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 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
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 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 suppose
I was
not a whit
behind
the very
chiefest
apostles
.
But though
I be rude
in speech
, yet
not
in knowledge
; but
we have been throughly
made manifest
among
you
in
all things
.
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 , to
do
you
service
.
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
boasting
in
the regions
of Achaia
.
Wherefore? because
I love
you
not
? God
knoweth
.
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
are false apostles
, deceitful
workers
, transforming themselves
into
the apostles
of Christ
.
And no
marvel
; for
Satan
himself
is transformed
into
an angel
of light
.
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
a fool
; if otherwise
, yet
as
a fool
receive
me
, that
I
may boast myself
a
little
.
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
.
For ye suffer
fools
gladly
, seeing ye yourselves are
wise
.
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 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 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
.
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 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 weariness
and
painfulness
, in
watchings
often
, in
hunger
and
thirst
, in
fastings
often
, in
cold
and
nakedness
.
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 offended
, and
I
burn
not
?
If I must needs
glory
, I will glory
of the things which concern
mine
infirmities
.
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
kept
the city
of the Damascenes
with a garrison
, desirous
to apprehend
me
:
And through
a window
in
a basket
was I let down
by
the wall
, and
escaped
his
hands
.