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Would to God[G3785] ye could bear[G430] with me[G3450] a little[G3397] in my folly[G877]: and[G2532]indeed[G235]bear[G430] with me[G3450].
2For[G1063] I am jealous[G2206] over you[G5209] with godly[G2316]jealousy[G2205]: for[G1063] I have espoused[G718]you[G5209] to one[G1520]husband[G435], that I may present[G3936]you[G5209] as a chaste[G53]virgin[G3933] to Christ[G5547].
3But[G1161] I fear[G5399], lest[G3381] by any means[G4458], as[G5613] the serpent[G3789]beguiled[G1818]Eve[G2096]through[G1722]his[G846]subtilty[G3834], so[G3779]your[G5216]minds[G3540] should be corrupted[G5351]from[G575] the simplicity[G572] that is in[G1519]Christ[G5547].
4For[G1063]if[G1487] he that cometh[G2064]preacheth[G2784]another[G243]Jesus[G2424], whom[G3739] we have[G2784]not[G3756]preached[G2784], or[G2228]if[G3303] ye receive[G2983]another[G2087]spirit[G4151], which[G3739] ye have[G2983]not[G3756]received[G2983], or[G2228]another[G2087]gospel[G2098], which[G3739] ye have[G1209]not[G3756]accepted[G1209], ye might[G430]well[G2573] bear with[G430] him.
5For[G1063] I suppose[G3049] I was[G5302] not a whit[G3367]behind[G5302] the very[G5228]chiefest[G3029]apostles[G652].
6But[G1161]though[G1499] I be rude[G2399]in[G1722]speech[G3056], yet[G235]not[G3756]in[G1722]knowledge[G1108]; but[G235] we have been throughly[G1722] made manifest[G5319]among[G1519]you[G5209]in[G1722] all things[G3956].
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Have I committed[G4160] an offence[G266] in abasing[G5013]myself[G1683]that[G2443]ye[G5210] might be exalted[G5312], because[G3754] I have preached[G2097] to you[G5213] the gospel[G2098] of God[G2316]freely?[G1432]
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I robbed[G4813]other[G243]churches[G1577], taking[G2983]wages[G3800] of them, to[G4314]do[G1248]you[G5216]service[G1248].
9And[G2532] when I was[G3756]present[G3918]with[G4314]you[G5209], and[G2532]wanted[G5302], I was[G3756]chargeable[G2655] to no man[G3762]: for[G1063] that which was[G3756]lacking[G5303] to me[G3450] the brethren[G80] which came[G2064]from[G575]Macedonia[G3109]supplied[G4322]: and[G2532]in[G1722]all[G3956] things I have kept[G5083]myself[G1683]from[G575] being burdensome[G4] unto you[G5213], and[G2532] so will I keep[G5083]myself[G1683].
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As the truth[G225] of Christ[G5547]is[G2076]in[G1722]me[G1698], no man[G3756] shall stop[G4972]me[G3754] of this[G3778]boasting[G2746]in[G1722] the regions[G2824] of Achaia[G882].
11Wherefore?[G1302]because[G3754] I love[G25]you[G5209]not?[G3756]God[G2316]knoweth[G1492].
12But[G1161]what[G3739] I do[G4160], that[G2532] I will do[G4160], that[G2443] I may cut off[G1581]occasion[G874] from them which desire[G2309]occasion[G874]; that[G2443]wherein[G1722] they glory[G2744], they may be found[G2147]even[G2532]as[G2531]we[G2249].
13For[G1063]such[G5108] are false apostles[G5570], deceitful[G1386]workers[G2040], transforming themselves[G3345]into[G1519] the apostles[G652] of Christ[G5547].
14And[G2532]no[G3756]marvel[G2298]; for[G1063]Satan[G4567]himself[G846] is transformed[G3345]into[G1519] an angel[G32] of light[G5457].
15Therefore[G3767] it is no[G3756] great thing[G3173]if[G1499]his[G846]ministers[G1249]also[G1499]be[G2071]transformed[G3345]as[G5613] the ministers[G1249] of righteousness[G1343]; whose[G3739]end[G5056] shall be[G2071]according[G2596] to their[G846]works[G2041].
16I[G2504]say[G3004]again[G3825], Let[G1380]no[G3361]man[G5100]think[G1380]me[G1511]a[G5100]fool[G878]; if otherwise[G1490], yet[G2579]as[G5613]a[G5100]fool[G878]receive[G1209]me[G3165], that[G2443]I[G2504] may boast myself[G2744]a[G5100]little[G3397].
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That which[G3739] I speak[G2980], I speak[G2980] it not[G3756]after[G2596] the Lord[G2962], but[G235]as[G5613] it were foolishly[G1722], in[G1722]this[G5026]confidence[G5287] of boasting[G2746].
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Seeing that[G1893]many[G4183]glory[G2744]after[G2596] the flesh[G4561], I will glory[G2744]also[G2504].
19For[G1063] ye suffer[G430]fools[G878]gladly[G2234], seeing ye yourselves are[G5607]wise[G5429].
20For[G1063] ye suffer[G430], if a man[G1536]bring[G2615]you[G5209] into bondage[G2615], if a man[G1536]devour[G2719]you[G5209], if a man[G1536]take[G2983] of you[G5209], if a man[G1536] exalt himself[G1869], if a man[G1536]smite[G1194]you[G5209]on[G1519] the face[G4383].
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I speak[G3004]as[G5613]concerning[G2596]reproach[G819], as[G5613]though[G3754]we[G2249] had been weak[G770]. Howbeit[G1161]whereinsoever[G1722]any[G5100] is bold[G5111],(I speak[G3004]foolishly[G1722],) I am bold[G5111]also[G2504].
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Are they[G1526]Hebrews?[G1445] so am I[G2504]. Are they[G1526]Israelites?[G2475] so am I[G2504]. Are they[G1526] the seed[G4690] of Abraham?[G11] so am I[G2504].
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Are they[G1526]ministers[G1249] of Christ?(I[G1473]speak[G2980] as a fool[G3912]) I[G1473] am more[G5228]; in[G1722]labours[G2873]more[G5228]abundant[G4056], in[G1722]stripes[G4127] above measure[G5234], in[G1722]prisons[G5438]more[G5228]frequent[G4056], in[G1722]deaths[G2288]oft[G4178].
24Of[G5259] the Jews[G2453] five times[G3999] received I[G2983]forty[G5062] stripes save[G3844]one[G3391].
25Thrice[G5151] was I beaten with rods[G4463], once[G530] was I stoned[G3034], thrice[G5151] I suffered shipwreck[G3489], a night and a day[G3574] I have been[G4160]in[G1722] the deep[G1037];
26In[G1722]journeyings[G3597]often[G4178], in[G1722]perils[G2794] of waters[G4215], in[G1722]perils[G2794] of robbers[G3027], in[G1722]perils[G2794]by[G1537] mine own countrymen[G1085], in[G1722]perils[G2794]by[G1537] the heathen[G1484], in[G1722]perils[G2794]in[G1722] the city[G4172], in[G1722]perils[G2794]in[G1722] the wilderness[G2047], in[G1722]perils[G2794]in[G1722] the sea[G2281], in[G1722]perils[G2794]among[G1722] false brethren[G5569];
28Beside[G5565] those things that are without[G3924], that which[G3588] cometh upon[G1999]me[G3450]daily[G2250], the care[G3308] of all[G3956] the churches[G1577].
29Who[G5101] is weak[G770], and[G2532]I[G1473]am[G770]not[G3756]weak?[G770]who[G5101] is offended[G4624], and[G2532]I[G1473]burn[G4448]not?[G3756]
30If[G1487] I must needs[G1163]glory[G2744], I will glory[G2744] of the things which concern[G3588]mine[G3450]infirmities[G769].
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The God[G2316]and[G2532]Father[G3962] of our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], which[G3588]is[G5607]blessed[G2128]for[G1519]evermore[G165], knoweth[G1492] that I[G3754]lie[G5574]not[G3756].
32In[G1722]Damascus[G1154] the governor[G1481] under Aretas[G702] the king[G935]kept[G5432] the city[G4172] of the Damascenes[G1153] with a garrison[G5432], desirous[G2309] to apprehend[G4084]me[G3165]:
33And[G2532]through[G1223] a window[G2376]in[G1722] a basket[G4553] was I let down[G5465]by[G1223] the wall[G5038], and[G2532]escaped[G1628]his[G846]hands[G5495].