Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
I
wish
that
you
would bear with me in
a little foolishness,
but
indeed you
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 married
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 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.
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 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 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 at
all
behind the very best
apostles.
For I suppose
I was
not a
whit
behind the very chiefest
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.
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 humbling
myself that you
might be exalted, because I preached to you God's
Gospel free
of charge
?
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 assemblies
, taking wages from
them that
I
might
serve
you.
I robbed other churches
, taking wages of
them ,
to
do
you service
.
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 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 one
will
stop me from
this boasting 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.
Why
? Because I don't
love you? God knows
.
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 in
which
they boast
, 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, masquerading
as
Christ's
apostles.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves
into
the
apostles of
Christ
.
And no wonder,
for even
Satan masquerades
as
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 masquerade
as servants
of righteousness ,
whose end will
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 one
think me foolish.
But
if so
, yet receive me as
foolish
, that I also
may boast 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 don't
speak according
to
the Lord, but as in
foolishness
, in this confidence of boasting.
That which I speak, I speak it
not
after
the Lord, but as it
were
foolishly
, in this confidence of boasting.
Seeing that many boast
after the flesh, I will also boast
.
Seeing that many glory
after the flesh, I will glory
also.
For you
bear
with
the
foolish
gladly, being
wise.
For ye
suffer
fools
gladly, seeing
ye
yourselves
are
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.
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
however
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 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 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
.
Five
times
from
the Jews I
received forty stripes minus
one.
Of
the Jews five
times
received I
forty stripes save
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 .
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 ;
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 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, and
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 outside
, there
is
that which presses
on
me daily, anxiety
for
all the assemblies
.
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 don't
burn with
indignation
?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended
, and I burn not
?
If I must boast
, I will boast
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 Christ, he
who
is blessed forevermore
, knows
that I don't
lie.
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 desiring
to arrest
me .
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept
the city of the Damascenes with
a
garrison,
desirous
to apprehend
me :
Through a window I
was
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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