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reformatting by ,martin ,ward4          
,book #dg #b ,corinthians  #jja3jja     
,paul1 an apostle of ,christ ,jesus     
through the will of ,god1          and  
,timothy our brother1 to the assembly of
 ,god which is at ,corinth1             
with all the saints who are in the whole
 of ,achaia3  #jja3jjb ,grace to you and
 peace from ,god our ,father and the    
,lord ,jesus ,christ4  #jja3jjc ,blessed
 be the ,god and ,father of our ,lord   
,jesus ,christ1          the ,father of 
mercies and ,god of all comfort2        
#jja3jjd who comforts us in all our     
affliction1 that we may be able         
to comfort those who are in any         
affliction1 through the comfort         
with which we ourselves are comforted by
 ,god4  #jja3jje ,for as the sufferings 
of ,christ abound to us1 even so our    
comfort also abounds through ,christ4   
#jja3jjf ,but if we are afflicted1 it is
 for your comfort and salvation4        
,if we are comforted1 it is for your    

comfort1 which produces          in you 
the patient enduring of the same        
sufferings which          we also       
suffer4  #jja3jjg ,our hope for you is  
steadfast1 knowing that1 since you are  
partakers of the sufferings1 so also are
 you of the comfort4  #jja3jjh ,for we  
don't desire to have you uninformed1    
brothers1,the word          for brothers
 here and where context allows may also 
be          correctly translated        
brothers and sisters or siblings4       
concerning our affliction which happened
 to us in ,asia1          that we were  
weighed down exceedingly1 beyond our    
power1          so much that we         
despaired even of life4  #jja3jji ,yes1 
we ourselves have had the sentence of   
death within ourselves1          that we
 should not trust in ourselves1 but in  
,god who          raises the dead1      
#jja3jaj who delivered us out of so     
great a death1 and does deliver2        
on whom we have set our hope that he    
will also still deliver us2  #jja3jaa   

you also helping together on our behalf 
by your supplication2          that1 for
 the gift bestowed on us by means of    
many1          thanks may be given by   
many persons on your behalf4  #jja3jab  
,for our boasting is this3  the         
testimony of our conscience1            
that in holiness and sincerity of ,god1 
not in fleshly wisdom          but in   
the grace of ,god we behaved ourselves  
in the world1          and more         
abundantly toward you4  #jja3jac ,for we
 write no other things to you1 than what
 you read or          even acknowledge1 
and ,i hope you will acknowledge to the 
end2  #jja3jad as also you acknowledged 
us in part1 that we are your boasting1  
even as you also are ours1 in the day of
 our ,lord ,jesus4  #jja3jae ,in this   
confidence1 ,i was determined to come   
first to you1          that you might   
have a second benefit2  #jja3jaf and by 
you to pass into ,macedonia1 and again  
from ,macedonia to come          to you1
 and to be sent forward by you on my    

journey to ,judea4  #jja3jag ,when ,i   
therefore was thus determined1 did ,i   
show fickleness8          ,or the things
 that ,i purpose1 do ,i purpose         
according to the flesh1          that   
with me there should be the ,yes1 yes   
and the ,no1 no8  #jja3jah ,but as ,god 
is faithful1 our word toward you was not
 ,yes and no4  #jja3jai ,for the ,son of
 ,god1 ,jesus ,christ1 who was preached 
among you          by us1 by me1        
,silvanus1 and ,timothy1 was not ,yes   
and no1          but in him is ,yes4    
#jja3jbj ,for however many are the      
promises of ,god1 in him is the ,yes4   
,therefore also through him is the      
,amen1 to the glory          of ,god    
through us4  #jja3jba ,now he who       
establishes us with you in ,christ1 and 
anointed          us1 is ,god2  #jja3jbb
 who also sealed us1 and gave us the    
down payment of the ,spirit          in 
our hearts4  #jja3jbc ,but ,i call ,god 
for a witness to my soul1 that ,i didn't
 come          to ,corinth to spare you4

  #jja3jbd ,not that we have lordship   
over your faith1 but are fellow         
workers with you for your joy4  ,for you
 stand firm in faith4  #jjb3jja ,but ,i 
determined this for myself1 that ,i     
would not come to you          again in 
sorrow4  #jjb3jjb ,for if ,i make you   
sorry1 then who will make me glad but he
 who          is made sorry by me8      
#jjb3jjc ,and ,i wrote this very thing  
to you1 so that1 when ,i came1          
,i wouldn't have sorrow from them of    
whom ,i ought to rejoice2               
having confidence in you all1 that my   
joy would be shared          by all of  
you4  #jjb3jjd ,for out of much         
affliction and anguish of heart ,i wrote
 to you          with many tears1 not   
that you should be made sorry1 but that 
you          might know the love that ,i
 have so abundantly for you4  #jjb3jje  
,but if any has caused sorrow1 he has   
caused sorrow1 not to me1          but  
in part 7that ,i not press too heavily7 
to you all4  #jjb3jjf ,sufficient to    

such a one is this punishment which was 
inflicted          by the many2         
#jjb3jjg so that on the contrary you    
should rather forgive him and           
comfort him1 lest by any means such a   
one should be swallowed          up with
 his excessive sorrow4  #jjb3jjh        
,therefore ,i beg you to confirm your   
love toward him4  #jjb3jji ,for to this 
end ,i also wrote1 that ,i might know   
the proof of you1          whether you  
are obedient in all things4  #jjb3jaj   
,now ,i also forgive whomever you       
forgive anything4          ,for if      
indeed ,i have forgiven anything1 ,i    
have forgiven          that one for your
 sakes in the presence of ,christ1      
#jjb3jaa that no advantage may be gained
 over us by ,satan2 for we are          
not ignorant of his schemes4  #jjb3jab  
,now when ,i came to ,troas for the     
,good ,news of ,christ1          and    
when a door was opened to me in the     
,lord1  #jjb3jac ,i had no relief for my
 spirit1 because ,i didn't find ,titus1 

my brother1 but taking my leave of them1
 ,i went out into ,macedonia4  #jjb3jad 
,now thanks be to ,god1 who always leads
 us in triumph in ,christ1          and 
reveals through us the sweet aroma of   
his knowledge          in every place4  
#jjb3jae ,for we are a sweet aroma of   
,christ to ,god1 in those who are saved1
          and in those who perish2      
#jjb3jaf to the one a stench from death 
to death2 to the other a sweet          
aroma from life to life4  ,who is       
sufficient for these things8  #jjb3jag  
,for we are not as so many1 peddling the
 word of ,god4          ,but as of      
sincerity1 but as of ,god1 in the sight 
of ,god1          we speak in ,christ4  
#jjc3jja ,are we beginning again to     
commend ourselves8  ,or do we need1     
as do some1 letters of commendation to  
you or from you8  #jjc3jjb ,you are our 
letter1 written in our hearts1 known and
 read          by all men2  #jjc3jjc    
being revealed that you are a letter of 
,christ1 served by us1          written 

not with ink1 but with the ,spirit of   
the living ,god2          not in tablets
 of stone1 but in tablets that are      
hearts of flesh4  #jjc3jjd ,such        
confidence we have through ,christ      
toward ,god2  #jjc3jje not that we are  
sufficient of ourselves1 to account     
anything          as from ourselves2 but
 our sufficiency is from ,god2  #jjc3jjf
 who also made us sufficient as servants
 of a new covenant2          not of the 
letter1 but of the ,spirit4  ,for the   
letter kills1          but the ,spirit  
gives life4  #jjc3jjg ,but if the       
service of death1 written engraved on   
stones1          came with glory1 so    
that the children of ,israel could not  
look          steadfastly on the face of
 ,moses for the glory of his face2      
which was passing away3  #jjc3jjh won't 
service of the ,spirit be with much more
 glory8  #jjc3jji ,for if the service of
 condemnation has glory1 the service    
of righteousness exceeds much more in   
glory4  #jjc3jaj ,for most certainly    

that which has been made glorious has   
not been made glorious in this respect1 
by reason of the          glory that    
surpasses4  #jjc3jaa ,for if that which 
passes away was with glory1 much more   
that          which remains is in glory4
  #jjc3jab ,having therefore such a     
hope1 we use great boldness of speech1  
#jjc3jac and not as ,moses1 who put a   
veil on his face1 that the children     
of ,israel wouldn't look steadfastly on 
the end of that which          was      
passing away4  #jjc3jad ,but their minds
 were hardened1 for until this very day 
at the reading of the old covenant the  
same veil remains1          because in  
,christ it passes away4  #jjc3jae ,but  
to this day1 when ,moses is read1 a veil
 lies on their heart4  #jjc3jaf ,but    
whenever one turns to the ,lord1 the    
veil is taken away4  #jjc3jag ,now the  
,lord is the ,spirit and where the      
,spirit of the ,lord is1          there 
is liberty4  #jjc3jah ,but we all1 with 
unveiled face beholding as in a mirror  

the glory          of the ,lord1 are    
transformed into the same image from    
glory          to glory1 even as from   
the ,lord1 the ,spirit4  #jjd3jja       
,therefore seeing we have this ministry1
 even as we obtained mercy1          we 
don't faint4  #jjd3jjb ,but we have     
renounced the hidden things of shame1   
not walking          in craftiness1 nor 
handling the word of ,god deceitfully2  
but by the manifestation of the truth   
commending ourselves          to every  
man's conscience in the sight of ,god4  
#jjd3jjc ,even if our ,good ,news is    
veiled1 it is veiled in those who       
perish2  #jjd3jjd in whom the god of    
this world has blinded the minds of     
the unbelieving1 that the light of the  
,good ,news of the glory          of    
,christ1 who is the image of ,god1      
should not dawn on them4  #jjd3jje ,for 
we don't preach ourselves1 but ,christ  
,jesus as ,lord1          and ourselves 
as your servants for ,jesus' sake2      
#jjd3jjf seeing it is ,god who said1    

,light will shine out of                
darkness1,genesis #a3c who has shone in 
our hearts1 to give          the light  
of the knowledge of the glory of ,god in
 the face          of ,jesus ,christ4   
#jjd3jjg ,but we have this treasure in  
clay vessels1 that the exceeding        
greatness of the power may be of ,god1  
and not from ourselves4  #jjd3jjh ,we   
are pressed on every side1 yet not      
crushed2 perplexed1 yet          not to 
despair2  #jjd3jji pursued1 yet not     
forsaken2 struck down1 yet not          
destroyed2  #jjd3jaj always carrying in 
the body the putting to death of the    
,lord ,jesus1          that the life of 
,jesus may also be revealed in our body4
  #jjd3jaa ,for we who live are always  
delivered to death for ,jesus'          
sake1 that the life also of ,jesus may  
be revealed in          our mortal      
flesh4  #jjd3jab ,so then death works in
 us1 but life in you4  #jjd3jac ,but    
having the same spirit of faith1        
according to that which          is     

written1 ,i believed1 and therefore ,i  
spoke4,psalm #aaf3aj          ,we also  
believe1 and therefore also we speak2   
#jjd3jad knowing that he who raised the 
,lord ,jesus will raise us          also
 with ,jesus1 and will present us with  
you4  #jjd3jae ,for all things are for  
your sakes1 that the grace1             
being multiplied through the many1 may  
cause the thanksgiving          to      
abound to the glory of ,god4  #jjd3jaf  
,therefore we don't faint1 but though   
our outward man is decaying1            
yet our inward man is renewed day by    
day4  #jjd3jag ,for our light           
affliction1 which is for the moment1    
works for us          more and more     
exceedingly an eternal weight of glory2 
#jjd3jah while we don't look at the     
things which are seen1 but at the things
          which are not seen4  ,for the 
things which are seen are temporal1     
but the things which are not seen are   
eternal4  #jje3jja ,for we know that if 
the earthly house of our tent is        

dissolved1          we have a building  
from ,god1 a house not made with hands1 
eternal1 in the heavens4  #jje3jjb ,for 
most certainly in this we groan1 longing
 to be clothed          with our        
habitation which is from heaven2        
#jje3jjc if so be that being clothed we 
will not be found naked4  #jje3jjd ,for 
indeed we who are in this tent do groan1
 being burdened2          not that we   
desire to be unclothed1 but that we     
desire to          be clothed1 that what
 is mortal may be swallowed up by life4 
#jje3jje ,now he who made us for this   
very thing is ,god1 who also gave       
to us the down payment of the ,spirit4  
#jje3jjf ,therefore1 we are always      
confident and know that while we        
are at home in the body1 we are absent  
from the ,lord2  #jje3jjg for we walk by
 faith1 not by sight4  #jje3jjh ,we are 
of good courage1 ,i say1 and are willing
 rather to be          absent from the  
body1 and to be at home with the ,lord4 
#jje3jji ,therefore also we make it our 

aim1 whether at home or absent1         
to be well pleasing to him4  #jje3jaj   
,for we must all be revealed before the 
judgment seat of ,christ2          that 
each one may receive the things in the  
body1 according to          what he has 
done1 whether good or bad4  #jje3jaa    
,knowing therefore the fear of the      
,lord1 we persuade men1          but we 
are revealed to ,god2 and ,i hope that  
we are revealed          also in your   
consciences4  #jje3jab ,for we are not  
commending ourselves to you again1 but  
speak          as giving you occasion of
 boasting on our behalf1 that you       
may have something to answer those who  
boast in appearance1          and not in
 heart4  #jje3jac ,for if we are beside 
ourselves1 it is for ,god4  ,or if we   
are          of sober mind1 it is for   
you4  #jje3jad ,for the love of ,christ 
constrains us2 because we judge thus1   
that one died for all1 therefore all    
died4  #jje3jae ,he died for all1 that  
those who live should no longer         

live to themselves1 but to him who for  
their sakes died          and rose      
again4  #jje3jaf ,therefore we know no  
one after the flesh from now on4        
,even though we have known ,christ after
 the flesh1 yet now we          know him
 so no more4  #jje3jag ,therefore if    
anyone is in ,christ1 he is a new       
creation4          ,the old things have 
passed away4  ,behold1 all things       
have become new4  #jje3jah ,but all     
things are of ,god1 who reconciled us to
 himself through          ,jesus        
,christ1 and gave to us the ministry of 
reconciliation2  #jje3jai namely1 that  
,god was in ,christ reconciling the     
world to himself1          not reckoning
 to them their trespasses1 and having   
committed          to us the word of    
reconciliation4  #jje3jbj ,we are       
therefore ambassadors on behalf of      
,christ1 as though          ,god were   
entreating by us4  ,we beg you on behalf
 of ,christ1          be reconciled to  
,god4  #jje3jba ,for him who knew no sin

 he made to be sin on our behalf2       
so that in him we might become the      
righteousness of ,god4  #jjf3jja        
,working together1 we entreat also that 
you not receive the grace          of   
,god in vain1  #jjf3jjb for he says1 ,at
 an acceptable time ,i listened to you1 
in a day of salvation ,i helped         
you4,isaiah #di3h ,behold1          now 
is the acceptable time4  ,behold1 now is
 the day of salvation4  #jjf3jjc ,we    
give no occasion of stumbling in        
anything1 that our service          may 
not be blamed1  #jjf3jjd but in         
everything commending ourselves1 as     
servants of ,god1          in great     
endurance1 in afflictions1 in hardships1
 in distresses1  #jjf3jje in beatings1  
in imprisonments1 in riots1 in labors1  
in watchings1 in fastings2  #jjf3jjf in 
pureness1 in knowledge1 in patience1 in 
kindness1          in the ,holy ,spirit1
 in sincere love1  #jjf3jjg in the word 
of truth1 in the power of ,god2 by the  
armor          of righteousness on the  

right hand and on the left1  #jjf3jjh by
 glory and dishonor1 by evil report and 
good report2          as deceivers1 and 
yet true2  #jjf3jji as unknown1 and yet 
well known2 as dying1 and behold1 we    
live2          as punished1 and not     
killed2  #jjf3jaj as sorrowful1 yet     
always rejoicing2 as poor1 yet making   
many rich2          as having nothing1  
and yet possessing all things4  #jjf3jaa
 ,our mouth is open to you1             
,corinthians4  ,our heart is enlarged4  
#jjf3jab ,you are not restricted by us1 
but you are restricted by          your 
own affections4  #jjf3jac ,now in       
return1 ,i speak as to my children1 you 
also be open wide4  #jjf3jad ,don't be  
unequally yoked with unbelievers1 for   
what fellowship          have           
righteousness and iniquity8  ,or what   
communion has          light with       
darkness8  #jjf3jae ,what agreement has 
,christ with ,belial8  ,or what portion 
has          a believer with an         
unbeliever8  #jjf3jaf ,what agreement   

has a temple of ,god with idols8        
,for you are a temple of the living     
,god4  ,even as ,god said1          ,i  
will dwell in them1 and walk in them2   
and ,i will be          their ,god1 and 
they will be my people4,leviticus       
#bf3ab2          ,jeremiah #cb3ch2      
,ezekiel #cg3bg  #jjf3jag ,therefore1   
',come out from among them1 and be      
separate1'          says the ,lord4     
',touch no unclean thing4  ,i will      
receive          you4,isaiah #eb3aa2    
,ezekiel #bj3cd1da  #jjf3jah ,i will be 
to you a ,father4  ,you will be to me   
sons and daughters1'          says the  
,lord ,almighty4#b ,samuel #g3ad2 #g3h  
#jjg3jja ,having therefore these        
promises1 beloved1 let us cleanse       
ourselves          from all defilement  
of flesh and spirit1 perfecting holiness
          in the fear of ,god4  #jjg3jjb
 ,open your hearts to us4  ,we wronged  
no one4  ,we corrupted no one4          
,we took advantage of no one4  #jjg3jjc 
,i say this not to condemn you1 for ,i  

have said before1          that you are 
in our hearts to die together and live  
together4  #jjg3jjd ,great is my        
boldness of speech toward you4  ,great  
is my          boasting on your behalf4 
,i am filled with comfort4          ,i  
overflow with joy in all our affliction4
  #jjg3jje ,for even when we had come   
into ,macedonia1 our flesh had no       
relief1          but we were afflicted  
on every side4  ,fightings were outside4
          ,fear was inside4  #jjg3jjf   
,nevertheless1 he who comforts the      
lowly1 ,god1 comforted us          by   
the coming of ,titus2  #jjg3jjg and not 
by his coming only1 but also by the     
comfort with which          he was      
comforted in you1 while he told us of   
your longing1          your mourning1   
and your zeal for me2 so that ,i        
rejoiced still more4  #jjg3jjh ,for     
though ,i made you sorry with my letter1
 ,i do not regret it1          though ,i
 did regret it4  ,for ,i see that my    
letter made you sorry1          though  

just for a while4  #jjg3jji ,i now      
rejoice1 not that you were made sorry1  
but that you were made          sorry to
 repentance4  ,for you were made sorry  
in a godly way1          that you might 
suffer loss by us in nothing4  #jjg3jaj 
,for godly sorrow works repentance to   
salvation1 which brings          no     
regret4  ,but the sorrow of the world   
works death4  #jjg3jaa ,for behold1 this
 same thing1 that you were made sorry   
in a godly way1 what earnest care it    
worked in you4          ,yes1 what      
defense1 indignation1 fear1 longing1    
zeal1 and vengeance6          ,in       
everything you demonstrated yourselves  
to be pure          in the matter4      
#jjg3jab ,so although ,i wrote to you1  
,i wrote not for his cause that         
did the wrong1 nor for his cause that   
suffered the wrong1          but that   
your earnest care for us might be       
revealed in you          in the sight of
 ,god4  #jjg3jac ,therefore we have been
 comforted4  ,in our comfort we rejoiced

          the more exceedingly for the  
joy of ,titus1 because his spirit       
has been refreshed by you all4  #jjg3jad
 ,for if in anything ,i have boasted to 
him on your behalf1          ,i was not 
disappointed4  ,but as we spoke all     
things to you          in truth1 so our 
glorying also which ,i made before      
,titus          was found to be truth4  
#jjg3jae ,his affection is more         
abundantly toward you1 while he         
remembers          all of your          
obedience1 how with fear and trembling  
you received him4  #jjg3jaf ,i rejoice  
that in everything ,i am of good courage
 concerning you4  #jjh3jja ,moreover1   
brothers1 we make known to you the grace
 of ,god          which has been given  
in the assemblies of ,macedonia2        
#jjh3jjb how that in much proof of      
affliction the abundance of their joy   
and their deep poverty abounded to the  
riches of their liberality4  #jjh3jjc   
,for according to their power1 ,i       
testify1 yes and beyond their power1    

they gave of their own accord1  #jjh3jjd
 begging us with much entreaty to       
receive this grace and          the     
fellowship in the service to the saints4
  #jjh3jje ,this was not as we had      
hoped1 but first they gave their own    
selves to the ,lord1 and to us through  
the will of ,god4  #jjh3jjf ,so we urged
 ,titus1 that as he made a beginning    
before1          so he would also       
complete in you this grace4  #jjh3jjg   
,but as you abound in everything1 in    
faith1 utterance1 knowledge1            
all earnestness1 and in your love to us1
 see that you also          abound in   
this grace4  #jjh3jjh ,i speak not by   
way of commandment1 but as proving      
through          the earnestness of     
others the sincerity also of your love4 
#jjh3jji ,for you know the grace of our 
,lord ,jesus ,christ1 that1             
though he was rich1 yet for your sakes  
he became poor1          that you       
through his poverty might become rich4  
#jjh3jaj ,i give a judgment in this3    

for this is expedient for you1          
who were the first to start a year ago1 
not only to do1          but also to be 
willing4  #jjh3jaa ,but now complete the
 doing also1 that as there was the      
readiness          to be willing1 so    
there may be the completion also out    
of your ability4  #jjh3jab ,for if the  
readiness is there1 it is acceptable    
according          to what you have1 not
 according to what you don't have4      
#jjh3jac ,for this is not that others   
may be eased and you distressed1        
#jjh3jad but for equality4  ,your       
abundance at this present time supplies 
their lack1 that their abundance also   
may become a supply          for your   
lack2 that there may be equality4       
#jjh3jae ,as it is written1 ,he who     
gathered much had nothing left over1    
and he who gathered little had no       
lack4,exodus #af3h  #jjh3jaf ,but thanks
 be to ,god1 who puts the same earnest  
care for you          into the heart of 
,titus4  #jjh3jag ,for he indeed        

accepted our exhortation1 but being     
himself          very earnest1 he went  
out to you of his own accord4  #jjh3jah 
,we have sent together with him the     
brother whose praise          in the    
,good ,news is known through all the    
assemblies4  #jjh3jai ,not only so1 but 
who was also appointed by the assemblies
          to travel with us in this     
grace1 which is served by us          to
 the glory of the ,lord himself1 and to 
show our readiness4  #jjh3jbj ,we are   
avoiding this1 that any man should blame
 us concerning          this abundance  
which is administered by us4  #jjh3jba  
,having regard for honorable things1 not
 only in the sight          of the      
,lord1 but also in the sight of men4    
#jjh3jbb ,we have sent with them our    
brother1 whom we have many times        
proved earnest in many things1 but now  
much more earnest1          by reason of
 the great confidence which he has in   
you4  #jjh3jbc ,as for ,titus1 he is my 
partner and fellow worker for you4      

,as for our brothers1 they are the      
apostles of the assemblies1          the
 glory of ,christ4  #jjh3jbd ,therefore 
show the proof of your love to them in  
front          of the assemblies1 and of
 our boasting on your behalf4  #jji3jja 
,it is indeed unnecessary for me to     
write to you concerning          the    
service to the saints1  #jji3jjb for ,i 
know your readiness1 of which ,i boast  
on your behalf to them          of      
,macedonia1 that ,achaia has been       
prepared for a year past4          ,your
 zeal has stirred up very many of them4 
#jji3jjc ,but ,i have sent the brothers 
that our boasting on your behalf        
may not be in vain in this respect1     
that1 just as ,i said1          you may 
be prepared1  #jji3jjd so that ,i won't 
by any means1 if there come with me any 
of          ,macedonia and find you     
unprepared1 we 7to say nothing of you7  
should be disappointed in this confident
 boasting4  #jji3jje ,i thought it      
necessary therefore to entreat the      

brothers that they          would go    
before to you1 and arrange ahead of time
 the generous          gift that you    
promised before1 that the same might be 
ready          as a matter of           
generosity1 and not of greediness4      
#jji3jjf ,remember this3  he who sows   
sparingly will also reap sparingly4     
,he who sows bountifully will also reap 
bountifully4  #jji3jjg ,let each man    
give according as he has determined in  
his heart2          not grudgingly1 or  
under compulsion2 for ,god loves        
a cheerful giver4  #jji3jjh ,and ,god is
 able to make all grace abound to you1  
that you1          always having all    
sufficiency in everything1 may abound   
to every good work4  #jji3jji ,as it is 
written1 ,he has scattered abroad1 he   
has given to the poor4          ,his    
righteousness remains forever4,psalm    
#aab3i  #jji3jaj ,now may he who        
supplies seed to the sower and bread for
 food1          supply and multiply your
 seed for sowing1 and increase          

the fruits of your righteousness2       
#jji3jaa you being enriched in          
everything to all liberality1 which     
works          through us thanksgiving  
to ,god4  #jji3jab ,for this service of 
giving that you perform not only makes  
up for lack among the saints1 but       
abounds also through many               
givings of thanks to ,god2  #jji3jac    
seeing that through the proof given by  
this service1 they glorify          ,god
 for the obedience of your confession to
 the ,good ,news          of ,christ1   
and for the liberality of your          
contribution to them          and to    
all2  #jji3jad while they themselves    
also1 with supplication on your behalf1 
yearn for you by reason of the exceeding
 grace of ,god in you4  #jji3jae ,now   
thanks be to ,god for his unspeakable   
gift6  #jaj3jja ,now ,i ,paul1 myself1  
entreat you by the humility and         
gentleness          of ,christ2 ,i who  
in your presence am lowly among you1    
but being absent am of good courage     

toward you4  #jaj3jjb ,yes1 ,i beg you  
that ,i may not1 when present1 show     
courage with          the confidence    
with which ,i intend to be bold against 
some1          who consider us to be    
walking according to the flesh4         
#jaj3jjc ,for though we walk in the     
flesh1 we don't wage war according      
to the flesh2  #jaj3jjd for the weapons 
of our warfare are not of the flesh1 but
 mighty          before ,god to the     
throwing down of strongholds1  #jaj3jje 
throwing down imaginations and every    
high thing that is exalted              
against the knowledge of ,god1 and      
bringing every thought          into    
captivity to the obedience of ,christ2  
#jaj3jjf and being in readiness to      
avenge all disobedience1 when your      
obedience will be made full4  #jaj3jjg  
,do you look at things only as they     
appear in front of your face8           
,if anyone trusts in himself that he is 
,christ's1 let him          consider    
this again with himself1 that1 even as  

he is ,christ's1          so also we are
 ,christ's4  #jaj3jjh ,for though ,i    
should boast somewhat abundantly        
concerning          our authority1      
7which the ,lord gave for building you  
up1          and not for casting you    
down7 ,i will not be disappointed1      
#jaj3jji that ,i may not seem as if ,i  
desire to terrify you by my letters4    
#jaj3jaj ,for1 ,his letters1 they say1  
are weighty and strong1          but his
 bodily presence is weak1 and his speech
 is despised4  #jaj3jaa ,let such a     
person consider this1 that what we are  
in word          by letters when we are 
absent1 such are we also in deed        
when we are present4  #jaj3jab ,for we  
are not bold to number or compare       
ourselves with some          of those   
who commend themselves4  ,but they      
themselves1          measuring          
themselves by themselves1 and comparing 
themselves          with themselves1 are
 without understanding4  #jaj3jac ,but  
we will not boast beyond proper limits1 

but within          the boundaries with 
which ,god appointed to us1 which reach 
even to you4  #jaj3jad ,for we don't    
stretch ourselves too much1 as though we
 didn't          reach to you4  ,for we 
came even as far as to you with the     
,good ,news of ,christ1  #jaj3jae not   
boasting beyond proper limits in other  
men's labors1          but having hope  
that as your faith grows1 we will be    
abundantly          enlarged by you in  
our sphere of influence1  #jaj3jaf so as
 to preach the ,good ,news even to the  
parts beyond you1          not to boast 
in what someone else has already done4  
#jaj3jag ,but he who boasts1 let him    
boast in the ,lord4,jeremiah #i3bd      
#jaj3jah ,for it isn't he who commends  
himself who is approved1          but   
whom the ,lord commends4  #jaa3jja ,i   
wish that you would bear with me in a   
little foolishness1          but indeed 
you do bear with me4  #jaa3jjb ,for ,i  
am jealous over you with a godly        
jealousy4          ,for ,i married you  

to one husband1 that ,i might present   
you          as a pure virgin to        
,christ4  #jaa3jjc ,but ,i am afraid    
that somehow1 as the serpent deceived   
,eve          in his craftiness1 so your
 minds might be corrupted from          
the simplicity that is in ,christ4      
#jaa3jjd ,for if he who comes preaches  
another ,jesus1 whom we did not preach1 
or if you receive a different spirit1   
which you did not receive1          or a
 different good news1 which you did not 
accept1          you put up with that   
well enough4  #jaa3jje ,for ,i reckon   
that ,i am not at all behind the very   
best apostles4  #jaa3jjf ,but though ,i 
am unskilled in speech1 yet ,i am not   
unskilled          in knowledge4  ,no1  
in every way we have been revealed to   
you          in all things4  #jaa3jjg   
,or did ,i commit a sin in humbling     
myself that you might be exalted1       
because ,i preached to you ,god's ,good 
,news free of charge8  #jaa3jjh ,i      
robbed other assemblies1 taking wages   

from them that ,i          might serve  
you4  #jaa3jji ,when ,i was present with
 you and was in need1 ,i wasn't a burden
          on anyone1 for the brothers1  
when they came from ,macedonia1         
supplied the measure of my need4  ,in   
everything ,i kept myself          from 
being burdensome to you1 and ,i will    
continue to do so4  #jaa3jaj ,as the    
truth of ,christ is in me1 no one will  
stop me from this          boasting in  
the regions of ,achaia4  #jaa3jaa ,why8 
,because ,i don't love you8  ,god knows4
  #jaa3jab ,but what ,i do1 that ,i will
 do1 that ,i may cut off occasion       
from them that desire an occasion1 that 
in which they boast1          they may  
be found even as we4  #jaa3jac ,for such
 men are false apostles1 deceitful      
workers1          masquerading as       
,christ's apostles4  #jaa3jad ,and no   
wonder1 for even ,satan masquerades as  
an angel of light4  #jaa3jae ,it is no  
great thing therefore if his servants   
also masquerade          as servants of 

righteousness1 whose end will be        
according          to their works4      
#jaa3jaf ,i say again1 let no one think 
me foolish4  ,but if so1          yet   
receive me as foolish1 that ,i also may 
boast a little4  #jaa3jag ,that which ,i
 speak1 ,i don't speak according to the 
,lord1          but as in foolishness1  
in this confidence of boasting4         
#jaa3jah ,seeing that many boast after  
the flesh1 ,i will also boast4  #jaa3jai
 ,for you bear with the foolish gladly1 
being wise4  #jaa3jbj ,for you bear with
 a man1 if he brings you into bondage1  
if he devours you1 if he takes you      
captive1 if he exalts himself1          
if he strikes you on the face4  #jaa3jba
 ,i speak by way of disparagement1 as   
though we had been weak4          ,yet  
however any is bold 7,i speak in        
foolishness71 ,i am bold also4  #jaa3jbb
 ,are they ,hebrews8  ,so am ,i4 ,are   
they ,israelites8  ,so am ,i4 ,are      
they the seed of ,abraham8  ,so am ,i4  
#jaa3jbc ,are they servants of ,christ8 

7,i speak as one beside himself7        
,i am more so2 in labors more           
abundantly1 in prisons more abundantly1 
in stripes above measure1 in deaths     
often4  #jaa3jbd ,five times from the   
,jews ,i received forty stripes minus   
one4  #jaa3jbe ,three times ,i was      
beaten with rods4  ,once ,i was stoned4 
,three times ,i suffered shipwreck4  ,i 
have been a night          and a day in 
the deep4  #jaa3jbf ,i have been in     
travels often1 perils of rivers1 perils 
of robbers1          perils from my     
countrymen1 perils from the ,gentiles1  
perils in the city1 perils in the       
wilderness1 perils in the sea1          
perils among false brothers2  #jaa3jbg  
in labor and travail1 in watchings      
often1 in hunger and thirst1          in
 fastings often1 and in cold and        
nakedness4  #jaa3jbh ,besides those     
things that are outside1 there is that  
which          presses on me daily1     
anxiety for all the assemblies4         
#jaa3jbi ,who is weak1 and ,i am not    

weak8  ,who is caused to stumble1       
and ,i don't burn with indignation8     
#jaa3jcj ,if ,i must boast1 ,i will     
boast of the things that concern my     
weakness4  #jaa3jca ,the ,god and       
,father of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 he 
who is          blessed forevermore1    
knows that ,i don't lie4  #jaa3jcb ,in  
,damascus the governor under ,aretas the
 king guarded the city          of the  
,damascenes desiring to arrest me4      
#jaa3jcc ,through a window ,i was let   
down in a basket by the wall1           
and escaped his hands4  #jab3jja ,it is 
doubtless not profitable for me to      
boast4          ,for ,i will come to    
visions and revelations of the ,lord4   
#jab3jjb ,i know a man in ,christ1      
fourteen years ago 7whether in the body1
          ,i don't know1 or whether out 
of the body1 ,i don't know2             
,god knows71 such a one caught up into  
the third heaven4  #jab3jjc ,i know such
 a man 7whether in the body1 or outside 
of the body1          ,i don't know2    

,god knows71  #jab3jjd how he was caught
 up into ,paradise1 and heard           
unspeakable words1          which it is 
not lawful for a man to utter4  #jab3jje
 ,on behalf of such a one ,i will boast1
 but on my own behalf ,i          will  
not boast1 except in my weaknesses4     
#jab3jjf ,for if ,i would desire to     
boast1 ,i will not be foolish2          
for ,i will speak the truth4  ,but ,i   
refrain1 so that no          man may    
think more of me than that which he sees
 in me1          or hears from me4      
#jab3jjg ,by reason of the exceeding    
greatness of the revelations1           
that ,i should not be exalted           
excessively1 there was given to me      
a thorn in the flesh1 a messenger of    
,satan to torment me1          that ,i  
should not be exalted excessively4      
#jab3jjh ,concerning this thing1 ,i     
begged the ,lord three times that it    
might depart from me4  #jab3jji ,he has 
said to me1 ,my grace is sufficient for 
you1 for my          power is made      

perfect in weakness4  ,most gladly      
therefore ,i          will rather glory 
in my weaknesses1 that the power of     
,christ          may rest on me4        
#jab3jaj ,therefore ,i take pleasure in 
weaknesses1 in injuries1          in    
necessities1 in persecutions1 in        
distresses1 for ,christ's sake4         
,for when ,i am weak1 then am ,i strong4
  #jab3jaa ,i have become foolish in    
boasting4  ,you compelled me1 for ,i    
ought to have been commended by you1 for
 in nothing was ,i          inferior to 
the very best apostles1 though ,i am    
nothing4  #jab3jab ,truly the signs of  
an apostle were worked among you in all 
patience1          in signs and wonders 
and mighty works4  #jab3jac ,for what is
 there in which you were made inferior  
to the rest of          the assemblies1 
unless it is that ,i myself was not a   
burden to you8          ,forgive me this
 wrong4  #jab3jad ,behold1 this is the  
third time ,i am ready to come to you1  
and ,i          will not be a burden to 

you2 for ,i seek not your possessions1  
but you4  ,for the children ought not to
 save up for the parents1          but  
the parents for the children4  #jab3jae 
,i will most gladly spend and be spent  
for your souls4          ,if ,i love you
 more abundantly1 am ,i loved the less8 
#jab3jaf ,but be it so1 ,i did not      
myself burden you4  ,but1 being crafty1 
,i caught you with deception4  #jab3jag 
,did ,i take advantage of you by anyone 
of them whom ,i have          sent to   
you8  #jab3jah ,i exhorted ,titus1 and  
,i sent the brother with him4  ,did     
,titus          take any advantage of   
you8  ,didn't we walk in the same       
spirit8          ,didn't we walk in the 
same steps8  #jab3jai ,again1 do you    
think that we are excusing ourselves to 
you8          ,in the sight of ,god we  
speak in ,christ4  ,but all things1     
beloved1 are for your edifying4         
#jab3jbj ,for ,i am afraid that by any  
means1 when ,i come1 ,i might find      
you not the way ,i want to1 and that ,i 

might be found by you          as you   
don't desire2 that by any means there   
would be strife1          jealousy1     
outbursts of anger1 factions1 slander1  
whisperings1          proud thoughts1   
riots2  #jab3jba that again when ,i come
 my ,god would humble me before you1    
and ,i would mourn for many of those who
 have sinned before now1          and   
not repented of the uncleanness and     
sexual immorality          and          
lustfulness which they committed4       
#jac3jja ,this is the third time ,i am  
coming to you4  ,at the mouth of two    
or three witnesses shall every word     
established4,deuteronomy #ai3ae         
#jac3jjb ,i have said beforehand1 and ,i
 do say beforehand1 as when ,i          
was present the second time1 so now1    
being absent1 ,i write          to those
 who have sinned before now1 and to all 
the rest1          that1 if ,i come     
again1 ,i will not spare2  #jac3jjc     
seeing that you seek a proof of ,christ 
who speaks in me2          who toward   

you is not weak1 but is powerful in you4
  #jac3jjd ,for he was crucified through
 weakness1 yet he lives through         
the power of ,god4  ,for we also are    
weak in him1 but we will          live  
with him through the power of ,god      
toward you4  #jac3jje ,test your own    
selves1 whether you are in the faith4   
,test your own selves4  ,or don't you   
know as to your own selves1             
that ,jesus ,christ is in you8--unless  
indeed you are disqualified4  #jac3jjf  
,but ,i hope that you will know that we 
aren't disqualified4  #jac3jjg ,now ,i  
pray to ,god that you do no evil2 not   
that we may          appear approved1   
but that you may do that which is       
honorable1          though we are as    
reprobate4  #jac3jjh ,for we can do     
nothing against the truth1 but for the  
truth4  #jac3jji ,for we rejoice when we
 are weak and you are strong4           
,and this we also pray for1 even your   
perfecting4  #jac3jaj ,for this cause ,i
 write these things while absent1 that  

,i may not          deal sharply when   
present1 according to the authority     
which          the ,lord gave me for    
building up1 and not for tearing down4  
#jac3jaa ,finally1 brothers1 rejoice4   
,be perfected1 be comforted1          be
 of the same mind1 live in peace1 and   
the ,god of love          and peace will
 be with you4  #jac3jab ,greet one      
another with a holy kiss4  #jac3jac ,all
 the saints greet you4  #jac3jad ,the   
grace of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 the  
love of ,god1          and the communion
 of the ,holy ,spirit1 be with you all4 
,amen4