2Corinthians 1
1. Paul <3972>, an apostle <652> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>
by the will <2307> of God <2316>, and Timothy <5095> [our]
brother <80>, unto the church <1577> of God <2316> which <3588>
is at <1722> Corinth <2882>, with all <3956> the saints <40>
which <3588> are in all <3650> Achaia <882>:
2 Grace <5485> [be] to you and peace <1515> from God <2316> our
Father <3962>, and [from] the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ
<5547>.
3. Blessed <2128> [be] God <2316>, even <2532> the Father
<3962> of our Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, the Father
<3962> of mercies <3628>, and the God <2316> of all <3650>
comfort <3874>;
4 Who <3588> comforteth <3870> us in all <3650> our tribulation
<2347>, that we may be able <1410> to comfort <3870> them which
are in any <3956> trouble <2347>, by the comfort <3874>
wherewith <3739> we ourselves are comforted <3870> of God <2316>.
5 For as the sufferings <3804> of Christ <5547> abound <4052>
in us, so <3779> our consolation <3874> also <2532> aboundeth
<4052> by Christ <5547>.
6 And whether <1535> we be afflicted <2346>, [it is] for your
<5216> consolation <3874> and salvation <4991>, which <3588> is
effectual <1754> in the enduring <5281> of the same <846>
sufferings <3804> which <3588> we also <2532> suffer <3958>: or
<1535> whether <1535> we be comforted <3870>, [it is] for your
<5216> consolation <3874> and salvation <4991>.
7. And our hope <1680> of you [is] stedfast <949>, knowing
<1492>, that as ye are partakers <2844> of the sufferings <3804>,
so <3779> [shall ye be] also <2532> of the consolation <3874>.
8 For we would <2309> not, brethren <80>, have you ignorant
<50> of our trouble <2347> which <3588> came <1096> to us in
Asia <773>, that we were pressed <916> out of measure <5236>,
above <5228> strength <1411>, insomuch <5620> that we despaired
<1820> even <2532> of life <2198>:
9 But we had <2192> the sentence <610> of death <2288> in
ourselves <1438>, that we should not trust <3982> in ourselves
<1438>, but in God <2316> which <3588> raiseth <1453> the dead
<3498>:
10 Who delivered <4506> us from so <5082> great <5082> a death
<2288>, and doth deliver <4506>: in whom <3739> we trust <1679>
that he will yet <2089> deliver <4506> [us];
11 Ye also <2532> helping <4943> together <4943> by prayer
<1162> for us, that for the gift <5486> [bestowed] upon us by
the means of many <4183> persons <4383> thanks <2168> may be
given by many <4183> on <5228> our behalf <5228>.
12. For our rejoicing <2746> is this <3778>, the testimony
<3142> of our conscience <4893>, that in simplicity <572> and
godly <2316> sincerity <1505>, not with fleshly <4559> wisdom
<4678>, but by the grace <5485> of God <2316>, we have had our
conversation <390> in the world <2889>, and more <4056>
abundantly <4056> to you-ward <5209>.
13 For we write <1125> none <3756> other <243> things unto you,
than <2228> what <3739> ye read <314> or <2228> acknowledge
<1921>; and I trust <1679> ye shall acknowledge <1921> even
<2532> to the end <5056>;
14 As also <2532> ye have acknowledged <1922> us in part <3313>,
that we are your <5216> rejoicing <2745>, even <2509> as ye
also <2532> [are] ours <2257> in the day <2250> of the Lord
<2962> Jesus <2424>.
15. And in this <5026> confidence <4006> I was minded <1014> to
come <2064> unto you before <4386>, that ye might have <2192> a
second <1208> benefit <5485>;
16 And to pass <1330> by you into <1519> Macedonia <3109>, and
to come <2064> again <3825> out of Macedonia <3109> unto you,
and of you to be brought <4311> on my way <4311> toward <1519>
Judaea <2449>.
17 When I therefore <3767> was thus <5124> minded <1011>, did I
use <5530> lightness <1644>? or <2228> the things that I purpose
<1011>, do I purpose <1011> according <2596> to the flesh <4561>,
that with me there should be yea <3483> yea <3483>, and nay
<3756> nay <3756>?
18 But [as] God <2316> [is] true <4103>, our word <3056> toward
<4314> you was not yea <3483> and nay <3756>.
19 For the Son <5207> of God <2316>, Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>,
who <3588> was preached <2784> among <1722> you by us, [even]
by me and Silvanus <4610> and Timotheus <5095>, was not yea
<3483> and nay <3756>, but in him was yea <3483>.
20 For all <3745> the promises <1860> of God <2316> in him
[are] yea <3483>, and in him Amen <281>, unto the glory <1391>
of God <2316> by us.
21 Now <1161> he which stablisheth <950> us with you in Christ
<5547>, and hath anointed <5548> us, [is] God <2316>;
22 Who <3588> hath also <2532> sealed <4972> us, and given
<1325> the earnest <728> of the Spirit <4151> in our hearts
<2588>.
23 Moreover <1161> I call <1941> God <2316> for a record <3144>
upon my soul <5590>, that to spare <5339> you I came <2064> not
as yet <3765> unto Corinth <2882>.
24 Not for that we have dominion <2961> over your <5216> faith
<4102>, but are helpers <4904> of your <5216> joy <5479>: for by
faith <4102> ye stand <2476>.
2Corinthians 2
1. But I determined <2919> this <5124> with myself <1683>, that
I would not come <2064> again <3825> to you in heaviness <3077>.
2 For if <1487> I make <3076> you sorry <3076>, who <5101> is
he then <2532> that maketh <2165> me glad <2165>, but the same
which is made <3076> sorry <3076> by me?
3 And I wrote <1125> this <5124> same <846> unto you, lest
<3361>, when I came <2064>, I should have <2192> sorrow <3077>
from them of whom <3739> I ought <1163> to rejoice <5463>;
having confidence <3982> in you all <3956>, that my joy <5479>
is [the joy] of you all <3956>.
4 For out of much <4183> affliction <2347> and anguish <4928>
of heart <2588> I wrote <1125> unto you with many <4183> tears
<1144>; not that ye should be grieved <3076>, but that ye might
know <1097> the love <26> which <3739> I have <2192> more <4056>
abundantly <4056> unto you.
5. But if <1487> any <5100> have caused <3076> grief <3076>, he
hath not grieved <3076> me, but in part <3313>: that I may not
overcharge <1912> you all <3956>.
6 Sufficient <2425> to such <5108> a man [is] this <3778>
punishment <2009>, which <3588> [was inflicted] of many <4119>.
7 So <5620> that contrariwise <5121> ye [ought] rather <3123>
to forgive <5483> [him], and comfort <3870> [him], lest <3381>
perhaps <3381> such <5108> a one should be swallowed <2666> up
with overmuch <4055> sorrow <3077>.
8 Wherefore <1352> I beseech <3870> you that ye would confirm
<2964> [your] love <26> toward <1519> him.
9 For to this <5124> end also <2532> did I write <1125>, that I
might know <1097> the proof <1382> of you, whether <1487> ye be
obedient <5255> in all <3956> things.
10 To whom <3739> ye forgive <5483> any <5100> thing, I
[forgive <5483>] also <2532>: for if <1487> I forgave <5483> any
<1536> thing, to whom <3739> I forgave <5483> [it], for your
<5209> sakes [forgave I it] in the person <4383> of Christ
<5547>;
11 Lest <3361> Satan <4567> should get <4122> an advantage
<4122> of us: for we are not ignorant <50> of his devices <3540>.
12. Furthermore <1161>, when I came <2064> to Troas <5174> to
[preach] Christ's <5547> gospel <2098>, and a door <2374> was
opened <455> unto me of the Lord <2962>,
13 I had <2192> no <3756> rest <425> in my spirit <4151>,
because I found <2147> not Titus <5103> my brother <80>: but
taking my leave <657> of them, I went <1831> from thence into
<1519> Macedonia <3109>.
14 Now <1161> thanks <5485> [be] unto God <2316>, which always
<3842> causeth <2358> us to triumph <2358> in Christ <5547>, and
maketh <5319> manifest <5319> the savour <3744> of his knowledge
<1108> by us in every <3956> place <5117>.
15 For we are unto God <2316> a sweet <2175> savour <2175> of
Christ <5547>, in them that are saved <4982>, and in them that
perish <622>:
16 To the one <3303> [we are] the savour <3744> of death <2288>
unto death <2288>; and to the other <3739> the savour <3744> of
life <2222> unto life <2222>. And who <5101> [is] sufficient
<2425> for these <5023> things?
17 For we are not as many <4183>, which corrupt <2585> the word
<3056> of God <2316>: but as of sincerity <1505>, but as of God
<2316>, in the sight <2714> of God <2316> speak <2980> we in
Christ <5547>.
2Corinthians 3
1. Do we begin <756> again <3825> to commend <4921> ourselves
<1438>? or <3361> need <5535> we, as some <5100> [others],
epistles <1992> of commendation <4956> to you, or <2228>
[letters] of commendation <4956> from you?
2 Ye are our epistle <1992> written <1449> in our hearts <2588>,
known <1097> and read <314> of all <3956> men <444>:
3 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly <5319> declared <5319> to be
the epistle <1992> of Christ <5547> ministered <1247> by us,
written <1449> not with ink <3188>, but with the Spirit <4151>
of the living <2198> God <2316>; not in tables <4109> of stone
<3035>, but in fleshy <4560> tables <4109> of the heart <2588>.
4 And such <5108> trust <4006> have <2192> we through <1223>
Christ <5547> to God-ward <2316>:
5 Not that we are sufficient <2425> of ourselves <1438> to
think <3049> any <5100> thing as of ourselves <1438>; but our
sufficiency <2426> [is] of God <2316>;
6. Who <3739> also <2532> hath made <2427> us able <2427>
ministers <1249> of the new <2537> testament <1242>; not of the
letter <1121>, but of the spirit <4151>: for the letter <1121>
killeth <615>, but the spirit <4151> giveth life <2227>.
7 But if <1487> the ministration <1248> of death <2288>,
written <1121> [and] engraven <1795> in stones <3037>, was
glorious <1391>, so <5620> that the children <5207> of Israel
<2474> could <1410> not stedfastly <816> behold <816> the face
<4383> of Moses <3475> for the glory <1391> of his countenance
<4383>; which <3588> [glory <1391>] was to be done <2763> away
<2673>:
8 How <4459> shall not the ministration <1248> of the spirit
<4151> be rather <3123> glorious <1391>?
9 For if <1487> the ministration <1248> of condemnation <2633>
[be] glory <1391>, much <4183> more <3123> doth the ministration
<1248> of righteousness <1343> exceed <4052> in glory <1391>.
10 For even <2532> that which was made <1392> glorious <1392>
had no <3761> glory <1392> in this <5129> respect <3313>, by
reason <1752> of the glory <1391> that excelleth <5235>.
11 For if <1487> that which is done <2673> away <2673> [was]
glorious <1391>, much <4183> more <3123> that which remaineth
<3306> [is] glorious <1391>.
12. Seeing then <3767> that we have <2192> such <5108> hope
<1680>, we use <5530> great <4183> plainness <3954> of speech:
13 And not as Moses <3475>, [which] put <5087> a vail <2571>
over <1909> his face <4383>, that the children <5207> of Israel
<2474> could not stedfastly <816> look <816> to the end <5056>
of that which is abolished <2673>:
14 But their minds <3540> were blinded <4456>: for until <891>
this <4594> day <4594> remaineth <3306> the same <846> vail
<2571> untaken <343> away <343> in the reading <320> of the old
<3820> testament <1242>; which <3748> [vail] is done <2763> away
<2673> in Christ <5547>.
15 But even <2193> unto this <4594> day <4594>, when <2259>
Moses <3475> is read <314>, the vail <2571> is upon their heart
<2588>.
16 Nevertheless <1161> when <2259> it shall turn <1994> to the
Lord <2962>, the vail <2571> shall be taken <4014> away <4014>.
17 Now <1161> the Lord <2962> is that Spirit <4151>: and where
<3757> the Spirit <4151> of the Lord <2962> [is], there <1563>
[is] liberty <1657>.
18 But we all <3956>, with open <343> face <4383> beholding
<2734> as in a glass <2734> the glory <1391> of the Lord <2962>,
are changed <3339> into the same <846> image <1504> from glory
<1391> to glory <1391>, [even] as by the Spirit <4151> of the
Lord <2962>.
2Corinthians 4
1. Therefore <5124> seeing we have <2192> this <5026> ministry
<1248>, as we have received <1653> mercy <1653>, we faint <1573>
not;
2 But have renounced <550> the hidden <2927> things of
dishonesty <152>, not walking <4043> in craftiness <3834>, nor
<3366> handling <1389> the word <3056> of God <2316> deceitfully
<1389>; but by manifestation <5321> of the truth <225>
commending <4921> ourselves <1438> to every <3956> man's <444>
conscience <4893> in the sight <1799> of God <2316>.
3 But if <1499> our gospel <2098> be hid <2572>, it is hid
<2572> to them that are lost <622>:
4 In whom <3739> the god <2316> of this <5127> world <165> hath
blinded <5186> the minds <3540> of them which believe <571> not,
lest <3361> the light <5462> of the glorious <1391> gospel
<2098> of Christ <5547>, who <3739> is the image <1504> of God
<2316>, should shine <826> unto them.
5 For we preach <2784> not ourselves <1438>, but Christ <5547>
Jesus <2424> the Lord <2962>; and ourselves <1438> your <5216>
servants <1401> for Jesus <2424>' sake.
6 For God <2316>, who <3588> commanded <2036> the light <5457>
to shine <2989> out of darkness <4655>, hath shined <2989> in
our hearts <2588>, to [give] the light <5462> of the knowledge
<1108> of the glory <1391> of God <2316> in the face <4383> of
Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
7 But we have <2192> this <5126> treasure <2344> in earthen
<3749> vessels <4632>, that the excellency <5236> of the power
<1411> may be of God <2316>, and not of us.
8. [We are] troubled <2346> on <1722> every <3956> side, yet
<235> not distressed <4729>; [we are] perplexed <639>, but not
in despair <1820>;
9 Persecuted <1377>, but not forsaken <1459>; cast <2598> down
<2598>, but not destroyed <622>;
10 Always <3842> bearing <4064> about <4064> in the body <4983>
the dying <3500> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, that the life
<2222> also <2532> of Jesus <2424> might be made <5319> manifest
<5319> in our body <4983>.
11 For we which <3588> live <2198> are alway <104> delivered
<3860> unto death <2288> for Jesus <2424>' sake, that the life
<2222> also <2532> of Jesus <2424> might be made <5319> manifest
<5319> in our mortal <2349> flesh <4561>.
12 So <5620> then <3303> death <2288> worketh <1754> in us, but
life <2222> in you.
13 We having <2192> the same <846> spirit <4151> of faith
<4102>, according <2596> as it is written <1125>, I believed
<4100>, and therefore <1352> have I spoken <2980>; we also
<2532> believe <4100>, and therefore <1352> speak <2980>;
14 Knowing <1492> that he which raised <1453> up the Lord
<2962> Jesus <2424> shall raise <1453> up us also <2532> by
Jesus <2424>, and shall present <3936> [us] with you.
15 For all <3956> things [are] for your <5209> sakes, that the
abundant <4121> grace <5485> might through <1223> the
thanksgiving <2169> of many <4119> redound <4052> to the glory
<1391> of God <2316>.
16 For which <1352> cause <1352> we faint <1573> not; but
though <1499> our outward <1854> man <444> perish <1311>, yet
<235> the inward <2081> [man] is renewed <341> day <2250> by day
<2250>.
17 For our light <1645> affliction <2347>, which <3588> is but
for a moment <3910>, worketh <2716> for us a far <5236> more
<5236> exceeding <5236> [and] eternal <166> weight <922> of
glory <1391>;
18 While we look <4648> not at <4648> the things which are seen
<991>, but at <4648> the things which are not seen <991>: for
the things which are seen <991> [are] temporal <4340>; but the
things which are not seen <991> [are] eternal <166>.
2Corinthians 5
1. For we know <1492> that if <1437> our earthly <1919> house
<3614> of [this <3588>] tabernacle <4636> were dissolved <2647>,
we have <2192> a building <3619> of God <2316>, an house <3614>
not made <886> with hands <886>, eternal <166> in the heavens
<3772>.
2 For in this <5129> we groan <4727>, earnestly <1971> desiring
<1971> to be clothed <1902> upon with our house <3613> which
<3588> is from heaven <3772>:
3 If <1489> so be that being clothed <1746> we shall not be
found <2147> naked <1131>.
4 For we that are in [this <3588>] tabernacle <4636> do groan
<4727>, being burdened <916>: not for that we would <2309> be
unclothed <1562>, but clothed <1902> upon, that mortality <2349>
might be swallowed <2666> up of life <2222>.
5 Now <1161> he that hath wrought <2716> us for the selfsame
<5124> thing [is] God <2316>, who <3588> also <2532> hath given
<1325> unto us the earnest <728> of the Spirit <4151>.
6 Therefore <3767> [we are] always <3842> confident <2292>,
knowing <1492> that, whilst we are at <1722> home <1736> in the
body <4983>, we are absent <553> from the Lord <2962>:
7 (For we walk <4043> by faith <4102>, not by sight <1491>:)
8 We are confident <2292>, [I say], and willing <2106> rather
<3123> to be absent <553> from the body <4983>, and to be
present <1736> with the Lord <2962>.
9 Wherefore <1352> we labour <5389>, that, whether <1535>
present <1736> or <1535> absent <553>, we may be accepted <2101>
of him.
10 For we must <1163> all <3956> appear <5319> before <1715>
the judgment <968> seat <968> of Christ <5547>; that every
<1538> one may receive <2865> the things [done] in [his] body
<4983>, according <4314> to that he hath done <4238>, whether
<1535> [it be] good <18> or <1535> bad <2556>.
11 Knowing <1492> therefore <3767> the terror <5401> of the
Lord <2962>, we persuade <3982> men <444>; but we are made
<5319> manifest <5319> unto God <2316>; and I trust <1679> also
<2532> are made <5319> manifest <5319> in your <5216>
consciences <4893>.
12. For we commend <4921> not ourselves <1438> again <3825>
unto you, but give <1325> you occasion <874> to glory <2745> on
<5228> our behalf <5228>, that ye may have <2192> somewhat to
[answer] them which glory <2744> in appearance <4383>, and not
in heart <2588>.
13 For whether <1535> we be beside <1839> ourselves, [it is] to
God <2316>: or <1535> whether <1535> we be sober <4993>, [it is]
for your <5213> cause.
14 For the love <26> of Christ <5547> constraineth <4912> us;
because we thus <5124> judge <2919>, that if <1487> one <1520>
died <599> for all <3956>, then <686> were all <3956> dead <599>:
15 And [that] he died <599> for all <3956>, that they which
live <2198> should not henceforth <3371> live <2198> unto
themselves <1438>, but unto him which died <599> for them, and
rose <1453> again <1453>.
16. Wherefore <5620> henceforth <3568> know <1492> we no <3762>
man <3762> after <2596> the flesh <4561>: yea <1161>, though
<1499> we have known <1097> Christ <5547> after <2596> the flesh
<4561>, yet <235> now <3568> henceforth <2089> know <1097> we
[him] no <3765> more <2089>.
17 Therefore <5620> if <1487> any <1536> man [be] in Christ
<5547>, [he is] a new <2537> creature <2937>: old <744> things
are passed <3928> away; behold <2400>, all <3956> things are
become <1096> new <2537>.
18 And all <3956> things [are] of God <2316>, who <3588> hath
reconciled <2644> us to himself <1438> by Jesus <2424> Christ
<5547>, and hath given <1325> to us the ministry <1248> of
reconciliation <2643>;
19 To wit <5613>, that God <2316> was in Christ <5547>,
reconciling <2644> the world <2889> unto himself <1438>, not
imputing <3049> their trespasses <3900> unto them; and hath
committed <5087> unto us the word <3056> of reconciliation
<2643>.
20 Now then we are ambassadors <4243> for Christ <5547>, as
though God <2316> did beseech <3870> [you] by us: we pray <1189>
[you] in Christ's <5547> stead <5228>, be ye reconciled <2644>
to God <2316>.
21 For he hath made <4160> him [to be] sin <266> for us, who
knew <1097> no <3361> sin <266>; that we might be made <1096>
the righteousness <1343> of God <2316> in him.
2Corinthians 6
1. We then <3767>, [as] workers <4903> together <4903> [with
him], beseech <3870> [you] also <2532> that ye receive <1209>
not the grace <5485> of God <2316> in vain <2756>.
2 (For he saith <3004>, I have heard <1873> thee in a time
<2540> accepted <1184>, and in the day <2250> of salvation
<4991> have I succoured <997> thee: behold <2400>, now <3568>
[is] the accepted <2144> time <2540>; behold <2400>, now <3568>
[is] the day <2250> of salvation <4991>.)
3 Giving <1325> no <3367> offence <4349> in any <3367> thing,
that the ministry <1248> be not blamed <3469>:
4 But in all <3956> [things] approving <4921> ourselves <1438>
as the ministers <1249> of God <2316>, in much <4183> patience
<5281>, in afflictions <2347>, in necessities <318>, in
distresses <4730>,
5 In stripes <4127>, in imprisonments <5438>, in tumults <181>,
in labours <2873>, in watchings <70>, in fastings <3521>;
6 By pureness <54>, by knowledge <1108>, by longsuffering
<3115>, by kindness <5544>, by the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>, by
love <26> unfeigned <505>,
7 By the word <3056> of truth <225>, by the power <1411> of God
<2316>, by the armour <3696> of righteousness <1343> on the
right <1188> hand and on the left <710>,
8 By honour <1391> and dishonour <819>, by evil <1426> report
<1426> and good <2162> report <2162>: as deceivers <4108>, and
[yet] true <227>;
9 As unknown <50>, and [yet] well <1921> known <1921>; as dying
<599>, and, behold <2400>, we live <2198>; as chastened <3811>,
and not killed <2289>;
10 As sorrowful <3076>, yet <1161> alway <104> rejoicing <5463>;
as poor <4434>, yet <1161> making <4148> many <4183> rich
<4148>; as having <2192> nothing <3367>, and [yet] possessing
<2722> all <3956> things.
11. O [ye] Corinthians <2881>, our mouth <4750> is open <455>
unto you, our heart <2588> is enlarged <4115>.
12 Ye are not straitened <4729> in us, but ye are straitened
<4729> in your <5216> own bowels <4698>.
13 Now <1161> for a recompence <489> in the same <846>, (I
speak <3004> as unto [my] children <5043>,) be ye also <2532>
enlarged <4115>.
14 Be ye not unequally <2086> yoked <2086> together <2086> with
unbelievers <571>: for what <5101> fellowship <3352> hath
righteousness <1343> with unrighteousness <458>? and what <5101>
communion <2842> hath light <5457> with darkness <4655>?
15 And what <5101> concord <4857> hath Christ <5547> with
Belial <955>? or <2228> what <5101> part <3310> hath he that
believeth <4103> with an infidel <571>?
16 And what <5101> agreement <4783> hath the temple <3485> of
God <2316> with idols <1497>? for ye are the temple <3485> of
the living <2198> God <2316>; as God <2316> hath said <2036>, I
will dwell <1774> in them, and walk <1704> in [them]; and I will
be their God <2316>, and they shall be my people <2992>.
17 Wherefore <1352> come <1831> out from among <3319> them, and
be ye separate <873>, saith <3004> the Lord <2962>, and touch
<680> not the unclean <169> [thing]; and I will receive <1523>
you,
18 And will be a Father <3962> unto you, and ye shall be my
sons <5207> and daughters <2364>, saith <3004> the Lord <2962>
Almighty <3841>.
2Corinthians 7
1. Having <2192> therefore <3767> these <5025> promises <1860>,
dearly beloved <27>, let us cleanse <2511> ourselves <1438> from
all <3956> filthiness <3436> of the flesh <4561> and spirit
<4151>, perfecting <2005> holiness <42> in the fear <5401> of
God <2316>.
2 Receive <5562> us; we have wronged <91> no <3762> man <3762>,
we have corrupted <5351> no <3762> man <3762>, we have defrauded
<4122> no <3762> man <3762>.
3 I speak <3004> not [this] to condemn <2633> [you]: for I have
said <4280> before <4280>, that ye are in our hearts <2588> to
die <4880> and live <4800> with [you].
4 Great <4183> [is] my boldness <3954> of speech toward <4314>
you, great <4183> [is] my glorying <2746> of you: I am filled
<4137> with comfort <3874>, I am exceeding <5248> joyful <5479>
in all <3956> our tribulation <2347>.
5. For, when we were come <2064> into <1519> Macedonia <3109>,
our flesh <4561> had <2192> no <3762> rest <425>, but we were
troubled <2346> on <1722> every <3956> side; without <1855>
[were] fightings <3163>, within <2081> [were] fears <5401>.
6 Nevertheless <235> God <2316>, that comforteth <3870> those
<3588> that are cast <5011> down <5011>, comforted <3870> us by
the coming <3952> of Titus <5103>;
7 And not by his coming <3952> only <3440>, but by the
consolation <3874> wherewith <3739> he was comforted <3870> in
you, when he told <312> us your <5216> earnest <1972> desire
<1972>, your <5216> mourning <3602>, your <5216> fervent <2205>
mind toward <5228> me; so <5620> that I rejoiced <5463> the more
<3123>.
8 For though <1499> I made <3076> you sorry <3076> with a
letter <1992>, I do not repent <3338>, though <1499> I did
repent <3338>: for I perceive <991> that the same <1565> epistle
<1992> hath made <3076> you sorry <3076>, though <1499> [it
were] but for a season <5610>.
9 Now <3568> I rejoice <5463>, not that ye were made <3076>
sorry <3076>, but that ye sorrowed <3076> to repentance <3341>:
for ye were made <3076> sorry <3076> after <2596> a godly <2316>
manner, that ye might receive <2210> damage <2210> by us in
nothing <3367>.
10 For godly <2316> sorrow <3077> worketh <2716> repentance
<3341> to salvation <4991> not to be repented <278> of: but the
sorrow <3077> of the world <2889> worketh <2716> death <2288>.
11 For behold <2400> this <5124> selfsame <846> thing, that ye
sorrowed <3076> after <2596> a godly <2316> sort, what <4214>
carefulness <4710> it wrought <2716> in you, yea <235>, [what]
clearing <627> of yourselves, yea <235>, [what] indignation <24>,
yea <235>, [what] fear <5401>, yea <235>, [what] vehement
<1972> desire <1972>, yea <235>, [what] zeal <2205>, yea <235>,
[what] revenge <1557>! In all <3956> [things] ye have approved
<4921> yourselves <1438> to be clear <53> in this <3588> matter
<4229>.
12. Wherefore <686>, though <1499> I wrote <1125> unto you, [I
did it] not for his cause <1752> that had done <91> the wrong
<91>, nor <3761> for his cause <1752> that suffered wrong <91>,
but that our care <4710> for you in the sight <1799> of God
<2316> might appear <5319> unto you.
13 Therefore <5124> we were comforted <3870> in your <5213>
comfort <3874>: yea, and exceedingly <4056> the more <3123>
joyed <5463> we for the joy <5479> of Titus <5103>, because
<3754> his spirit <4151> was refreshed <373> by you all <3956>.
14 For if <1487> I have boasted <2744> any <1536> thing to him
of you, I am not ashamed <2617>; but as we spake <2980> all
<3956> things to you in truth <225>, even <2532> so <3779> our
boasting <2746>, which <3588> [I made] before <1909> Titus
<5103>, is found <1096> a truth <225>.
15 And his inward <4698> affection <4698> is more <4056>
abundant <4056> toward <1519> you, whilst he remembereth <363>
the obedience <5218> of you all <3956>, how <5613> with fear
<5401> and trembling <5156> ye received <1209> him.
16 I rejoice <5463> therefore that I have confidence <2292> in
you in all <3956> [things].
2Corinthians 8
1. Moreover <1161>, brethren <80>, we do <1107> you to wit
<1107> of the grace <5485> of God <2316> bestowed <1325> on
<1722> the churches <1577> of Macedonia <3109>;
2 How that in a great <4183> trial <1382> of affliction <2347>
the abundance <4050> of their joy <5479> and their deep <899>
poverty <4432> abounded <4052> unto the riches <4149> of their
liberality <572>.
3 For to [their] power <1411>, I bear <3140> record <3140>, yea,
and beyond <5228> [their] power <1411> [they were] willing
<830> of themselves <830>;
4 Praying <1189> us with much <4183> intreaty <3874> that we
would receive <1209> the gift <5485>, and [take upon us] the
fellowship <2842> of the ministering <1248> to the saints <40>.
5 And [this they did], not as we hoped <1679>, but first <4412>
gave <1325> their own selves <1438> to the Lord <2962>, and unto
us by the will <2307> of God <2316>.
6 Insomuch <1519> that we desired <3870> Titus <5103>, that as
he had begun <4278>, so <3779> he would also <2532> finish
<2005> in you the same <846> grace <5485> also <2532>.
7. Therefore <235>, as ye abound <4052> in every <376> [thing,
in] faith <4102>, and utterance <3056>, and knowledge <1108>,
and [in] all <3956> diligence <4710>, and [in] your <5209> love
<26> to us, [see] that ye abound <4052> in this <5124> grace
<5485> also <2532>.
8 I speak <3004> not by commandment <2003>, but by occasion
<1223> of the forwardness <4710> of others <2087>, and to prove
<1381> the sincerity <1103> of your <5212> love <26>.
9 For ye know <1097> the grace <5485> of our Lord <2962> Jesus
<2424> Christ <5547>, that, though he was rich <4145>, yet for
your <5216> sakes he became <4433> poor <4433>, that ye through
his poverty <4432> might be rich <4147>.
10 And herein <5129> I give <1325> [my] advice <1106>: for this
<5124> is expedient <4851> for you, who <3748> have begun <4278>
before <4278>, not only <3440> to do <4160>, but also <2532> to
be forward <2309> a year <4070> ago <575>.
11 Now <3570> therefore <2532> perform <2005> the doing <4160>
[of it]; that as [there was] a readiness <4288> to will <2309>,
so <3779> [there may be] a performance <2005> also <2532> out of
that which ye have <2192>.
12 For if there <1487> be first <4295> a willing <4288> mind
<4288>, [it is] accepted <2144> according <2526> to that a man
<5100> hath <2192>, [and] not according <2526> to that he hath
<2192> not.
13 For [I mean] not that other <243> men be eased <425>, and ye
burdened <2347>:
14 But by an equality <2471>, [that] now <3568> at <1722> this
<3568> time <2540> your <5216> abundance <4051> [may be a
supply] for their want <5303>, that their abundance <4051> also
<2532> may be [a supply] for your <5216> want <5303>: that there
may be equality <2471>:
15 As it is written <1125>, He that [had gathered] much <4183>
had nothing <3756> over <4121>; and he that [had gathered]
little <3641> had no <3756> lack <1641>.
16. But thanks <5485> [be] to God <2316>, which <3588> put
<1325> the same <846> earnest <4710> care <4710> into <1722> the
heart <2588> of Titus <5103> for you.
17 For indeed <3303> he accepted <1209> the exhortation <3874>;
but being <5225> more <4707> forward <4707>, of his own <830>
accord <830> he went <1831> unto you.
18 And we have sent <4842> with him the brother <80>, whose
<3739> praise <1868> [is] in the gospel <2098> throughout <1223>
all <3956> the churches <1577>;
19 And not [that] only <3440>, but who was also <2532> chosen
<5500> of the churches <1577> to travel <4898> with us with this
<5124> grace <5485>, which <3588> is administered <1247> by us
to the glory <1391> of the same <3778> Lord <2962>, and
[declaration of] your <5216> ready <4288> mind <4288>:
20 Avoiding <4724> this <5124>, that no <3361> man <5100>
should blame <3469> us in this <5026> abundance <100> which
<3588> is administered <1247> by us:
21 Providing <4306> for honest <2570> things, not only <3440>
in the sight <1799> of the Lord <2962>, but also <2532> in the
sight <1799> of men <444>.
22 And we have sent <4842> with them our brother <80>, whom
<3739> we have oftentimes <4178> proved <1381> diligent <4705>
in many <4183> things, but now <3570> much <4183> more <4707>
diligent <4707>, upon the great <4183> confidence <4006> which
<3588> [I have] in you.
23 Whether <1535> [any do enquire] of Titus <5103>, [he is] my
partner <2844> and fellowhelper <4904> concerning <1519> you: or
<1535> our brethren <80> [be enquired of, they are] the
messengers <652> of the churches <1577>, [and] the glory <1391>
of Christ <5547>.
24 Wherefore <3767> shew <1731> ye to them, and before <4383>
the churches <1577>, the proof <1732> of your <5216> love <26>,
and of our boasting <2746> on <5228> your <5216> behalf <5228>.
2Corinthians 9
1. For as touching <4012> the ministering <1248> to the saints
<40>, it is superfluous <4053> for me to write <1125> to you:
2 For I know <1492> the forwardness <4288> of your <5216> mind
<4288>, for which <3739> I boast <2744> of you to them of
Macedonia <3110>, that Achaia <882> was ready <3903> a year
<4070> ago <575>; and your <5216> zeal <2205> hath provoked
<2042> very <4119> many <4119>.
3 Yet <1161> have I sent <3992> the brethren <80>, lest <3361>
our boasting <2745> of you should be in vain <2788> in this
<5129> behalf <3313>; that, as I said <3004>, ye may be ready
<3903>:
4 Lest <3381> haply <3381> if <1437> they of Macedonia <3110>
come <2064> with me, and find <2147> you unprepared <532>, we
(that we say <3004> not, ye) should be ashamed <2617> in this
<3588> same <5026> confident <5287> boasting <2746>.
5 Therefore <3767> I thought <2233> it necessary <316> to
exhort <3870> the brethren <80>, that they would go <4281>
before <4281> unto you, and make <4294> up beforehand <4294>
your <5216> bounty <2129>, whereof ye had notice <4293> before
<4293>, that the same <5026> might be ready <2092>, as [a matter
of] bounty <2129>, and not as [of] covetousness <4124>.
6. But this <5124> [I say], He which soweth <4687> sparingly
<5340> shall reap <2325> also <2532> sparingly <5340>; and he
which soweth <4687> bountifully <2129> shall reap <2325> also
<2532> bountifully <2129>.
7 Every <1538> man according <2531> as he purposeth <4255> in
his heart <2588>, [so let him give]; not grudgingly <3077>, or
<2228> of necessity <318>: for God <2316> loveth <25> a cheerful
<2431> giver <1395>.
8 And God <2316> [is] able <1415> to make <4052> all <3956>
grace <5485> abound <4052> toward <1519> you; that ye, always
<3842> having <2192> all <3956> sufficiency <841> in all <3956>
[things], may abound <4052> to every <3956> good <18> work
<2041>:
9 (As it is written <1125>, He hath dispersed <4650> abroad
<4650>; he hath given <1325> to the poor <3993>: his
righteousness <1343> remaineth <3306> for ever <165>.
10 Now <1161> he that ministereth <2023> seed <4690> to the
sower <4687> both <2532> minister <5524> bread <740> for [your]
food <1035>, and multiply <4129> your <5216> seed <4703> sown,
and increase <837> the fruits <1081> of your <5216>
righteousness <1343>;)
11 Being enriched <4148> in every <3956> thing to all <3956>
bountifulness <572>, which <3748> causeth <2716> through <1223>
us thanksgiving <2169> to God <2316>.
12 For the administration <1248> of this <5026> service <3009>
not only <3440> supplieth <4322> the want <5303> of the saints
<40>, but is abundant <4052> also <2532> by many <4183>
thanksgivings <2169> unto God <2316>;
13 Whiles by the experiment <1382> of this <5026> ministration
<1248> they glorify <1392> God <2316> for your <5216> professed
<3671> subjection <5292> unto the gospel <2098> of Christ <5547>,
and for [your <3588>] liberal <572> distribution <2842> unto
them, and unto all <3956> [men];
14 And by their prayer <1162> for you, which long <1971> after
<1971> you for the exceeding <5235> grace <5485> of God <2316>
in you.
15 Thanks <5485> [be] unto God <2316> for his unspeakable <411>
gift <1431>.
2Corinthians 10
1. Now <1161> I Paul <3972> myself beseech <3870> you by the
meekness <4236> and gentleness <1932> of Christ <5547>, who
<3739> in presence <4383> [am] base <5011> among <1722> you, but
being absent <548> am bold <2292> toward <1519> you:
2 But I beseech <1189> [you], that I may not be bold <2292>
when I am present <3918> with that confidence <4006>, wherewith
<3739> I think <3049> to be bold <5111> against <1909> some
<5100>, which <3588> think <3049> of us as if we walked <4043>
according <2596> to the flesh <4561>.
3 For though we walk <4043> in the flesh <4561>, we do not war
<4754> after <2596> the flesh <4561>:
4 (For the weapons <3696> of our warfare <4752> [are] not
carnal <4559>, but mighty <1415> through God <2316> to the
pulling <2506> down <2506> of strong <3794> holds <3794>;)
5 Casting <2507> down <2504> imaginations <3053>, and every
<3956> high <5313> thing <5313> that exalteth <1869> itself
against <2596> the knowledge <1108> of God <2316>, and bringing
<163> into captivity <163> every <3956> thought <3540> to the
obedience <5218> of Christ <5547>;
6 And having <2192> in a readiness <2092> to revenge <1556> all
<3956> disobedience <3876>, when <3752> your <5216> obedience
<5218> is fulfilled <4137>.
7. Do ye look <991> on <991> things after <2596> the outward
<4383> appearance <4383>? If <1487> any <5100> man trust <3982>
to himself <1438> that he is Christ's <5547>, let him of himself
<1438> think <3049> this <5124> again <3825>, that, as he [is]
Christ's <5547>, even <2532> so <3779> [are] we Christ's <5547>.
8 For though <1437> I should boast <2744> somewhat <5100> more
<4055> of our authority <1849>, which <3739> the Lord <2962>
hath given <1325> us for edification <3619>, and not for your
<5216> destruction <2506>, I should not be ashamed <153>:
9 That I may not seem <1380> as if I would terrify <1629> you
by letters <1992>.
10 For [his] letters <1992>, say <5346> they, [are] weighty
<926> and powerful <2478>; but [his] bodily <4983> presence
<3952> [is] weak <770>, and [his] speech <3056> contemptible
<1848>.
11 Let such <3634> an one think <3049> this <5124>, that, such
<5108> as we are in word <3056> by letters <1992> when we are
absent <548>, such <5108> [will we be] also <2532> in deed
<2041> when we are present <3918>.
12. For we dare <5111> not make ourselves <1438> of the number
<1469>, or <2228> compare <4793> ourselves <1438> with some
<5100> that commend <4921> themselves <1438>: but they measuring
<3354> themselves <1438> by themselves <1438>, and comparing
<4793> themselves <1438> among themselves <1438>, are not wise
<4920>.
13 But we will not boast <2744> of things without <280> [our]
measure <280>, but according <2596> to the measure <3358> of the
rule <2583> which <3739> God <2316> hath distributed <3307> to
us, a measure <3358> to reach <2185> even <2532> unto you.
14 For we stretch <5239> not ourselves <1438> beyond <5239>
[our measure], as though we reached <2185> not unto you: for we
are come <5348> as far <891> as to you also <2532> in
[preaching] the gospel <2098> of Christ <5547>:
15 Not boasting <2744> of things without <280> [our] measure
<280>, [that is], of other <245> men's labours <2873>; but
having <2192> hope <1680>, when your <5216> faith <4102> is
increased <837>, that we shall be enlarged <3170> by you
according <2596> to our rule <2583> abundantly <4050>,
16 To preach <2097> the gospel <2097> in the [regions] beyond
<5238> you, [and] not to boast <2744> in another <245> man's
<245> line <2583> of things made <2092> ready <2092> to our hand.
17 But he that glorieth <2744>, let him glory <2744> in the
Lord <2962>.
18 For not he that commendeth <4921> himself <1438> is approved
<1384>, but whom <3739> the Lord <2962> commendeth <4921>.
2Corinthians 11
1. Would <3785> to God ye could bear <430> with me a little
<3397> in [my] folly <877>: and indeed <235> bear <430> with me.
2 For I am jealous <2206> over you with godly <2316> jealousy
<2205>: for I have espoused <718> you to one <1520> husband
<435>, that I may present <3936> [you as] a chaste <53> virgin
<3933> to Christ <5547>.
3 But I fear <5399>, lest <3381> by any <3381> means <4458>, as
the serpent <3789> beguiled <1818> Eve <2096> through <1722> his
subtilty <3834>, so <3779> your <5216> minds <3540> should be
corrupted <5351> from the simplicity <572> that is in Christ
<5547>.
4 For if <1487> he that cometh <2064> preacheth <2784> another
<243> Jesus <2424>, whom <3739> we have not preached <2784>, or
<2228> [if] ye receive <2983> another <2087> spirit <4151>,
which <3739> ye have not received <2983>, or <2228> another
<2087> gospel <2098>, which ye have not accepted <1209>, ye
might well <2573> bear <430> with [him].
5. For I suppose <3049> I was not a whit <3367> behind <5302>
the very <5228> chiefest <3029> apostles <652>.
6 But though <1499> [I be] rude <2399> in speech <3056>, yet
<235> not in knowledge <1108>; but we have been throughly <3956>
made <5319> manifest <5319> among <1519> you in all <3956>
things.
7 Have I committed <4160> an offence <266> in abasing <5013>
myself <1683> that ye might be exalted <5312>, because <3754> I
have preached <2097> to you the gospel <2098> of God <2316>
freely <1432>?
8 I robbed <4813> other <243> churches <1577>, taking <2983>
wages <3800> [of them], to do you service <1248>.
9 And when I was present <3918> with you, and wanted <5302>, I
was chargeable <2655> to no <3762> man <3762>: for that which
was lacking <5303> to me the brethren <80> which came <2064>
from Macedonia <3109> supplied <4322>: and in all <3956>
[things] I have kept <5083> myself <1683> from being burdensome
<4> unto you, and [so] will I keep <5083> [myself <1683>].
10 As the truth <225> of Christ <5547> is in me, no <3762> man
shall stop <5420> me of this <3778> boasting <2746> in the
regions <2825> of Achaia <882>.
11 Wherefore <1302>? because <3754> I love <25> you not? God
<2316> knoweth <1492>.
12 But what <3739> I do <4160>, that I will do <4160>, that I
may cut <1581> off <1581> occasion <874> from them which desire
<2309> occasion <874>; that wherein <3757> they glory <2744>,
they may be found <2147> even <2532> as we.
13 For such <5108> [are] false <5570> apostles <5570>,
deceitful <1386> workers <2040>, transforming <3345> themselves
into <1519> the apostles <652> of Christ <5547>.
14 And no <3756> marvel <2298>; for Satan <4567> himself <846>
is transformed <3345> into <1519> an angel <32> of light <5457>.
15 Therefore <3767> [it is] no <3756> great <3173> thing if
<1499> his ministers <1249> also <2532> be transformed <3345> as
the ministers <1249> of righteousness <1343>; whose <3739> end
<5056> shall be according <2596> to their works <2041>.
16. I say <3004> again <3825>, Let no <3367> man <5100> think
<1380> me a fool <878>; if <1490> otherwise <1490>, yet <2579>
as a fool <878> receive <1209> me, that I may boast <2744>
myself a little <3397>.
17 That which <3739> I speak <2980>, I speak <2980> [it] not
after <2596> the Lord <2962>, but as it were foolishly <877>, in
this <5026> confidence <5287> of boasting <2746>.
18 Seeing <1893> that many <4183> glory <2744> after <2596> the
flesh <4561>, I will glory <2744> also <2504>.
19 For ye suffer <430> fools <878> gladly <2234>, seeing ye
[yourselves] are wise <5429>.
20 For ye suffer <430>, if <1487> a man <5100> bring <2615> you
into bondage <2615>, if <1487> a man <5100> devour <2719> [you],
if <1487> a man <5100> take <2983> [of you], if <1487> a man
<5100> exalt <1869> himself, if <1487> a man <5100> smite <1194>
you on <1519> the face <4383>.
21 I speak <3004> as concerning <2596> reproach <819>, as
though <3754> we had been weak <770>. Howbeit whereinsoever
<302> any <5100> is bold <5111>, (I speak <3004> foolishly <877>,
) I am bold <5111> also <2504>.
22. Are they Hebrews <1445>? so <2504> [am] I. Are they
Israelites <2475>? so <2504> [am] I. Are they the seed <4690> of
Abraham <11>? so <2504> [am] I.
23 Are they ministers <1249> of Christ <5547>? (I speak <2980>
as a fool <3912>) I [am] more <5228>; in labours <2873> more
<4056> abundant <4056>, in stripes <4127> above <5234> measure
<5234>, in prisons <5438> more <4056> frequent <4056>, in deaths
<2288> oft <4178>.
24 Of the Jews <2453> five <3999> times <3999> received <2983>
I forty <5062> [stripes] save <3844> one <3391>.
25 Thrice <5151> was I beaten <4463> with rods <4463>, once
<530> was I stoned <3034>, thrice <5151> I suffered shipwreck
<3489>, a night <3574> and a day <3574> I have been <4160> in
the deep <1037>;
26 [In] journeyings <3597> often <4178>, [in] perils <2794> of
waters <4215>, [in] perils <2794> of robbers <3027>, [in] perils
<2794> by [mine own] countrymen <1085>, [in] perils <2794> by
the heathen <1484>, [in] perils <2794> in the city <4172>, [in]
perils <2794> in the wilderness <2047>, [in] perils <2794> in
the sea <2281>, [in] perils <2794> among <1722> false <5569>
brethren <5569>;
27 In weariness <2873> and painfulness <3449>, in watchings
<70> often <4178>, in hunger <3042> and thirst <1373>, in
fastings <3521> often <4178>, in cold <5592> and nakedness
<1132>.
28 Beside <5565> those <3588> things that are without <3924>,
that which <3588> cometh <1999> upon me daily <2250>, the care
<3308> of all <3956> the churches <1577>.
29 Who <5101> is weak <770>, and I am not weak <770>? who
<5101> is offended <4624>, and I burn <4448> not?
30 If <1487> I must <1163> needs glory <2744>, I will glory
<2744> of the things which concern <4012> mine <3450>
infirmities <769>.
31 The God <2316> and Father <3962> of our Lord <2962> Jesus
<2424> Christ <5547>, which <3588> is blessed <2128> for
evermore <165>, knoweth <1492> that I lie <5574> not.
32 In Damascus <1154> the governor <1481> under Aretas <702>
the king <935> kept <5432> the city <4172> of the Damascenes
<1153> with a garrison <5432>, desirous <2309> to apprehend
<4084> me:
33 And through <1223> a window <2376> in a basket <4553> was I
let <5465> down <5465> by the wall <5038>, and escaped <1628>
his hands <5495>.
2Corinthians 12
1. It is not expedient <4851> for me doubtless <1211> to glory
<2744>. I will come <2064> to visions <3701> and revelations
<602> of the Lord <2962>.
2 I knew <1492> a man <444> in Christ <5547> above <4253>
fourteen <1180> years <2094> ago <4253>, (whether in the body
<4983>, I cannot <1492> tell <1492>; or <1535> whether <1535>
out of the body <4983>, I cannot <1492> tell <1492>: God <2316>
knoweth <1492>;) such <5108> an one caught <726> up to the third
<5154> heaven <3772>.
3 And I knew <1492> such <5108> a man <444>, (whether in the
body <4983>, or <1535> out of the body <4983>, I cannot <1492>
tell <1492>: God <2316> knoweth <1492>;)
4 How that he was caught <726> up into <1519> paradise <3857>,
and heard <191> unspeakable <731> words <4487>, which <3739> it
is not lawful <1832> for a man <444> to utter <2980>.
5 Of such <5108> an one will I glory <2744>: yet <1161> of
myself <1683> I will not glory <2744>, but in mine <3450>
infirmities <769>.
6 For though <1437> I would desire <2309> to glory <2744>, I
shall not be a fool <878>; for I will say <2046> the truth <225>:
but [now] I forbear <5339>, lest <3361> any <5100> man should
think <3049> of me above <5228> that which <3739> he seeth <991>
me [to be], or <2228> [that] he heareth <191> of me.
7 And lest <3361> I should be exalted <5229> above measure
through the abundance <5236> of the revelations <602>, there was
given <1325> to me a thorn <4647> in the flesh <4561>, the
messenger <32> of Satan <4567> to buffet <2852> me, lest <3361>
I should be exalted <5229> above measure.
8 For this <5127> thing I besought <3870> the Lord <2962>
thrice <5151>, that it might depart <868> from me.
9 And he said <2046> unto me, My grace <5485> is sufficient
<714> for thee: for my strength <1411> is made <5048> perfect
<5048> in weakness <769>. Most <2236> gladly <2236> therefore
<3767> will I rather <3123> glory <2744> in my infirmities <769>,
that the power <1411> of Christ <5547> may rest <1981> upon me.
10 Therefore <1352> I take pleasure <2106> in infirmities <769>,
in reproaches <5196>, in necessities <318>, in persecutions
<1375>, in distresses <4730> for Christ's <5547> sake: for when
<3752> I am <1510> weak <770>, then <2532> am <1510> I strong
<1415>.
11. I am become <1096> a fool <878> in glorying <2744>; ye have
compelled <315> me: for I ought <3784> to have been commended
<4921> of you: for in nothing <3762> am I behind <5302> the very
<3029> chiefest <3029> apostles <652>, though <1499> I be
nothing <3762>.
12 Truly <3303> the signs <4591> of an apostle <652> were
wrought <2716> among <1722> you in all <3956> patience <5281>,
in signs <4591>, and wonders <5059>, and mighty <1411> deeds
<1411>.
13 For what <5101> is it wherein <3757> ye were inferior <2274>
to other <3062> churches <1577>, except <1508> [it be] that I
myself was not burdensome <2655> to you? forgive <5483> me this
<5026> wrong <93>.
14 Behold <2400>, the third <5154> time I am ready <2093> to
come <2064> to you; and I will not be burdensome <2655> to you:
for I seek <2212> not yours <5216>, but you: for the children
<5043> ought <3784> not to lay <2343> up for the parents <1118>,
but the parents <1118> for the children <5043>.
15 And I will very <2236> gladly <2236> spend <1159> and be
spent <1550> for you; though <1499> the more <4056> abundantly
<4056> I love <25> you, the less <2276> I be loved <25>.
16 But be it so, I did not burden <2599> you: nevertheless
<235>, being <5225> crafty <3835>, I caught <2983> you with
guile <1388>.
17 Did I make <4122> a gain <4122> of you by any <5100> of them
whom <3739> I sent <649> unto you?
18 I desired <3870> Titus <5103>, and with [him] I sent <4882>
a brother <80>. Did Titus <5103> make <4122> a gain <4122> of
you? walked <4043> we not in the same <846> spirit <4151>?
[walked <4043> we] not in the same <846> steps <2487>?
19 Again <3825>, think <1380> ye that we excuse <626> ourselves
unto you? we speak <2980> before <2714> God <2316> in Christ
<5547>: but [we do] all <3956> things, dearly beloved <27>, for
your <5216> edifying <3619>.
20 For I fear <5399>, lest <3381>, when I come <2064>, I shall
not find <2147> you such <3634> as I would <2309>, and [that] I
shall be found <2147> unto you such <3634> as ye would <2309>
not: lest <3381> [there be] debates <2054>, envyings <2205>,
wraths <2372>, strifes <2052>, backbitings <2636>, whisperings
<5587>, swellings <5450>, tumults <181>:
21 [And] lest <3361>, when I come <2064> again <3825>, my God
<2316> will humble <5013> me among <4314> you, and [that] I
shall bewail <3996> many <4183> which <3588> have sinned <4258>
already <4258>, and have not repented <3340> of the uncleanness
<167> and fornication <4202> and lasciviousness <766> which
<3739> they have committed <4238>.
2Corinthians 13
1. This <5124> [is] the third <5154> [time] I am coming <2064>
to you. In the mouth <4750> of two <1417> or <2532> three <5140>
witnesses <3144> shall every <3956> word <4487> be established
<2476>.
2 I told <4280> you before <4280>, and foretell <4302> you, as
if <1437> I were present <3918>, the second <1208> time; and
being absent <548> now <3568> I write <1125> to them which
heretofore <4258> have sinned <4258>, and to all <3956> other
<3062>, that, if I come <2064> again <3825>, I will not spare
<5339>:
3 Since <1893> ye seek <2212> a proof <1382> of Christ <5547>
speaking <2980> in me, which <3739> to you-ward <5209> is not
weak <770>, but is mighty <1414> in you.
4 For though <1487> he was crucified <4717> through <1537>
weakness <769>, yet <235> he liveth <2198> by the power <1411>
of God <2316>. For we also <2532> are weak <770> in him, but we
shall live <2198> with him by the power <1411> of God <2316>
toward <1519> you.
5 Examine <3985> yourselves <1438>, whether <1487> ye be in the
faith <4102>; prove <1381> your <1438> own selves <1438>. Know
<1921> ye not your <1438> own selves <1438>, how that Jesus
<2424> Christ <5547> is in you, except <1509> ye be reprobates
<96>?
6 But I trust <1679> that ye shall know <1097> that we are not
reprobates <96>.
7. Now <1161> I pray <2172> to God <2316> that ye do <4160> no
<3367> evil <2556>; not that we should appear <5316> approved
<1384>, but that ye should do <4160> that which is honest <2570>,
though we be as reprobates <96>.
8 For we can <1410> do nothing <5100> against <2596> the truth
<225>, but for the truth <225>.
9 For we are glad <5463>, when <3752> we are weak <770>, and ye
are strong <1415>: and this <5124> also <2532> we wish <2172>,
[even] your <5216> perfection <2676>.
10 Therefore <5124> I write <1125> these <5023> things being
absent <548>, lest <3361> being present <3918> I should use
<5530> sharpness <664>, according <2596> to the power <1849>
which <3739> the Lord <2962> hath given <1325> me to edification
<3619>, and not to destruction <2506>.
11. Finally <3063>, brethren <80>, farewell <5463>. Be perfect
<2675>, be of good comfort <3870>, be of one <846> mind <5426>,
live <1514> in peace <1518>; and the God <2316> of love <26> and
peace <1515> shall be with you.
12 Greet <782> one <240> another <240> with an holy <40> kiss
<5370>.
13 All <3956> the saints <40> salute <782> you.
14 The grace <5485> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ
<5547>, and the love <26> of God <2316>, and the communion
<2842> of the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>, [be] with you all <3956>.
Amen <281>.
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