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all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good
work "as it is written,

He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor;
His righteousness abideth for ever.

(10 "And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and I increase the fruits of your righteousness: "ye being enriched in everything unto all 'liberality, which worketh 12 through us thanksgiving to God. "For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanks(13 givings unto God; "seeing that through the proving of you by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the 'liberality of your contribution unto them and unto (14 all; "while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding 15 grace of God in you. "Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

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Now I Paul myself intreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward (2 you: "yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present shew courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, which count of us as if we walked 3 according to the flesh. "For though we walk in the flesh, 4 we do not war according to the flesh "(for the weapons

of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God 5) to the casting down of strong holds); "casting down 'imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into

A. V.-all things..to ; 9 dispersed..remaineth; 10 Now..ministereth.. both | minister |..(your)..sown; II to..bountifulness.. causeth; 12 administration.. supplieth.. want..is abundant..by; 13 Whiles by..experiment..professed subjection..liberal distribution..(men); 14 And by (their) prayer for you, (which)..for; 15 unto.—CH. X. I beseech..base..bold; 2 But..be bold..(I am). . that..think..think; 3 after; 4 carnal.. through..pulling; 5 exalteth itself.

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(6 captivity to the obedience of Christ; 'and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience (7) shall be fulfilled. "Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, (8 even as he is Christ's, so also are we. For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for 9 casting you down), I shall not be put to shame: "that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. 10) "For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account. "Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when (12 we are present. "For we are not bold 2 to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with them(13 selves, are without understanding. "But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a meas(14 ure, to reach even unto you. "For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of (15) Christ "not glorying beyond our measure, that is, in other men's labours; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our (163 province unto further abundance, "so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, and not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our 2 Gr. to judge ourselves among, or to judge ourselves 4 Or, were the first to come

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with.

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A.V.—6 having..(a).. revenge.. is; 7 | Do |..on.. after the outward appearance..trust to..|of|..think..even.. [Christ's]; 8 boast..more of..hath given [us].. edification.. your destruction.. should..ashamed; 10 powerful..contemptible; II an..think.. such as.. will..be; 12 dare..make (ourselves) of the number..some..among..not wise; 13 boast (of things) without.. rule..hath distributed; 14 beyond (our measure)..are || come || ..to..(also)..(preaching); 15 boasting (of things) without..of..when..is increased..enlarged by..rule abundantly; 16 in..regions..boast..another (man's) line..(made).

17 hand. "But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 "For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

11(1) Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolish(2 ness: 'nay indeed bear with me. "For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to (3 Christ. "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your 3 minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward 4 Christ. "For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye 5 did not accept, ye do well to bear with him. "For I reckon that I am not a whit behind 'the very chiefest apostles. (6 "But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every thing we have made it manifest among (7 all men to you-ward. "Or did I commit a sin ́in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to 8 you the gospel of God for nought? "I robbed other churches, taking wages of them that I might minister unto (9 you; "and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in every thing I kept myself from being burIo densome unto you, and so will I keep myself. "As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying 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 an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be 1 Or, but indeed ye do bear with me. 3 Gr. thoughts. 4 Or, those preeminent apostles

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Gr. a jealousy of God.
Gr. the occasion of them.

A. V.-CH. XI. 1 (to God).. (my) folly: and; 2 (have)..may.. chaste; 3 through..subtilty, [so]..in; 4 have.. preached.. another..have..received..another..have..accepted .. might; 5 suppose.. was; 6 but.. | been | throughly.. among you in.. things; 7 Have..committed an offence.. (have). .freely; 8 to do..service; 9 wanted.. chargeable to no.. that which was lacking to me .which..all things..(have); 10 boasting.

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found even as we. "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. "And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth him(15) self into an angel of light. "It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

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I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little. (17 "That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as 18 in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying. 'Seeing (19) that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. "For

ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves. (20 "For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage,

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if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalt21 eth himself, if he smiteth you on the face. "I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so (23) am I. "Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labours more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in 24 deaths oft. "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes 25) save one. 'Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I

stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day (26 have I been in the deep; "in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils 27 among false brethren; "in labour and travail, in watch

1 Gr. race.

A.V.-13 transforming..(the); 14 is transformed; 15 be transformed..(the); 16 a fool ..otherwise..a fool.. boast myself; 17 (it)..(it were) foolishly..boasting; 19 suffer fools ..(seeing ye)..are; 20 suffer..a man bring..a man devour..a man take (of)..a man exalt..a man smite; 21 as concerning reproach.. Howbeit. .foolishly; 23 a fool..(am) ..abundant.. frequent; 26 waters.. by mine (own)..by..heathen; 27 weariness.. painfulness.

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ings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold (28 and nakedness. "1 Beside those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches. "Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is made to stumble, and I burn not? "If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my (31 weakness. "The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, in order to take me: "and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.

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12(1) 3 I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I (2 will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. "I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven. "And I know such a man (whether in the body, 4 or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth), "how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeak5 able words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. "On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses. "For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me to be, or heareth from 7) me. "And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations wherefore, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted

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1Or, Beside the things which I omit Or, Beside the things that come out of course
2 Gr. unto the ages.
3 Some ancient authorities read Now to glory is not ex-
4 Or, stake

pedient, but I will come &c.

A.V.-28 | cometh |. .(the) care of; 29 offended; 30 which.. mine infirmities; 31 [our].. [Christ], which; 32 kept..with a garrison, [desirous].. apprehend.—CH. XII. I | for me doubtless (to); 2 knew..(about).. cannot tell..cannot tell..an; 3 knew.. | out of |.. cannot tell; 5 an..yet of myself..but..mine infirmities; 6 though..would..a fool..will say.. (now)..think..(that he). . of; 7 lest..above measure through.. abundance..the..lest.