1Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
2Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
3For 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.
4For 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.
5But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
6But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
7For 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.
8For 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.
9For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
10For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
11But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
12But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
13Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
14Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
15I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
16I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
17And 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.
18And 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.
19As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
20As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
21Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
22Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
23But 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.
24But 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.
25For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
26For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
27And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
28And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
29Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
30Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
31I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
32I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
33That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
34That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
35Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
36Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
37For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
38For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
39For 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.
40For 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.
41I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
42I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
43Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
44Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
45Are 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.
46Are 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.
47Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
48Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
49Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
50Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
51In 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;
52In 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;
53In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
54In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
55Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
56Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
57Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
58Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
59If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
60If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
61The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
62The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
63In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
64In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
65And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
66And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.