
.
Besides
those
things
that
are
outside
, there
is
that
which
presses
on
me
daily ,
anxiety
for all the assemblies
.
Apart
from
these
external
trials
, I
face
daily the
pressure
of
my
concern
for all the churches
.
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused
to
stumble
, and I don't
burn with indignation
?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led
into
sin
, and I do
not
burn with grief
?
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern
my weakness.
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show
my weakness.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ
, he
who is blessed
forevermore
, knows that I don't
lie
.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever
worthy
of
praise
, knows that I am
not
lying
.
In Damascus the governor under Aretas
the
king guarded
the city of the Damascenes desiring
to arrest me.
In Damascus ,
the governor under King Aretas
secured
the city of the Damascenes in
order
to arrest me.
Through
a
window
I was let
down
in a basket by
the wall ,
and escaped his hands
.
But
I was lowered
in a basket through
a
window
in
the wall and escaped his grasp
.
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