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2CO-1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus

Christ by the will of God, and Timothy

[our] brother, unto the church of God

which is at Corinth, with all the saints

which are in all Achaia:

2CO-1:2  Grace [be] to you and peace

from God our Father, and [from] the Lord

Jesus Christ.

2CO-1:3  Blessed [be] God, even the

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the

Father of mercies, and the God of all

comfort;

2CO-1:4  Who comforteth us in all our

tribulation, that we may be able to

comfort them which are in any trouble,

by the comfort wherewith we ourselves

are comforted of God.

2CO-1:5  For as the sufferings of Christ

abound in us, so our consolation also

aboundeth by Christ.

2CO-1:6  And whether we be afflicted,

[it is] for your consolation and

salvation, which is effectual in the

enduring of the same sufferings which we

also suffer: or whether we be comforted,

[it is] for your consolation and

salvation.

2CO-1:7  And our hope of you [is]

stedfast, knowing, that as ye are

partakers of the sufferings, so [shall

ye be] also of the consolation.

2CO-1:8  For we would not, brethren,

have you ignorant of our trouble which

came to us in Asia, that we were pressed

out of measure, above strength, insomuch

that we despaired even of life:

2CO-1:9  But we had the sentence of

death in ourselves, that we should not

trust in ourselves, but in God which

raiseth the dead:

2CO-1:10  Who delivered us from so great

a death, and doth deliver: in whom we

trust that he will yet deliver [us];

2CO-1:11  Ye also helping together by

prayer for us, that for the gift

[bestowed] upon us by the means of many

persons thanks may be given by many on

our behalf.

2CO-1:12  For our rejoicing is this, the

testimony of our conscience, that in

simplicity and godly sincerity, not with

fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God,

we have had our conversation in the

world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2CO-1:13  For we write none other things

unto you, than what ye read or

acknowledge; and I trust ye shall

acknowledge even to the end;

2CO-1:14  As also ye have acknowledged

us in part, that we are your rejoicing,

even as ye also [are] ours in the day of

the Lord Jesus.

2CO-1:15  And in this confidence I was

minded to come unto you before, that ye

might have a second benefit;

2CO-1:16  And to pass by you into

Macedonia, and to come again out of

Macedonia unto you, and of you to be

brought on my way toward Judaea.

2CO-1:17  When I therefore was thus

minded, did I use lightness? or the

things that I purpose, do I purpose

according to the flesh, that with me

there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

2CO-1:18  But [as] God [is] true, our

word toward you was not yea and nay.

2CO-1:19  For the Son of God, Jesus

Christ, who was preached among you by

us, [even] by me and Silvanus and

Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in

him was yea.

2CO-1:20  For all the promises of God in

him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the

glory of God by us.

2CO-1:21  Now he which stablisheth us

with you in Christ, and hath anointed

us, [is] God;

2CO-1:22  Who hath also sealed us, and

given the earnest of the Spirit in our

hearts.

2CO-1:23  Moreover I call God for a

record upon my soul, that to spare you I

came not as yet unto Corinth.

2CO-1:24  Not for that we have dominion

over your faith, but are helpers of your

joy: for by faith ye stand.

2CO-2:1  But I determined this with

myself, that I would not come again to

you in heaviness.

2CO-2:2  For if I make you sorry, who is

he then that maketh me glad, but the

same which is made sorry by me?

2CO-2:3  And I wrote this same unto you,

lest, when I came, I should have sorrow

from them of whom I ought to rejoice;

having confidence in you all, that my

joy is [the joy] of you all.

2CO-2:4  For out of much affliction and

anguish of heart I wrote unto you with

many tears; not that ye should be

grieved, but that ye might know the love

which I have more abundantly unto you.

2CO-2:5  But if any have caused grief,

he hath not grieved me, but in part:

that I may not overcharge you all.

2CO-2:6  Sufficient to such a man [is]

this punishment, which [was inflicted]

of many.

2CO-2:7  So that contrariwise ye [ought]

rather to forgive [him], and comfort

[him], lest perhaps such a one should be

swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

2CO-2:8  Wherefore I beseech you that ye

would confirm [your] love toward him.

2CO-2:9  For to this end also did I

write, that I might know the proof of

you, whether ye be obedient in all

things.

2CO-2:10  To whom ye forgive any thing,

I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any

thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your

sakes [forgave I it] in the person of

Christ;

2CO-2:11  Lest Satan should get an

advantage of us: for we are not ignorant

of his devices.

2CO-2:12  Furthermore, when I came to

Troas to [preach] Christ's gospel, and a

door was opened unto me of the Lord,

2CO-2:13  I had no rest in my spirit,

because I found not Titus my brother:

but taking my leave of them, I went from

thence into Macedonia.

2CO-2:14  Now thanks [be] unto God,

which always causeth us to triumph in

Christ, and maketh manifest the savour

of his knowledge by us in every place.

2CO-2:15  For we are unto God a sweet

savour of Christ, in them that are

saved, and in them that perish:

2CO-2:16  To the one [we are] the savour

of death unto death; and to the other

the savour of life unto life. And who

[is] sufficient for these things?

2CO-2:17  For we are not as many, which

corrupt the word of God: but as of

sincerity, but as of God, in the sight

of God speak we in Christ.

2CO-3:1  Do we begin again to commend

ourselves? or need we, as some [others],

epistles of commendation to you, or

[letters] of commendation from you?

2CO-3:2  Ye are our epistle written in

our hearts, known and read of all men:

2CO-3:3  [Forasmuch as ye are]

manifestly declared to be the epistle of

Christ ministered by us, written not

with ink, but with the Spirit of the

living God; not in tables of stone, but

in fleshly tables of the heart.

2CO-3:4  And such trust have we through

Christ to God-ward:

2CO-3:5  Not that we are sufficient of

ourselves to think any thing as of

ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of

God;

2CO-3:6  Who also hath made us able

ministers of the new testament; not of

the letter, but of the spirit: for the

letter killeth, but the spirit giveth

life.

2CO-3:7  But if the ministration of

death, written [and] engraven in stones,

was glorious, so that the children of

Israel could not stedfastly behold the

face of Moses for the glory of his

countenance; which [glory] was to be

done away:

2CO-3:8  How shall not the ministration

of the spirit be rather glorious?

2CO-3:9  For if the ministration of

condemnation [be] glory, much more doth

the ministration of righteousness exceed

in glory.

2CO-3:10  For even that which was made

glorious had no glory in this respect,

by reason of the glory that excelleth.

2CO-3:11  For if that which is done away

[was] glorious, much more that which

remaineth [is] glorious.

2CO-3:12  Seeing then that we have such

hope, we use great plainness of speech:

2CO-3:13  And not as Moses, [which] put

a veil over his face, that the children

of Israel could not stedfastly look to

the end of that which is abolished:

2CO-3:14  But their minds were blinded:

for until this day remaineth the same

veil untaken away in the reading of the

old testament; which [veil] is done away

in Christ.

2CO-3:15  But even unto this day, when

Moses is read, the veil is upon their

heart.

2CO-3:16  Nevertheless when it shall

turn to the Lord, the veil shall be

taken away.

2CO-3:17  Now the Lord is that Spirit:

and where the Spirit of the Lord [is],

there [is] liberty.

2CO-3:18  But we all, with open face

beholding as in a glass the glory of the

Lord, are changed into the same image

from glory to glory, [even] as by the

Spirit of the Lord.

2CO-4:1  Therefore seeing we have this

ministry, as we have received mercy, we

faint not;

2CO-4:2  But have renounced the hidden

things of dishonesty, not walking in

craftiness, nor handling the word of God

deceitfully; but by manifestation of the

truth commending ourselves to every

man's conscience in the sight of God.

2CO-4:3  But if our gospel be hid, it is

hid to them that are lost:

2CO-4:4  In whom the god of this world

hath blinded the minds of them which

believe not, lest the light of the

glorious gospel of Christ, who is the

image of God, should shine unto them.

2CO-4:5  For we preach not ourselves,

but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves

your servants for Jesus' sake.

2CO-4:6  For God, who commanded the

light to shine out of darkness, hath

shined in our hearts, to [give] the

light of the knowledge of the glory of

God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2CO-4:7  But we have this treasure in

earthen vessels, that the excellency of

the power may be of God, and not of us.

2CO-4:8  [We are] troubled on every

side, yet not distressed; [we are]

perplexed, but not in despair;

2CO-4:9  Persecuted, but not forsaken;

cast down, but not destroyed;

2CO-4:10  Always bearing about in the

body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that

the life also of Jesus might be made

manifest in our body.

2CO-4:11  For we which live are alway

delivered unto death for Jesus' sake,

that the life also of Jesus might be

made manifest in our mortal flesh.

2CO-4:12  So then death worketh in us,

but life in you.

2CO-4:13  We having the same spirit of

faith, according as it is written, I

believed, and therefore have I spoken;

we also believe, and therefore speak;

2CO-4:14  Knowing that he which raised

up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also

by Jesus, and shall present [us] with

you.

2CO-4:15  For all things [are] for your

sakes, that the abundant grace might

through the thanksgiving of many redound

to the glory of God.

2CO-4:16  For which cause we faint not;

but though our outward man perish, yet

the inward [man] is renewed day by day.

2CO-4:17  For our light affliction,

which is but for a moment, worketh for

us a far more exceeding [and] eternal

weight of glory;

2CO-4:18  While we look not at the

things which are seen, but at the things

which are not seen: for the things which

are seen [are] temporal; but the things

which are not seen [are] eternal.

2CO-5:1  For we know that if our earthly

house of [this] tabernacle were

dissolved, we have a building of God, an

house not made with hands, eternal in

the heavens.

2CO-5:2  For in this we groan, earnestly

desiring to be clothed upon with our

house which is from heaven:

2CO-5:3  If so be that being clothed we

shall not be found naked.

2CO-5:4  For we that are in [this]

tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not

for that we would be unclothed, but

clothed upon, that mortality might be

swallowed up of life.

2CO-5:5  Now he that hath wrought us for

the selfsame thing [is] God, who also

hath given unto us the earnest of the

Spirit.

2CO-5:6  Therefore [we are] always

confident, knowing that, whilst we are

at home in the body, we are absent from

the Lord:

2CO-5:7  (For we walk by faith, not by

sight:)

2CO-5:8  We are confident, [I say], and

willing rather to be absent from the

body, and to be present with the Lord.

2CO-5:9  Wherefore we labour, that,

whether present or absent, we may be

accepted of him.

2CO-5:10  For we must all appear before

the judgment seat of Christ; that every

one may receive the things [done] in

[his] body, according to that he hath

done, whether [it be] good or bad.

2CO-5:11  Knowing therefore the terror

of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are

made manifest unto God; and I trust also

are made manifest in your consciences.

2CO-5:12  For we commend not ourselves

again unto you, but give you occasion to

glory on our behalf, that ye may have

somewhat to [answer] them which glory in

appearance, and not in heart.

2CO-5:13  For whether we be beside

ourselves, [it is] to God: or whether we

be sober, [it is] for your cause.

2CO-5:14  For the love of Christ

constraineth us; because we thus judge,

that if one died for all, then were all

dead:

2CO-5:15  And [that] he died for all,

that they which live should not

henceforth live unto themselves, but

unto him which died for them, and rose

again.

2CO-5:16  Wherefore henceforth know we

no man after the flesh: yea, though we

have known Christ after the flesh, yet

now henceforth know we [him] no more.

2CO-5:17  Therefore if any man [be] in

Christ, [he is] a new creature: old

things are passed away; behold, all

things are become new.

2CO-5:18  And all things [are] of God,

who hath reconciled us to himself by

Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the

ministry of reconciliation;

2CO-5:19  To wit, that God was in

Christ, reconciling the world unto

himself, not imputing their trespasses

unto them; and hath committed unto us

the word of reconciliation.

2CO-5:20  Now then we are ambassadors

for Christ, as though God did beseech

[you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's

stead, be ye reconciled to God.

2CO-5:21  For he hath made him [to be]

sin for us, who knew no sin; that we

might be made the righteousness of God

in him.

2CO-6:1  We then, [as] workers together

[with him], beseech [you] also that ye

receive not the grace of God in vain.

2CO-6:2  (For he saith, I have heard

thee in a time accepted, and in the day

of salvation have I succoured thee:

behold, now [is] the accepted time;

behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)

2CO-6:3  Giving no offence in any thing,

that the ministry be not blamed:

2CO-6:4  But in all [things] approving

ourselves as the ministers of God, in

much patience, in afflictions, in

necessities, in distresses,

2CO-6:5  In stripes, in imprisonments,

in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in

fastings;

2CO-6:6  By pureness, by knowledge, by

longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy

Ghost, by love unfeigned,

2CO-6:7  By the word of truth, by the

power of God, by the armour of

righteousness on the right hand and on

the left,

2CO-6:8  By honour and dishonour, by

evil report and good report: as

deceivers, and [yet] true;

2CO-6:9  As unknown, and [yet] well

known; as dying, and, behold, we live;

as chastened, and not killed;

2CO-6:10  As sorrowful, yet alway

rejoicing; as poor, yet making many

rich; as having nothing, and [yet]

possessing all things.

2CO-6:11  O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth

is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

2CO-6:12  Ye are not straitened in us,

but ye are straitened in your own

bowels.

2CO-6:13  Now for a recompense in the

same, (I speak as unto [my] children,)

be ye also enlarged.

2CO-6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked

together with unbelievers: for what

fellowship hath righteousness with

unrighteousness? and what communion hath

light with darkness?

2CO-6:15  And what concord hath Christ

with Belial? or what part hath he that

believeth with an infidel?

2CO-6:16  And what agreement hath the

temple of God with idols? for ye are the

temple of the living God; as God hath

said, I will dwell in them, and walk in

[them]; and I will be their God, and

they shall be my people.

2CO-6:17  Wherefore come out from among

them, and be ye separate, saith the

Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing];

and I will receive you,

2CO-6:18  And will be a Father unto you,

and ye shall be my sons and daughters,

saith the Lord Almighty.

2CO-7:1  Having therefore these

promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse

ourselves from all filthiness of the

flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in

the fear of God.

2CO-7:2  Receive us; we have wronged no

man, we have corrupted no man, we have

defrauded no man.

2CO-7:3  I speak not [this] to condemn

[you]: for I have said before, that ye

are in our hearts to die and live with

[you].

2CO-7:4  Great [is] my boldness of

speech toward you, great [is] my

glorying of you: I am filled with

comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all

our tribulation.

2CO-7:5  For, when we were come into

Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we

were troubled on every side; without

[were] fightings, within [were] fears.

2CO-7:6  Nevertheless God, that

comforteth those that are cast down,

comforted us by the coming of Titus;

2CO-7:7  And not by his coming only, but

by the consolation wherewith he was

comforted in you, when he told us your

earnest desire, your mourning, your

fervent mind toward me; so that I

rejoiced the more.

2CO-7:8  For though I made you sorry

with a letter, I do not repent, though I

did repent: for I perceive that the same

epistle hath made you sorry, though [it

were] but for a season.

2CO-7:9  Now I rejoice, not that ye were

made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to

repentance: for ye were made sorry after

a godly manner, that ye might receive

damage by us in nothing.

2CO-7:10  For godly sorrow worketh

repentance to salvation not to be

repented of: but the sorrow of the world

worketh death.

2CO-7:11  For behold this selfsame

thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly

sort, what carefulness it wrought in

you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves,

yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what]

fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea,

[what] zeal, yea, [what] revenge! In all

[things] ye have approved yourselves to

be clear in this matter.

2CO-7:12  Wherefore, though I wrote unto

you, [I did it] not for his cause that

had done the wrong, nor for his cause

that suffered wrong, but that our care

for you in the sight of God might appear

unto you.

2CO-7:13  Therefore we were comforted in

your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the

more joyed we for the joy of Titus,

because his spirit was refreshed by you

all.

2CO-7:14  For if I have boasted any

thing to him of you, I am not ashamed;

but as we spake all things to you in

truth, even so our boasting, which [I

made] before Titus, is found a truth.

2CO-7:15  And his inward affection is

more abundant toward you, whilst he

remembereth the obedience of you all,

how with fear and trembling ye received

him.

2CO-7:16  I rejoice therefore that I

have confidence in you in all [things].

2CO-8:1  Moreover, brethren, we do you

to wit of the grace of God bestowed on

the churches of Macedonia;

2CO-8:2  How that in a great trial of

affliction the abundance of their joy

and their deep poverty abounded unto the

riches of their liberality.

2CO-8:3  For to [their] power, I bear

record, yea, and beyond [their] power

[they were] willing of themselves;

2CO-8:4  Praying us with much entreaty

that we would receive the gift, and

[take upon us] the fellowship of the

ministering to the saints.

2CO-8:5  And [this they did], not as we

hoped, but first gave their own selves

to the Lord, and unto us by the will of

God.

2CO-8:6  Insomuch that we desired Titus,

that as he had begun, so he would also

finish in you the same grace also.

2CO-8:7  Therefore, as ye abound in

every [thing, in] faith, and utterance,

and knowledge, and [in] all diligence,

and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye

abound in this grace also.

2CO-8:8  I speak not by commandment, but

by occasion of the forwardness of

others, and to prove the sincerity of

your love.

2CO-8:9  For ye know the grace of our

Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was

rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,

that ye through his poverty might be

rich.

2CO-8:10  And herein I give [my] advice:

for this is expedient for you, who have

begun before, not only to do, but also

to be forward a year ago.

2CO-8:11  Now therefore perform the

doing [of it]; that as [there was] a

readiness to will, so [there may be] a

performance also out of that which ye

have.

2CO-8:12  For if there be first a

willing mind, [it is] accepted according

to that a man hath, [and] not according

to that he hath not.

2CO-8:13  For [I mean] not that other

men be eased, and ye burdened:

2CO-8:14  But by an equality, [that] now

at this time your abundance [may be a

supply] for their want, that their

abundance also may be [a supply] for

your want: that there may be equality:

2CO-8:15  As it is written, He that [had

gathered] much had nothing over; and he

that [had gathered] little had no lack.

2CO-8:16  But thanks [be] to God, which

put the same earnest care into the heart

of Titus for you.

2CO-8:17  For indeed he accepted the

exhortation; but being more forward, of

his own accord he went unto you.

2CO-8:18  And we have sent with him the

brother, whose praise [is] in the gospel

throughout all the churches;

2CO-8:19  And not [that] only, but who

was also chosen of the churches to

travel with us with this grace, which is

administered by us to the glory of the

same Lord, and [declaration of] your

ready mind:

2CO-8:20  Avoiding this, that no man

should blame us in this abundance which

is administered by us:

2CO-8:21  Providing for honest things,

not only in the sight of the Lord, but

also in the sight of men.

2CO-8:22  And we have sent with them our

brother, whom we have oftentimes proved

diligent in many things, but now much

more diligent, upon the great confidence

which [I have] in you.

2CO-8:23  Whether [any do inquire] of

Titus, [he is] my partner and

fellowhelper concerning you: or our

brethren [be inquired of, they are] the

messengers of the churches, [and] the

glory of Christ.

2CO-8:24  Wherefore show ye to them, and

before the churches, the proof of your

love, and of our boasting on your

behalf.

2CO-9:1  For as touching the ministering

to the saints, it is superfluous for me

to write to you:

2CO-9:2  For I know the forwardness of

your mind, for which I boast of you to

them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready

a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked

very many.

2CO-9:3  Yet have I sent the brethren,

lest our boasting of you should be in

vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye

may be ready:

2CO-9:4  Lest haply if they of Macedonia

come with me, and find you unprepared,

we (that we say not, ye) should be

ashamed in this same confident boasting.

2CO-9:5  Therefore I thought it

necessary to exhort the brethren, that

they would go before unto you, and make

up before hand your bounty, whereof ye

had notice before, that the same might

be ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and

not as [of] covetousness.

2CO-9:6  But this [I say], He which

soweth sparingly shall reap also

sparingly; and he which soweth

bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

2CO-9:7  Every man according as he

purposeth in his heart, [so let him

give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity:

for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2CO-9:8  And God [is] able to make all

grace abound toward you; that ye, always

having all sufficiency in all [things],

may abound to every good work:

2CO-9:9  (As it is written, He hath

dispersed abroad; he hath given to the

poor: his righteousness remaineth for

ever.

2CO-9:10  Now he that ministereth seed

to the sower both minister bread for

[your] food, and multiply your seed

sown, and increase the fruits of your

righteousness;)

2CO-9:11  Being enriched in every thing

to all bountifulness, which causeth

through us thanksgiving to God.

2CO-9:12  For the administration of this

service not only supplieth the want of

the saints, but is abundant also by many

thanksgivings unto God;

2CO-9:13  Whiles by the experiment of

this ministration they glorify God for

your professed subjection unto the

gospel of Christ, and for [your] liberal

distribution unto them, and unto all

[men];

2CO-9:14  And by their prayer for you,

which long after you for the exceeding

grace of God in you.

2CO-9:15  Thanks [be] unto God for his

unspeakable gift.

2CO-10:1  Now I Paul myself beseech you

by the meekness and gentleness of

Christ, who in presence [am] base among

you, but being absent am bold toward

you:

2CO-10:2  But I beseech [you], that I

may not be bold when I am present with

that confidence, wherewith I think to be

bold against some, which think of us as

if we walked according to the flesh.

2CO-10:3  For though we walk in the

flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

2CO-10:4  (For the weapons of our

warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty

through God to the pulling down of

strong holds;)

2CO-10:5  Casting down imaginations, and

every high thing that exalteth itself

against the knowledge of God, and

bringing into captivity every thought to

the obedience of Christ;

2CO-10:6  And having in a readiness to

revenge all disobedience, when your

obedience is fulfilled.

2CO-10:7  Do ye look on things after the

outward appearance? If any man trust to

himself that he is Christ's, let him of

himself think this again, that, as he

[is] Christ's, even so [are] we

Christ's.

2CO-10:8  For though I should boast

somewhat more of our authority, which

the Lord hath given us for edification,

and not for your destruction, I should

not be ashamed:

2CO-10:9  That I may not seem as if I

would terrify you by letters.

2CO-10:10  For [his] letters, say they,

[are] weighty and powerful; but [his]

bodily presence [is] weak, and [his]

speech contemptible.

2CO-10:11  Let such an one think this,

that, such as we are in word by letters

when we are absent, such [will we be]

also in deed when we are present.

2CO-10:12  For we dare not make

ourselves of the number, or compare

ourselves with some that commend

themselves: but they measuring

themselves by themselves, and comparing

themselves among themselves, are not

wise.

2CO-10:13  But we will not boast of

things without [our] measure, but

according to the measure of the rule

which God hath distributed to us, a

measure to reach even unto you.

2CO-10:14  For we stretch not ourselves

beyond [our measure], as though we

reached not unto you: for we are come as

far as to you also in [preaching] the

gospel of Christ:

2CO-10:15  Not boasting of things

without [our] measure, [that is], of

other men's labours; but having hope,

when your faith is increased, that we

shall be enlarged by you according to

our rule abundantly,

2CO-10:16  To preach the gospel in the

[regions] beyond you, [and] not to boast

in another man's line of things made

ready to our hand.

2CO-10:17  But he that glorieth, let him

glory in the Lord.

2CO-10:18  For not he that commendeth

himself is approved, but whom the Lord

commendeth.

2CO-11:1  Would to God ye could bear

with me a little in [my] folly: and

indeed bear with me.

2CO-11:2  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.

2CO-11:3  But I fear, lest by any means,

as the serpent beguiled Eve through his

subtlety, so your minds should be

corrupted from the simplicity that is in

Christ.

2CO-11:4  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].

2CO-11:5  For I suppose I was not a whit

behind the very chiefest apostles.

2CO-11:6  But though [I be] rude in

speech, yet not in knowledge; but we

have been thoroughly made manifest among

you in all things.

2CO-11:7  Have I committed an offence in

abasing myself that ye might be exalted,

because I have preached to you the

gospel of God freely?

2CO-11:8  I robbed other churches,

taking wages [of them], to do you

service.

2CO-11:9  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].

2CO-11:10  As the truth of Christ is in

me, no man shall stop me of this

boasting in the regions of Achaia.

2CO-11:11  Wherefore? because I love you

not? God knoweth.

2CO-11:12  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.

2CO-11:13  For such [are] false

apostles, deceitful workers,

transforming themselves into the

apostles of Christ.

2CO-11:14  And no marvel; for Satan

himself is transformed into an angel of

light.

2CO-11:15  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.

2CO-11:16  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.

2CO-11:17  That which I speak, I speak

[it] not after the Lord, but as it were

foolishly, in this confidence of

boasting.

2CO-11:18  Seeing that many glory after

the flesh, I will glory also.

2CO-11:19  For ye suffer fools gladly,

seeing ye [yourselves] are wise.

2CO-11:20  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.

2CO-11:21  I speak as concerning

reproach, as though we had been weak.

Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I

speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

2CO-11:22  Are they Hebrews? so [am] I.

Are they Israelites? so [am] I. Are they

the seed of Abraham? so [am] I.

2CO-11:23  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.

2CO-11:24  Of the Jews five times

received I forty [stripes] save one.

2CO-11:25  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;

2CO-11:26  [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;

2CO-11:27  In weariness and painfulness,

in watchings often, in hunger and

thirst, in fastings often, in cold and

nakedness.

2CO-11:28  Beside those things that are

without, that which cometh upon me

daily, the care of all the churches.

2CO-11:29  Who is weak, and I am not

weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

2CO-11:30  If I must needs glory, I will

glory of the things which concern mine

infirmities.

2CO-11:31  The God and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for

evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

2CO-11:32  In Damascus the governor

under Aretas the king kept the city of

the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous

to apprehend me:

2CO-11:33  And through a window in a

basket was I let down by the wall, and

escaped his hands.

2CO-12:1  It is not expedient for me

doubtless to glory. I will come to

visions and revelations of the Lord.

2CO-12:2  I knew a man in Christ above

fourteen years ago, (whether in the

body, I cannot tell; or whether out of

the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

such an one caught up to the third

heaven.

2CO-12:3  And I knew such a man,

(whether in the body, or out of the

body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

2CO-12:4  How that he was caught up into

paradise, and heard unspeakable words,

which it is not lawful for a man to

utter.

2CO-12:5  Of such an one will I glory:

yet of myself I will not glory, but in

mine infirmities.

2CO-12:6  For though I would desire to

glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will

say the truth: but [now] I forbear, lest

any man should think of me above that

which he seeth me [to be], or [that] he

heareth of me.

2CO-12:7  And lest I should be exalted

above measure through the abundance of

the revelations, there was given to me a

thorn in the flesh, the messenger of

Satan to buffet me, lest I should be

exalted above measure.

2CO-12:8  For this thing I besought the

Lord thrice, that it might depart from

me.

2CO-12:9  And he said unto me, My grace

is sufficient for thee: for my strength

is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly

therefore will I rather glory in my

infirmities, that the power of Christ

may rest upon me.

2CO-12:10  Therefore I take pleasure in

infirmities, in reproaches, in

necessities, in persecutions, in

distresses for Christ's sake: for when I

am weak, then am I strong.

2CO-12:11  I am become a fool in

glorying; ye have compelled me: for I

ought to have been commended of you: for

in nothing am I behind the very chiefest

apostles, though I be nothing.

2CO-12:12  Truly the signs of an apostle

were wrought among you in all patience,

in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

2CO-12:13  For what is it wherein ye

were inferior to other churches, except

[it be] that I myself was not burdensome

to you? forgive me this wrong.

2CO-12:14  Behold, the third time I am

ready to come to you; and I will not be

burdensome to you: for I seek not yours,

but you: for the children ought not to

lay up for the parents, but the parents

for the children.

2CO-12:15  And I will very gladly spend

and be spent for you; though the more

abundantly I love you, the less I be

loved.

2CO-12:16  But be it so, I did not

burden you: nevertheless, being crafty,

I caught you with guile.

2CO-12:17  Did I make a gain of you by

any of them whom I sent unto you?

2CO-12:18  I desired Titus, and with

[him] I sent a brother. Did Titus make a

gain of you? walked we not in the same

spirit? [walked we] not in the same

steps?

2CO-12:19  Again, think ye that we

excuse ourselves unto you? we speak

before God in Christ: but [we do] all

things, dearly beloved, for your

edifying.

2CO-12:20  For I fear, lest, when I

come, I shall not find you such as I

would, and [that] I shall be found unto

you such as ye would not: lest [there

be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes,

backbitings, whisperings, swellings,

tumults:

2CO-12:21  [And] lest, when I come

again, my God will humble me among you,

and [that] I shall bewail many which

have sinned already, and have not

repented of the uncleanness and

fornication and lasciviousness which

they have committed.

2CO-13:1  This [is] the third [time] I

am coming to you. In the mouth of two or

three witnesses shall every word be

established.

2CO-13:2  I told you before, and

foretell you, as if I were present, the

second time; and being absent now I

write to them which heretofore have

sinned, and to all other, that, if I

come again, I will not spare:

2CO-13:3  Since ye seek a proof of

Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward

is not weak, but is mighty in you.

2CO-13:4  For though he was crucified

through weakness, yet he liveth by the

power of God. For we also are weak in

him, but we shall live with him by the

power of God toward you.

2CO-13:5  Examine yourselves, whether ye

be in the faith; prove your own selves.

Know ye not your own selves, how that

Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be

reprobates?

2CO-13:6  But I trust that ye shall know

that we are not reprobates.

2CO-13:7  Now I pray to God that ye do

no evil; not that we should appear

approved, but that ye should do that

which is honest, though we be as

reprobates.

2CO-13:8  For we can do nothing against

the truth, but for the truth.

2CO-13:9  For we are glad, when we are

weak, and ye are strong: and this also

we wish, [even] your perfection.

2CO-13:10  Therefore I write these

things being absent, lest being present

I should use sharpness, according to the

power which the Lord hath given me to

edification, and not to destruction.

2CO-13:11  Finally, brethren, farewell.

Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of

one mind, live in peace; and the God of

love and peace shall be with you.

2CO-13:12  Greet one another with an

holy kiss.

2CO-13:13  All the saints salute you.

2CO-13:14  The grace of the Lord Jesus

Christ, and the love of God, and the

communion of the Holy Ghost, [be] with

you all. Amen.



 

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