,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger with the help of ,derek ,andrew's text from ,january #aiib and the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november #bjjb4 ,book #dg #b ,corinthians #dg3jja3jja ,paul1 an apostle of ,jesus ,christ by the will of ,god1 and ,timothy our brother1 unto the church of ,god which is at ,corinth1 with all the saints which are in all ,achaia3 #dg3jja3jjb ,grace be to you and peace from ,god our ,father1 and from the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #dg3jja3jjc ,blessed be ,god1 even the ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 the ,father of mercies1 and the ,god of all comfort2 #dg3jja3jjd ,who comforteth us in all our tribulation1 that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble1 by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of ,god4 #dg3jja3jje ,for as the sufferings of ,christ abound in us1 so our consolation also aboundeth by ,christ4 #dg3jja3jjf ,and whether we be afflicted1 it is for your consolation and salvation1 which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer3 or whether we be comforted1 it is for your consolation and salvation4 #dg3jja3jjg ,and our hope of you is stedfast1 knowing1 that as ye are partakers of the sufferings1 so shall ye be also of the consolation4 #dg3jja3jjh ,for we would not1 brethren1 have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in ,asia1 that we were pressed out of measure1 above strength1 insomuch that we despaired even of life3 #dg3jja3jji ,but we had the sentence of death in ourselves1 that we should not trust in ourselves1 but in ,god which raiseth the dead3 #dg3jja3jaj ,who delivered us from so great a death1 and doth deliver3 in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us2 #dg3jja3jaa ,ye also helping together by prayer for us1 that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf4 #dg3jja3jab ,for our rejoicing is this1 the testimony of our conscience1 that in simplicity and godly sincerity1 not with fleshly wisdom1 but by the grace of ,god1 we have had our conversation in the world1 and more abundantly to you-ward4 #dg3jja3jac ,for we write none other things unto you1 than what ye read or acknowledge2 and ,i trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end2 #dg3jja3jad ,as also ye have acknowledged us in part1 that we are your rejoicing1 even as ye also are our's in the day of the ,lord ,jesus4 #dg3jja3jae ,and in this confidence ,i was minded to come unto you before1 that ye might have a second benefit2 #dg3jja3jaf ,and to pass by you into ,macedonia1 and to come again out of ,macedonia unto you1 and of you to be brought on my way toward ,judaea4 #dg3jja3jag ,when ,i therefore was thus minded1 did ,i use lightness8 or the things that ,i purpose1 do ,i purpose according to the flesh1 that with me there should be yea yea1 and nay nay8 #dg3jja3jah ,but as ,god is true1 our word toward you was not yea and nay4 #dg3jja3jai ,for the ,son of ,god1 ,jesus ,christ1 who was preached among you by us1 even by me and ,silvanus and ,timotheus1 was not yea and nay1 but in him was yea4 #dg3jja3jbj ,for all the promises of ,god in him are yea1 and in him ,amen1 unto the glory of ,god by us4 #dg3jja3jba ,now he which stablisheth us with you in ,christ1 and hath anointed us1 is ,god2 #dg3jja3jbb ,who hath also sealed us1 and given the earnest of the ,spirit in our hearts4 #dg3jja3jbc ,moreover ,i call ,god for a record upon my soul1 that to spare you ,i came not as yet unto ,corinth4 #dg3jja3jbd ,not for that we have dominion over your faith1 but are helpers of your joy3 for by faith ye stand4 #dg3jjb3jja ,but ,i determined this with myself1 that ,i would not come again to you in heaviness4 #dg3jjb3jjb ,for if ,i make you sorry1 who is he then that maketh me glad1 but the same which is made sorry by me8 #dg3jjb3jjc ,and ,i wrote this same unto you1 lest1 when ,i came1 ,i should have sorrow from them of whom ,i ought to rejoice2 having confidence in you all1 that my joy is the joy of you all4 #dg3jjb3jjd ,for out of much affliction and anguish of heart ,i wrote unto you with many tears2 not that ye should be grieved1 but that ye might know the love which ,i have more abundantly unto you4 #dg3jjb3jje ,but if any have caused grief1 he hath not grieved me1 but in part3 that ,i may not overcharge you all4 #dg3jjb3jjf ,sufficient to such a man is this punishment1 which was inflicted of many4 #dg3jjb3jjg ,so that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him1 and comfort him1 lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow4 #dg3jjb3jjh ,wherefore ,i beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him4 #dg3jjb3jji ,for to this end also did ,i write1 that ,i might know the proof of you1 whether ye be obedient in all things4 #dg3jjb3jaj ,to whom ye forgive any thing1 ,i forgive also3 for if ,i forgave any thing1 to whom ,i forgave it1 for your sakes forgave ,i it in the person of ,christ2 #dg3jjb3jaa ,lest ,satan should get an advantage of us3 for we are not ignorant of his devices4 #dg3jjb3jab ,furthermore1 when ,i came to ,troas to preach ,christ's gospel1 and a door was opened unto me of the ,lord1 #dg3jjb3jac ,i had no rest in my spirit1 because ,i found not ,titus my brother3 but taking my leave of them1 ,i went from thence into ,macedonia4 #dg3jjb3jad ,now thanks be unto ,god1 which always causeth us to triumph in ,christ1 and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place4 #dg3jjb3jae ,for we are unto ,god a sweet savour of ,christ1 in them that are saved1 and in them that perish3 #dg3jjb3jaf ,to the one we are the savour of death unto death2 and to the other the savour of life unto life4 ,and who is sufficient for these things8 #dg3jjb3jag ,for we are not as many1 which corrupt the word of ,god3 but as of sincerity1 but as of ,god1 in the sight of ,god speak we in ,christ4 #dg3jjc3jja ,do we begin again to commend ourselves8 or need we1 as some others1 epistles of commendation to you1 or letters of commendation from you8 #dg3jjc3jjb ,ye are our epistle written in our hearts1 known and read of all men3 #dg3jjc3jjc ,forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of ,christ ministered by us1 written not with ink1 but with the ,spirit of the living ,god2 not in tables of stone1 but in fleshy tables of the heart4 #dg3jjc3jjd ,and such trust have we through ,christ to ,god-ward3 #dg3jjc3jje ,not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves2 but our sufficiency is of ,god2 #dg3jjc3jjf ,who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament2 not of the letter1 but of the spirit3 for the letter killeth1 but the spirit giveth life4 #dg3jjc3jjg ,but if the ministration of death1 written and engraven in stones1 was glorious1 so that the children of ,israel could not stedfastly behold the face of ,moses for the glory of his countenance2 which glory was to be done away3 #dg3jjc3jjh ,how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious8 #dg3jjc3jji ,for if the ministration of condemnation be glory1 much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory4 #dg3jjc3jaj ,for even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect1 by reason of the glory that excelleth4 #dg3jjc3jaa ,for if that which is done away was glorious1 much more that which remaineth is glorious4 #dg3jjc3jab ,seeing then that we have such hope1 we use great plainness of speech3 #dg3jjc3jac ,and not as ,moses1 which put a vail over his face1 that the children of ,israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished3 #dg3jjc3jad ,but their minds were blinded3 for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament2 which vail is done away in ,christ4 #dg3jjc3jae ,but even unto this day1 when ,moses is read1 the vail is upon their heart4 #dg3jjc3jaf ,nevertheless when it shall turn to the ,lord1 the vail shall be taken away4 #dg3jjc3jag ,now the ,lord is that ,spirit3 and where the ,spirit of the ,lord is1 there is liberty4 #dg3jjc3jah ,but we all1 with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the ,lord1 are changed into the same image from glory to glory1 even as by the ,spirit of the ,lord4 #dg3jjd3jja ,therefore seeing we have this ministry1 as we have received mercy1 we faint not2 #dg3jjd3jjb ,but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty1 not walking in craftiness1 nor handling the word of ,god deceitfully2 but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of ,god4 #dg3jjd3jjc ,but if our gospel be hid1 it is hid to them that are lost3 #dg3jjd3jjd ,in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not1 lest the light of the glorious gospel of ,christ1 who is the image of ,god1 should shine unto them4 #dg3jjd3jje ,for we preach not ourselves1 but ,christ ,jesus the ,lord2 and ourselves your servants for ,jesus' sake4 #dg3jjd3jjf ,for ,god1 who commanded the light to shine out of darkness1 hath shined in our hearts1 to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of ,god in the face of ,jesus ,christ4 #dg3jjd3jjg ,but we have this treasure in earthen vessels1 that the excellency of the power may be of ,god1 and not of us4 #dg3jjd3jjh ,we are troubled on every side1 yet not distressed2 we are perplexed1 but not in despair2 #dg3jjd3jji ,persecuted1 but not forsaken2 cast down1 but not destroyed2 #dg3jjd3jaj ,always bearing about in the body the dying of the ,lord ,jesus1 that the life also of ,jesus might be made manifest in our body4 #dg3jjd3jaa ,for we which live are alway delivered unto death for ,jesus' sake1 that the life also of ,jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh4 #dg3jjd3jab ,so then death worketh in us1 but life in you4 #dg3jjd3jac ,we having the same spirit of faith1 according as it is written1 ,i believed1 and therefore have ,i spoken2 we also believe1 and therefore speak2 #dg3jjd3jad ,knowing that he which raised up the ,lord ,jesus shall raise up us also by ,jesus1 and shall present us with you4 #dg3jjd3jae ,for all things are for your sakes1 that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of ,god4 #dg3jjd3jaf ,for which cause we faint not2 but though our outward man perish1 yet the inward man is renewed day by day4 #dg3jjd3jag ,for our light affliction1 which is but for a moment1 worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory2 #dg3jjd3jah ,while we look not at the things which are seen1 but at the things which are not seen3 for the things which are seen are temporal2 but the things which are not seen are eternal4 #dg3jje3jja ,for we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved1 we have a building of ,god1 an house not made with hands1 eternal in the heavens4 #dg3jje3jjb ,for in this we groan1 earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven3 #dg3jje3jjc ,if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked4 #dg3jje3jjd ,for we that are in this tabernacle do groan1 being burdened3 not for that we would be unclothed1 but clothed upon1 that mortality might be swallowed up of life4 #dg3jje3jje ,now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is ,god1 who also hath given unto us the earnest of the ,spirit4 #dg3jje3jjf ,therefore we are always confident1 knowing that1 whilst we are at home in the body1 we are absent from the ,lord3 #dg3jje3jjg 7,for we walk by faith1 not by sight37 #dg3jje3jjh ,we are confident1 ,i say1 and willing rather to be absent from the body1 and to be present with the ,lord4 #dg3jje3jji ,wherefore we labour1 that1 whether present or absent1 we may be accepted of him4 #dg3jje3jaj ,for we must all appear before the judgment seat of ,christ2 that every one may receive the things done in his body1 according to that he hath done1 whether it be good or bad4 #dg3jje3jaa ,knowing therefore the terror of the ,lord1 we persuade men2 but we are made manifest unto ,god2 and ,i trust also are made manifest in your consciences4 #dg3jje3jab ,for we commend not ourselves again unto you1 but give you occasion to glory on our behalf1 that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance1 and not in heart4 #dg3jje3jac ,for whether we be beside ourselves1 it is to ,god3 or whether we be sober1 it is for your cause4 #dg3jje3jad ,for the love of ,christ constraineth us2 because we thus judge1 that if one died for all1 then were all dead3 #dg3jje3jae ,and that he died for all1 that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves1 but unto him which died for them1 and rose again4 #dg3jje3jaf ,wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh3 yea1 though we have known ,christ after the flesh1 yet now henceforth know we him no more4 #dg3jje3jag ,therefore if any man be in ,christ1 he is a new creature3 old things are passed away2 behold1 all things are become new4 #dg3jje3jah ,and all things are of ,god1 who hath reconciled us to himself by ,jesus ,christ1 and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation2 #dg3jje3jai ,to wit1 that ,god was in ,christ1 reconciling the world unto himself1 not imputing their trespasses unto them2 and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation4 #dg3jje3jbj ,now then we are ambassadors for ,christ1 as though ,god did beseech you by us3 we pray you in ,christ's stead1 be ye reconciled to ,god4 #dg3jje3jba ,for he hath made him to be sin for us1 who knew no sin2 that we might be made the righteousness of ,god in him4 #dg3jjf3jja ,we then1 as workers together with him1 beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of ,god in vain4 #dg3jjf3jjb 7,for he saith1 ,i have heard thee in a time accepted1 and in the day of salvation have ,i succoured thee3 behold1 now is the accepted time2 behold1 now is the day of salvation47 #dg3jjf3jjc ,giving no offence in any thing1 that the ministry be not blamed3 #dg3jjf3jjd ,but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of ,god1 in much patience1 in afflictions1 in necessities1 in distresses1 #dg3jjf3jje ,in stripes1 in imprisonments1 in tumults1 in labours1 in watchings1 in fastings2 #dg3jjf3jjf ,by pureness1 by knowledge1 by longsuffering1 by kindness1 by the ,holy ,ghost1 by love unfeigned1 #dg3jjf3jjg ,by the word of truth1 by the power of ,god1 by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left1 #dg3jjf3jjh ,by honour and dishonour1 by evil report and good report3 as deceivers1 and yet true2 #dg3jjf3jji ,as unknown1 and yet well known2 as dying1 and1 behold1 we live2 as chastened1 and not killed2 #dg3jjf3jaj ,as sorrowful1 yet alway rejoicing2 as poor1 yet making many rich2 as having nothing1 and yet possessing all things4 #dg3jjf3jaa ,o ye ,corinthians1 our mouth is open unto you1 our heart is enlarged4 #dg3jjf3jab ,ye are not straitened in us1 but ye are straitened in your own bowels4 #dg3jjf3jac ,now for a recompence in the same1 7,i speak as unto my children17 be ye also enlarged4 #dg3jjf3jad ,be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers3 for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness8 and what communion hath light with darkness8 #dg3jjf3jae ,and what concord hath ,christ with ,belial8 or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel8 #dg3jjf3jaf ,and what agreement hath the temple of ,god with idols8 for ye are the temple of the living ,god2 as ,god hath said1 ,i will dwell in them1 and walk in them2 and ,i will be their ,god1 and they shall be my people4 #dg3jjf3jag ,wherefore come out from among them1 and be ye separate1 saith the ,lord1 and touch not the unclean thing2 and ,i will receive you4 #dg3jjf3jah ,and will be a ,father unto you1 and ye shall be my sons and daughters1 saith the ,lord ,almighty4 #dg3jjg3jja ,having therefore these promises1 dearly beloved1 let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit1 perfecting holiness in the fear of ,god4 #dg3jjg3jjb ,receive us2 we have wronged no man1 we have corrupted no man1 we have defrauded no man4 #dg3jjg3jjc ,i speak not this to condemn you3 for ,i have said before1 that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you4 #dg3jjg3jjd ,great is my boldness of speech toward you1 great is my glorying of you3 ,i am filled with comfort1 ,i am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation4 #dg3jjg3jje ,for1 when we were come into ,macedonia1 our flesh had no rest1 but we were troubled on every side2 without were fightings1 within were fears4 #dg3jjg3jjf ,nevertheless ,god1 that comforteth those that are cast down1 comforted us by the coming of ,titus2 #dg3jjg3jjg ,and not by his coming only1 but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you1 when he told us your earnest desire1 your mourning1 your fervent mind toward me2 so that ,i rejoiced the more4 #dg3jjg3jjh ,for though ,i made you sorry with a letter1 ,i do not repent1 though ,i did repent3 for ,i perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry1 though it were but for a season4 #dg3jjg3jji ,now ,i rejoice1 not that ye were made sorry1 but that ye sorrowed to repentance3 for ye were made sorry after a godly manner1 that ye might receive damage by us in nothing4 #dg3jjg3jaj ,for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of3 but the sorrow of the world worketh death4 #dg3jjg3jaa ,for behold this selfsame thing1 that ye sorrowed after a godly sort1 what carefulness it wrought in you1 yea1 what clearing of yourselves1 yea1 what indignation1 yea1 what fear1 yea1 what vehement desire1 yea1 what zeal1 yea1 what revenge6 ,in all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter4 #dg3jjg3jab ,wherefore1 though ,i wrote unto you1 ,i did it not for his cause that had done the wrong1 nor for his cause that suffered wrong1 but that our care for you in the sight of ,god might appear unto you4 #dg3jjg3jac ,therefore we were comforted in your comfort3 yea1 and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of ,titus1 because his spirit was refreshed by you all4 #dg3jjg3jad ,for if ,i have boasted any thing to him of you1 ,i am not ashamed2 but as we spake all things to you in truth1 even so our boasting1 which ,i made before ,titus1 is found a truth4 #dg3jjg3jae ,and his inward affection is more abundant toward you1 whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all1 how with fear and trembling ye received him4 #dg3jjg3jaf ,i rejoice therefore that ,i have confidence in you in all things4 #dg3jjh3jja ,moreover1 brethren1 we do you to wit of the grace of ,god bestowed on the churches of ,macedonia2 #dg3jjh3jjb ,how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality4 #dg3jjh3jjc ,for to their power1 ,i bear record1 yea1 and beyond their power they were willing of themselves2 #dg3jjh3jjd ,praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift1 and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints4 #dg3jjh3jje ,and this they did1 not as we hoped1 but first gave their own selves to the ,lord1 and unto us by the will of ,god4 #dg3jjh3jjf ,insomuch that we desired ,titus1 that as he had begun1 so he would also finish in you the same grace also4 #dg3jjh3jjg ,therefore1 as ye abound in every thing1 in faith1 and utterance1 and knowledge1 and in all diligence1 and in your love to us1 see that ye abound in this grace also4 #dg3jjh3jjh ,i speak not by commandment1 but by occasion of the forwardness of others1 and to prove the sincerity of your love4 #dg3jjh3jji ,for ye know the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 that1 though he was rich1 yet for your sakes he became poor1 that ye through his poverty might be rich4 #dg3jjh3jaj ,and herein ,i give my advice3 for this is expedient for you1 who have begun before1 not only to do1 but also to be forward a year ago4 #dg3jjh3jaa ,now therefore perform the doing of it2 that as there was a readiness to will1 so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have4 #dg3jjh3jab ,for if there be first a willing mind1 it is accepted according to that a man hath1 and not according to that he hath not4 #dg3jjh3jac ,for ,i mean not that other men be eased1 and ye burdened3 #dg3jjh3jad ,but by an equality1 that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want1 that their abundance also may be a supply for your want3 that there may be equality3 #dg3jjh3jae ,as it is written1 ,he that had gathered much had nothing over2 and he that had gathered little had no lack4 #dg3jjh3jaf ,but thanks be to ,god1 which put the same earnest care into the heart of ,titus for you4 #dg3jjh3jag ,for indeed he accepted the exhortation2 but being more forward1 of his own accord he went unto you4 #dg3jjh3jah ,and we have sent with him the brother1 whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches2 #dg3jjh3jai ,and not that only1 but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace1 which is administered by us to the glory of the same ,lord1 and declaration of your ready mind3 #dg3jjh3jbj ,avoiding this1 that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us3 #dg3jjh3jba ,providing for honest things1 not only in the sight of the ,lord1 but also in the sight of men4 #dg3jjh3jbb ,and we have sent with them our brother1 whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things1 but now much more diligent1 upon the great confidence which ,i have in you4 #dg3jjh3jbc ,whether any do enquire of ,titus1 he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you3 or our brethren be enquired of1 they are the messengers of the churches1 and the glory of ,christ4 #dg3jjh3jbd ,wherefore shew ye to them1 and before the churches1 the proof of your love1 and of our boasting on your behalf4 #dg3jji3jja ,for as touching the ministering to the saints1 it is superfluous for me to write to you3 #dg3jji3jjb ,for ,i know the forwardness of your mind1 for which ,i boast of you to them of ,macedonia1 that ,achaia was ready a year ago2 and your zeal hath provoked very many4 #dg3jji3jjc ,yet have ,i sent the brethren1 lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf2 that1 as ,i said1 ye may be ready3 #dg3jji3jjd ,lest haply if they of ,macedonia come with me1 and find you unprepared1 we 7that we say not1 ye7 should be ashamed in this same confident boasting4 #dg3jji3jje ,therefore ,i thought it necessary to exhort the brethren1 that they would go before unto you1 and make up beforehand your bounty1 whereof ye had notice before1 that the same might be ready1 as a matter of bounty1 and not as of covetousness4 #dg3jji3jjf ,but this ,i say1 ,he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly2 and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully4 #dg3jji3jjg ,every man according as he purposeth in his heart1 so let him give2 not grudgingly1 or of necessity3 for ,god loveth a cheerful giver4 #dg3jji3jjh ,and ,god is able to make all grace abound toward you2 that ye1 always having all sufficiency in all things1 may abound to every good work3 #dg3jji3jji 7,as it is written1 ,he hath dispersed abroad2 he hath given to the poor3 his righteousness remaineth for ever4 #dg3jji3jaj ,now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food1 and multiply your seed sown1 and increase the fruits of your righteousness27 #dg3jji3jaa ,being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness1 which causeth through us thanksgiving to ,god4 #dg3jji3jab ,for the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints1 but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto ,god2 #dg3jji3jac ,whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify ,god for your professed subjection unto the gospel of ,christ1 and for your liberal distribution unto them1 and unto all men2 #dg3jji3jad ,and by their prayer for you1 which long after you for the exceeding grace of ,god in you4 #dg3jji3jae ,thanks be unto ,god for his unspeakable gift4 #dg3jaj3jja ,now ,i ,paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of ,christ1 who in presence am base among you1 but being absent am bold toward you3 #dg3jaj3jjb ,but ,i beseech you1 that ,i may not be bold when ,i am present with that confidence1 wherewith ,i think to be bold against some1 which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh4 #dg3jaj3jjc ,for though we walk in the flesh1 we do not war after the flesh3 #dg3jaj3jjd 7,for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal1 but mighty through ,god to the pulling down of strong holds27 #dg3jaj3jje ,casting down imaginations1 and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of ,god1 and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of ,christ2 #dg3jaj3jjf ,and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience1 when your obedience is fulfilled4 #dg3jaj3jjg ,do ye look on things after the outward appearance8 ,if any man trust to himself that he is ,christ's1 let him of himself think this again1 that1 as he is ,christ's1 even so are we ,christ's4 #dg3jaj3jjh ,for though ,i should boast somewhat more of our authority1 which the ,lord hath given us for edification1 and not for your destruction1 ,i should not be ashamed3 #dg3jaj3jji ,that ,i may not seem as if ,i would terrify you by letters4 #dg3jaj3jaj ,for his letters1 say they1 are weighty and powerful2 but his bodily presence is weak1 and his speech contemptible4 #dg3jaj3jaa ,let such an one think this1 that1 such as we are in word by letters when we are absent1 such will we be also in deed when we are present4 #dg3jaj3jab ,for we dare not make ourselves of the number1 or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves3 but they measuring themselves by themselves1 and comparing themselves among themselves1 are not wise4 #dg3jaj3jac ,but we will not boast of things without our measure1 but according to the measure of the rule which ,god hath distributed to us1 a measure to reach even unto you4 #dg3jaj3jad ,for we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure1 as though we reached not unto you3 for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of ,christ3 #dg3jaj3jae ,not boasting of things without our measure1 that is1 of other men's labours2 but having hope1 when your faith is increased1 that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly1 #dg3jaj3jaf ,to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you1 and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand4 #dg3jaj3jag ,but he that glorieth1 let him glory in the ,lord4 #dg3jaj3jah ,for not he that commendeth himself is approved1 but whom the ,lord commendeth4 #dg3jaa3jja ,would to ,god ye could bear with me a little in my folly3 and indeed bear with me4 #dg3jaa3jjb ,for ,i am jealous over you with godly jealousy3 for ,i have espoused you to one husband1 that ,i may present you as a chaste virgin to ,christ4 #dg3jaa3jjc ,but ,i fear1 lest by any means1 as the serpent beguiled ,eve through his subtilty1 so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in ,christ4 #dg3jaa3jjd ,for if he that cometh preacheth another ,jesus1 whom we have not preached1 or if ye receive another spirit1 which ye have not received1 or another gospel1 which ye have not accepted1 ye might well bear with him4 #dg3jaa3jje ,for ,i suppose ,i was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles4 #dg3jaa3jjf ,but though ,i be rude in speech1 yet not in knowledge2 but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things4 #dg3jaa3jjg ,have ,i committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted1 because ,i have preached to you the gospel of ,god freely8 #dg3jaa3jjh ,i robbed other churches1 taking wages of them1 to do you service4 #dg3jaa3jji ,and when ,i was present with you1 and wanted1 ,i was chargeable to no man3 for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from ,macedonia supplied3 and in all things ,i have kept myself from being burdensome unto you1 and so will ,i keep myself4 #dg3jaa3jaj ,as the truth of ,christ is in me1 no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of ,achaia4 #dg3jaa3jaa ,wherefore8 because ,i love you not8 ,god knoweth4 #dg3jaa3jab ,but what ,i do1 that ,i will do1 that ,i may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion2 that wherein they glory1 they may be found even as we4 #dg3jaa3jac ,for such are false apostles1 deceitful workers1 transforming themselves into the apostles of ,christ4 #dg3jaa3jad ,and no marvel2 for ,satan himself is transformed into an angel of light4 #dg3jaa3jae ,therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness2 whose end shall be according to their works4 #dg3jaa3jaf ,i say again1 ,let no man think me a fool2 if otherwise1 yet as a fool receive me1 that ,i may boast myself a little4 #dg3jaa3jag ,that which ,i speak1 ,i speak it not after the ,lord1 but as it were foolishly1 in this confidence of boasting4 #dg3jaa3jah ,seeing that many glory after the flesh1 ,i will glory also4 #dg3jaa3jai ,for ye suffer fools gladly1 seeing ye yourselves are wise4 #dg3jaa3jbj ,for ye suffer1 if a man bring you into bondage1 if a man devour you1 if a man take of you1 if a man exalt himself1 if a man smite you on the face4 #dg3jaa3jba ,i speak as concerning reproach1 as though we had been weak4 ,howbeit whereinsoever any is bold1 7,i speak foolishly17 ,i am bold also4 #dg3jaa3jbb ,are they ,hebrews8 so am ,i4 ,are they ,israelites8 so am ,i4 ,are they the seed of ,abraham8 so am ,i4 #dg3jaa3jbc ,are they ministers of ,christ8 7,i speak as a fool7 ,i am more2 in labours more abundant1 in stripes above measure1 in prisons more frequent1 in deaths oft4 #dg3jaa3jbd ,of the ,jews five times received ,i forty stripes save one4 #dg3jaa3jbe ,thrice was ,i beaten with rods1 once was ,i stoned1 thrice ,i suffered shipwreck1 a night and a day ,i have been in the deep2 #dg3jaa3jbf ,in journeyings often1 in perils of waters1 in perils of robbers1 in perils by mine own countrymen1 in perils by the heathen1 in perils in the city1 in perils in the wilderness1 in perils in the sea1 in perils among false brethren2 #dg3jaa3jbg ,in weariness and painfulness1 in watchings often1 in hunger and thirst1 in fastings often1 in cold and nakedness4 #dg3jaa3jbh ,beside those things that are without1 that which cometh upon me daily1 the care of all the churches4 #dg3jaa3jbi ,who is weak1 and ,i am not weak8 who is offended1 and ,i burn not8 #dg3jaa3jcj ,if ,i must needs glory1 ,i will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities4 #dg3jaa3jca ,the ,god and ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 which is blessed for evermore1 knoweth that ,i lie not4 #dg3jaa3jcb ,in ,damascus the governor under ,aretas the king kept the city of the ,damascenes with a garrison1 desirous to apprehend me3 #dg3jaa3jcc ,and through a window in a basket was ,i let down by the wall1 and escaped his hands4 #dg3jab3jja ,it is not expedient for me doubtless to glory4 ,i will come to visions and revelations of the ,lord4 #dg3jab3jjb ,i knew a man in ,christ above fourteen years ago1 7whether in the body1 ,i cannot tell2 or whether out of the body1 ,i cannot tell3 ,god knoweth27 such an one caught up to the third heaven4 #dg3jab3jjc ,and ,i knew such a man1 7whether in the body1 or out of the body1 ,i cannot tell3 ,god knoweth27 #dg3jab3jjd ,how that he was caught up into paradise1 and heard unspeakable words1 which it is not lawful for a man to utter4 #dg3jab3jje ,of such an one will ,i glory3 yet of myself ,i will not glory1 but in mine infirmities4 #dg3jab3jjf ,for though ,i would desire to glory1 ,i shall not be a fool2 for ,i will say the truth3 but now ,i forbear1 lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be1 or that he heareth of me4 #dg3jab3jjg ,and lest ,i should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations1 there was given to me a thorn in the flesh1 the messenger of ,satan to buffet me1 lest ,i should be exalted above measure4 #dg3jab3jjh ,for this thing ,i besought the ,lord thrice1 that it might depart from me4 #dg3jab3jji ,and he said unto me1 ,my grace is sufficient for thee3 for my strength is made perfect in weakness4 ,most gladly therefore will ,i rather glory in my infirmities1 that the power of ,christ may rest upon me4 #dg3jab3jaj ,therefore ,i take pleasure in infirmities1 in reproaches1 in necessities1 in persecutions1 in distresses for ,christ's sake3 for when ,i am weak1 then am ,i strong4 #dg3jab3jaa ,i am become a fool in glorying2 ye have compelled me3 for ,i ought to have been commended of you3 for in nothing am ,i behind the very chiefest apostles1 though ,i be nothing4 #dg3jab3jab ,truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience1 in signs1 and wonders1 and mighty deeds4 #dg3jab3jac ,for what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches1 except it be that ,i myself was not burdensome to you8 forgive me this wrong4 #dg3jab3jad ,behold1 the third time ,i am ready to come to you2 and ,i will not be burdensome to you3 for ,i seek not your's but you3 for the children ought not to lay up for the parents1 but the parents for the children4 #dg3jab3jae ,and ,i will very gladly spend and be spent for you2 though the more abundantly ,i love you1 the less ,i be loved4 #dg3jab3jaf ,but be it so1 ,i did not burden you3 nevertheless1 being crafty1 ,i caught you with guile4 #dg3jab3jag ,did ,i make a gain of you by any of them whom ,i sent unto you8 #dg3jab3jah ,i desired ,titus1 and with him ,i sent a brother4 ,did ,titus make a gain of you8 walked we not in the same spirit8 walked we not in the same steps8 #dg3jab3jai ,again1 think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you8 we speak before ,god in ,christ3 but we do all things1 dearly beloved1 for your edifying4 #dg3jab3jbj ,for ,i fear1 lest1 when ,i come1 ,i shall not find you such as ,i would1 and that ,i shall be found unto you such as ye would not3 lest there be debates1 envyings1 wraths1 strifes1 backbitings1 whisperings1 swellings1 tumults3 #dg3jab3jba ,and lest1 when ,i come again1 my ,god will humble me among you1 and that ,i shall bewail many which have sinned already1 and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed4 #dg3jac3jja ,this is the third time ,i am coming to you4 ,in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established4 #dg3jac3jjb ,i told you before1 and foretell you1 as if ,i were present1 the second time2 and being absent now ,i write to them which heretofore have sinned1 and to all other1 that1 if ,i come again1 ,i will not spare3 #dg3jac3jjc ,since ye seek a proof of ,christ speaking in me1 which to you-ward is not weak1 but is mighty in you4 #dg3jac3jjd ,for though he was crucified through weakness1 yet he liveth by the power of ,god4 ,for we also are weak in him1 but we shall live with him by the power of ,god toward you4 #dg3jac3jje ,examine yourselves1 whether ye be in the faith2 prove your own selves4 ,know ye not your own selves1 how that ,jesus ,christ is in you1 except ye be reprobates8 #dg3jac3jjf ,but ,i trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates4 #dg3jac3jjg ,now ,i pray to ,god that ye do no evil2 not that we should appear approved1 but that ye should do that which is honest1 though we be as reprobates4 #dg3jac3jjh ,for we can do nothing against the truth1 but for the truth4 #dg3jac3jji ,for we are glad1 when we are weak1 and ye are strong3 and this also we wish1 even your perfection4 #dg3jac3jaj ,therefore ,i write these things being absent1 lest being present ,i should use sharpness1 according to the power which the ,lord hath given me to edification1 and not to destruction4 #dg3jac3jaa ,finally1 brethren1 farewell4 ,be perfect1 be of good comfort1 be of one mind1 live in peace2 and the ,god of love and peace shall be with you4 #dg3jac3jab ,greet one another with an holy kiss4 #dg3jac3jac ,all the saints salute you4 #dg3jac3jad ,the grace of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and the love of ,god1 and the communion of the ,holy ,ghost1 be with you all4 ,amen4