,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,second ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4 ,,paul ,,to ,,the ,,corinthians ,in this ,epistle ,st4 ,paul comforts those who are now reformed by his admonitions to them in the former and absolves the incestuous man on doing penance1 whom he had before excommunicated for his crime4 ,hence he treats of true penance and of the dignity of the ministers of the ,new ,testament4 ,he cautions the faithful against false teachers and the society of infidels4 ,he gives an account of his sufferings and also of the favours and graces which ,god hath bestowed on him4 ,this second ,epistle was written in the same year with the first and sent by ,titus from some place in ,macedonia4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #a ,he speaks of his troubles in ,asia4 ,his not coming to them was not out of levity4 ,the constancy and sincerity of his doctrine4 #a3a4 ,paul1 an apostle of ,jesus ,christ by the will of ,god1 and ,timothy our brother3 to the church of ,god that is at ,corinth1 with all the saints that are in all ,achaia3 #a3b4 ,grace unto you and peace from ,god our ,father and from the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #a3c4 ,blessed be the ,god and ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 the ,father of mercies and the ,god of all comfort3 #a3d4 ,who comforteth us in all our tribulation1 that we also may be able to comfort them who are in all distress1 by the exhortation wherewith we also are exhorted by ,god4 #a3e4 ,for as the sufferings of ,christ abound in us3 so also by ,christ doth our comfort abound4 #a3f4 ,now whether we be in tribulation1 it is for your exhortation and salvation3 or whether we be comforted1 it is for your consolation3 or whether we be exhorted1 it is for your exhortation and salvation1 which worketh the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer4 #a3g4 ,that our hope for you may be steadfast3 knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings1 so shall you be also of the consolation4 #a3h4 ,for we would not have you ignorant1 brethren1 of our tribulation which came to us in ,asia3 that we were pressed out of measure above our strength1 so that we were weary even of life4 #a3i4 ,but we had in ourselves the answer of death1 that we should not trust in ourselves1 but in ,god who raiseth the dead4 #a3aj4 ,who hath delivered and doth deliver us out of so great dangers3 in whom we trust that he will yet also deliver us1 #a3aa4 ,you helping withal in prayer for us4 ,that for this gift obtained for us1 by the means of many persons1 thanks may be given by many in our behalf4 #a3ab4 ,for our glory is this3 the testimony of our conscience1 that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of ,god1 and not in carnal wisdom1 but in the grace of ,god1 we have conversed in this world3 and more abundantly towards you4 #a3ac4 ,for we write no other things to you than what you have read and known4 ,and ,i hope that you shall know unto the end4 #a3ad4 ,as also you have known us in part1 that we are your glory3 as you also are ours1 in the day of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #a3ae4 ,and in this confidence ,i had a mind to come to you before1 that you might have a second grace3 #a3af4 ,and to pass by you into ,macedonia3 and again from ,macedonia to come to you1 and by you to be brought on my way towards ,judea4 #a3ag4 ,whereas then ,i was thus minded1 did ,i use lightness8 ,or1 the things that ,i purpose1 do ,i purpose according to the flesh1 that there should be with me1 ,it is1 and ,it is not8 #a3ah4 ,but ,god is faithful3 for our preaching which was to you1 was not1 ,it is1 and ,it is not4 #a3ai4 ,for the ,son of ,god1 ,jesus ,christ1 who was preached among you by us1 by me and ,sylvanus and ,timothy1 was not3 ,it is and ,it is not4 ,but1 ,it is1 was in him4 ,it is1 was in him444 ,there was no inconstancy in the doctrine of the apostles1 sometimes1 like modern sectaries1 saying1 ,it is1 and at other times saying1 ,it is not4 ,but their doctrine was ever the same1 one uniform yea1 in ,jesus ,christ1 one ,amen1 that is1 one truth in him4 #a3bj4 ,for all the promises of ,god are in him1 ,it is4 ,therefore also by him1 amen to ,god1 unto our glory4 #a3ba4 ,now he that confirmeth us with you in ,christ and that hath anointed us1 is ,god3 #a3bb4 ,who also hath sealed us and given the pledge of the ,spirit in our hearts4 #a3bc4 ,but ,i call ,god to witness upon my soul that to spare you1 ,i came not any more to ,corinth3 not because we exercise dominion over your faith3 but we are helpers of your joy4 ,for in faith you stand4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #b ,he grants a pardon to the incestuous man upon his doing penance4 #b3a4 ,but ,i determined this with myself1 to come to you again in sorrow4 #b3b4 ,for if ,i make you sorrowful1 who is he then that can make me glad1 but the same who is made sorrowful by me8 #b3c4 ,and ,i wrote this same to you3 that ,i may not1 when ,i come1 have sorrow upon sorrow from them of whom ,i ought to rejoice3 having confidence in you all1 that my joy is the joy of you all4 #b3d4 ,for out of much affliction and anguish of heart1 ,i wrote to you with many tears3 not that you should be made sorrowful3 but that you might know the charity ,i have more abundantly towards you4 #b3e4 ,and if any one have caused grief1 he hath not grieved me3 but in part1 that ,i may not burden you all4 #b3f4 ,to him who is such a one1 this rebuke is sufficient1 which is given by many4 #b3g4 ,so that on the contrary1 you should rather forgive him and comfort him1 lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow4 #b3h4 ,wherefore1 ,i beseech you that you would confirm your charity towards him4 #b3i4 ,for to this end also did ,i write1 that ,i may know the experiment of you1 whether you be obedient in all things4 #b3aj4 ,and to whom you have pardoned any thing1 ,i also4 ,for1 what ,i have pardoned1 if ,i have pardoned any thing1 for your sakes have ,i done it in the person of ,christ3 ,i also444 ,the apostle here granted an indulgence1 or pardon1 in the person and by the authority of ,christ1 to the incestuous ,corinthian1 whom before he had put under penance1 which pardon consisted in a releasing of part of the temporal punishment due to his sin4 #b3aa4 ,that we be not overreached by ,satan4 ,for we are not ignorant of his devices4 #b3ab4 ,and when ,i was come to ,troas for the gospel of ,christ and a door was opened unto me in the ,lord1 #b3ac4 ,i had no rest in my spirit1 because ,i found not ,titus my brother3 but bidding them farewell1 ,i went into ,macedonia4 #b3ad4 ,now thanks be to ,god1 who always maketh us to triumph in ,christ ,jesus and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us in every place4 #b3ae4 ,for we are the good odour of ,christ unto ,god1 in them that are saved and in them that perish4 #b3af4 ,to the one indeed the odour of death unto death3 but to the others the odour of life unto life4 ,and for these things who is so sufficient8 ,the odour of death1 etc444 ,the preaching of the apostle1 which by its fragrant odour1 brought many to life1 was to others1 through their own fault1 the occasion of death2 by their wilfully opposing and resisting that divine call4 #b3ag4 ,for we are not as many1 adulterating the word of ,god3 but with sincerity3 but as from ,god1 before ,god1 in ,christ we speak4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #c ,he needs no commendatory letters4 ,the glory of the ministry of the ,new ,testament4 #c3a4 ,do we begin again to commend ourselves8 ,or do we need 7as some do7 epistles of commendation to you1 or from you8 #c3b4 ,you are our epistle1 written in our hearts1 which is known and read by all men3 #c3c4 ,being manifested1 that you are the epistle of ,christ1 ministered by us1 and written3 not with ink but with the ,spirit of the living ,god3 not in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart4 #c3d4 ,and such confidence we have1 through ,christ1 towards ,god4 #c3e4 ,not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves1 as of ourselves3 but our sufficiency is from ,god4 #c3f4 ,who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament1 not in the letter but in the spirit4 ,for the letter killeth3 but the spirit quickeneth4 ,the letter444 ,not rightly understood1 and taken without the spirit4 #c3g4 ,now if the ministration of death1 engraven with letters upon stones1 was glorious 7so that the children of ,israel could not steadfastly behold the face of ,moses1 for the glory of his countenance71 which is made void3 #c3h4 ,how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory8 #c3i4 ,for if the ministration of condemnation be glory1 much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory4 #c3aj4 ,for even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified by reason of the glory that excelleth4 #c3aa4 ,for if that which is done away was glorious1 much more that which remaineth is in glory4 #c3ab4 ,having therefore such hope1 we use much confidence4 #c3ac4 ,and not as ,moses put a veil upon his face1 that the children of ,israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void4 #c3ad4 ,but their senses were made dull4 ,for1 until this present day1 the selfsame veil1 in the reading of the old testament1 remaineth not taken away 7because in ,christ it is made void74 #c3ae4 ,but even until this day1 when ,moses is read1 the veil is upon their heart4 #c3af4 ,but when they shall be converted to the ,lord1 the veil shall be taken away4 #c3ag4 ,now the ,lord is a ,spirit4 ,and where the ,spirit of the ,lord is1 there is liberty4 #c3ah4 ,but we all1 beholding the glory of the ,lord with open face1 are transformed into the same image from glory to glory1 as by the ,spirit of the ,lord4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #d ,the sincerity of his preaching4 ,his comfort in his afflictions4 #d3a4 ,therefore seeing we have this ministration1 according as we have obtained mercy1 we faint not4 #d3b4 ,but we renounce the hidden things of dishonesty1 not walking in craftiness nor adulterating the word of ,god3 but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience1 in the sight of ,god4 #d3c4 ,and if our gospel be also hid1 it is hid to them that are lost1 #d3d4 ,in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers1 that the light of the gospel of the glory of ,christ1 who is the image of ,god1 should not shine unto them4 #d3e4 ,for we preach not ourselves1 but ,jesus ,christ our ,lord3 and ourselves your servants through ,jesus4 #d3f4 ,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 ,god1 in the face of ,christ ,jesus4 #d3g4 ,but we have this treasure in earthen vessels1 that the excellency may be of the power of ,god and not of us4 #d3h4 ,in all things we suffer tribulation3 but are not distressed4 ,we are straitened3 but are not destitute4 #d3i4 ,we suffer persecution3 but are not forsaken4 ,we are cast down3 but we perish not4 #d3aj4 ,always bearing about in our body the mortification of ,jesus1 that the life also of ,jesus may be made manifest in our bodies4 #d3aa4 ,for we who live are always delivered unto death for ,jesus' sake3 that the life also of ,jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh4 #d3ab4 ,so then death worketh in us3 but life in you4 #d3ac4 ,but having the same spirit of faith1 as it is written3 ,i believed1 for which cause ,i have spoken2 we also believe4 ,for which cause we speak also3 #d3ad4 ,knowing that he who raised up ,jesus will raise us up also with ,jesus and place us with you4 #d3ae4 ,for all things are for your sakes3 that the grace1 abounding through many1 may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory of ,god4 #d3af4 ,for which cause we faint not3 but though our outward man is corrupted1 yet the inward man is renewed day by day4 #d3ag4 ,for that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation worketh for us above measure1 exceedingly an eternal weight of glory4 #d3ah4 ,while we look not at the things which are seen1 but at the things which are not seen4 ,for the things which are seen are temporal3 but the things which are not seen1 are eternal4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #e ,he is willing to leave his earthly mansion to be with the ,lord4 ,his charity to the ,corinthians4 #e3a4 ,for we know1 if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved1 that we have a building of ,god1 a house not made with hands1 eternal in heaven4 #e3b4 ,for in this also we groan1 desiring to be clothed upon with our habitation that is from heaven4 #e3c4 ,yet so that we be found clothed1 not naked4 #e3d4 ,for we also1 who are in this tabernacle1 do groan1 being burthened2 because we would not be unclothed1 but clothed upon1 that that which is mortal may be swallowed up by life4 #e3e4 ,now he that maketh us for this very thing is ,god1 who hath given us the pledge of the ,spirit1 #e3f4 ,therefore having always confidence1 knowing that while we are in the body we are absent from the ,lord4 #e3g4 7,for we walk by faith and not by sight47 #e3h4 ,but we are confident and have a good will to be absent rather from the body and to be present with the ,lord4 #e3i4 ,and therefore we labour1 whether absent or present1 to please him4 #e3aj4 ,for we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of ,christ1 that every one may receive the proper things of the body1 according as he hath done1 whether it be good or evil4 ,the proper things of the body444 ,in the particular judgment1 immediately after death1 the soul is rewarded or punished according to what it has done in the body4 #e3aa4 ,knowing therefore the fear of the ,lord1 we use persuasion to men3 but to ,god we are manifest4 ,and ,i trust also that in your consciences we are manifest4 #e3ab4 ,we commend not ourselves again to you1 but give you occasion to glory in our behalf3 that you may have somewhat to answer them who glory in face1 and not in heart4 #e3ac4 ,for whether we be transported in mind1 it is to ,god3 or whether we be sober1 it is for you4 #e3ad4 ,for the charity of ,christ presseth us3 judging this1 that if one died for all1 then all were dead4 #e3ae4 ,and ,christ died for all3 that they also who live may not now live to themselves1 but unto him who died for them and rose again4 #e3af4 ,wherefore henceforth1 we know no man according to the flesh4 ,and if we have known ,christ according to the flesh3 but now we know him so no longer4 ,we know no man according to the flesh444 ,that is1 we consider not any man with regard to his nation1 family1 kindred1 or other natural qualities or advantages2 but only with relation to ,christ1 and according to the order of divine charity1 in ,god1 and for ,god4 ,the apostle adds1 that even with respect to ,christ himself1 he now no longer considers him according to the flesh1 by taking a satisfaction in his being his countryman2 his affection being now purified from all such earthly considerations4 #e3ag4 ,if then any be in ,christ a new creature1 the old things are passed away4 ,behold all things are made new4 #e3ah4 ,but all things are of ,god1 who hath reconciled us to himself by ,christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation4 #e3ai4 ,for ,god indeed was in ,christ1 reconciling the world to himself1 not imputing to them their sins4 ,and he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation4 #e3bj4 ,for ,christ therefore we are ambassadors1 ,god as it were exhorting by us1 for ,christ1 we beseech you1 be reconciled to ,god4 #e3ba4 ,him1 who knew no sin1 he hath made sin for us3 that we might be made the justice of ,god in him4 ,sin for us444 ,that is1 to be a sin offering1 a victim for sin4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #f ,he exhorts them to a correspondence with ,god's grace and not to associate with unbelievers4 #f3a4 ,and we helping do exhort you that you receive not the grace of ,god in vain4 #f3b4 ,for he saith3 ,in an accepted time have ,i heard thee and in the day of salvation have ,i helped thee4 ,behold1 now is the acceptable time3 behold1 now is the day of salvation4 #f3c4 ,giving no offence to any man1 that our ministry be not blamed4 #f3d4 ,but in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of ,god1 in much patience1 in tribulation1 in necessities1 in distresses1 #f3e4 ,in stripes1 in prisons1 in seditions1 in labours1 in watchings1 in fastings1 #f3f4 ,in chastity1 in knowledge1 in longsuffering1 in sweetness1 in the ,holy ,ghost1 in charity unfeigned1 #f3g4 ,in the word of truth1 in the power of ,god3 by the armour of justice on the right hand and on the left3 #f3h4 ,by honour and dishonour3 by evil report and good report3 as deceivers and yet true3 as unknown and yet known3 #f3i4 ,as dying and behold we live3 as chastised and not killed3 #f3aj4 ,as sorrowful1 yet always rejoicing3 as needy1 yet enriching many3 as having nothing and possessing all things4 #f3aa4 ,our mouth is open to you1 ,o ye ,corinthians3 our heart is enlarged4 #f3ab4 ,you are not straitened in us3 but in your own bowels you are straitened4 #f3ac4 ,but having the same recompense 7,i speak as to my children73 be you also enlarged4 #f3ad4 ,bear not the yoke with unbelievers4 ,for what participation hath justice with injustice8 ,or what fellowship hath light with darkness8 #f3ae4 ,and what concord hath ,christ with ,belial8 ,or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever8 #f3af4 ,and what agreement hath the temple of ,god with idols8 ,for you are the temple of the living ,god3 as ,god saith3 ,i will dwell in them and walk among them4 ,and ,i will be their ,god3 and they shall be my people4 #f3ag4 ,wherefore3 ,go out from among them and be ye separate1 saith the ,lord1 and touch not the unclean thing3 #f3ah4 ,and ,i will receive you4 ,and will be a ,father to you3 and you shall be my sons and daughters1 saith the ,lord ,almighty4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #g ,the apostle's affection for the ,corinthians4 ,his comfort and joy on their account4 #g3a4 ,having therefore these promises1 dearly beloved1 let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit1 perfecting sanctification in the fear of ,god4 #g3b4 ,receive us4 ,we have injured no man3 we have corrupted no man3 we have overreached no man4 #g3c4 ,i speak not this to your condemnation4 ,for we have said before that you are in our hearts3 to die together and to live together4 #g3d4 ,great is my confidence for you3 great is my glorying for you4 ,i am filled with comfort3 ,i exceedingly abound with joy in all our tribulation4 #g3e4 ,for also1 when we were come into ,macedonia1 our flesh had no rest3 but we suffered all tribulation4 ,combats without3 fears within4 #g3f4 ,but ,god1 who comforteth the humble1 comforted us by the coming of ,titus4 #g3g4 ,and not by his coming only1 but also by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you1 relating to us your desire1 your mourning1 your zeal for me3 so that ,i rejoiced the more4 #g3h4 ,for although ,i made you sorrowful by my epistle1 ,i do not repent4 ,and if ,i did repent1 seeing that the same epistle 7although but for a time7 did make you sorrowful1 #g3i4 ,now ,i am glad3 not because you were made sorrowful1 but because you were made sorrowful unto penance4 ,for you were made sorrowful according to ,god1 that you might suffer damage by us in nothing4 #g3aj4 ,for the sorrow that is according to ,god worketh penance1 steadfast unto salvation3 but the sorrow of the world worketh death4 #g3aa4 ,for behold this selfsame thing1 that you were made sorrowful according to ,god1 how great carefulness it worketh in you3 yea defence1 yea indignation1 yea fear1 yea desire1 yea zeal1 yea revenge4 ,in all things you have shewed yourselves to be undefiled in the matter4 #g3ab4 ,wherefore although ,i wrote to you1 it was not for his sake that did the wrong1 nor for him that suffered it3 but to manifest our carefulness that we have for you4 #g3ac4 ,before ,god3 therefore we were comforted4 ,but in our consolation we did the more abundantly rejoice for the joy of ,titus1 because his spirit was refreshed by you all4 #g3ad4 ,and if ,i have boasted any thing to him of you1 ,i have not been put to shame3 but as we have spoken all things to you in truth1 so also our boasting that was made to ,titus is found a truth4 #g3ae4 ,and his bowels are more abundantly towards you3 remembering the obedience of you all1 how with fear and trembling you received him4 #g3af4 ,i rejoice that in all things ,i have confidence in you4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #h ,he exhorts them to contribute bountifully to relieve the poor of ,jerusalem4 #h3a4 ,now we make known unto you1 brethren1 the grace of ,god that hath been given in the churches of ,macedonia4 #h3b4 ,that in much experience of tribulation1 they have had abundance of joy and their very deep poverty hath abounded unto the riches of their simplicity4 ,simplicity444 ,that is1 sincere bounty and charity4 #h3c4 ,for according to their power 7,i bear them witness7 and beyond their power1 they were willing3 #h3d4 ,with much entreaty begging of us the grace and communication of the ministry that is done toward the saints4 #h3e4 ,and not as we hoped3 but they gave their own selves1 first to the ,lord1 then to us by the will of ,god2 #h3f4 ,insomuch1 that we desired ,titus1 that1 as he had begun1 so also he would finish among you this same grace4 #h3g4 ,that as in all things you abound in faith and word and knowledge and all carefulness1 moreover also in your charity towards us3 so in this grace also you may abound4 #h3h4 ,i speak not as commanding3 but by the carefulness of others1 approving also the good disposition of your charity4 #h3i4 ,for you know the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 that being rich he became poor for your sakes3 that through his poverty you might be rich4 #h3aj4 ,and herein ,i give my advice3 for this is profitable for you who have begun not only to do but also to be willing1 a year ago4 #h3aa4 ,now therefore perform ye it also in deed3 that as your mind is forward to be willing1 so it may be also to perform1 out of that which you have4 #h3ab4 ,for if the will be forward1 it is accepted according to that which a man hath3 not according to that which he hath not4 #h3ac4 ,for ,i mean not that others should be eased and you burdened1 but by an equality4 #h3ad4 ,in this present time let your abundance supply their want1 that their abundance also may supply your want3 that there may be an equality1 #h3ae4 ,as it is written3 ,he that had much had nothing over2 and he that had little had no want4 #h3af4 ,and thanks be to ,god1 who hath given the same carefulness for you in the heart of ,titus4 #h3ag4 ,for indeed he accepted the exhortation3 but1 being more careful1 of his own will he went unto you4 #h3ah4 ,we have sent also with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel through all the churches4 #h3ai4 ,and not that only3 but he was also ordained by the churches companion of our travels1 for this grace1 which is administered by us1 to the glory of the ,lord and our determined will3 #h3bj4 ,avoiding this1 lest any man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us4 #h3ba4 ,for we forecast what may be good1 not only before ,god but also before men4 #h3bb4 ,and we have sent with them our brother also1 whom we have often proved diligent in many things1 but now much more diligent3 with much confidence in you1 #h3bc4 ,either for ,titus1 who is my companion and fellow labourer towards you1 or our brethren1 the apostles of the churches1 the glory of ,christ4 #h3bd4 ,wherefore shew ye to them1 in the sight of the churches1 the evidence of your charity and of our boasting on your behalf4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #i ,a further exhortation to almsgiving4 ,the fruits of it4 #i3a4 ,for concerning the ministry that is done towards the saints1 it is superfluous for me to write unto you4 #i3b4 ,for ,i know your forward mind3 for which ,i boast of you to the ,macedonians1 that ,achaia also is ready from the year past4 ,and your emulation hath provoked very many4 #i3c4 ,now ,i have sent the brethren1 that the thing which we boast of concerning you be not made void in this behalf1 that 7as ,i have said7 you may be ready3 #i3d4 ,lest1 when the ,macedonians shall come with me and find you unprepared1 we 7not to say ye7 should be ashamed in this matter4 #i3e4 ,therefore ,i thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before and prepare this blessing before promised1 to be ready1 so as a blessing1 not as covetousness4 #i3f4 ,now this ,i say3 ,he who soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly3 and he who soweth in blessings shall also reap blessings4 #i3g4 ,every one as he hath determined in his heart1 not with sadness or of necessity3 for ,god loveth a cheerful giver4 #i3h4 ,and ,god is able to make all grace abound in you3 that ye always1 having all sufficiently in all things1 may abound to every good work1 #i3i4 ,as it is written3 ,he hath dispersed abroad1 he hath given to the poor3 his justice remaineth for ever4 #i3aj4 ,and he that ministereth seed to the sower will both give you bread to eat and will multiply your seed and increase the growth of the fruits of your justice3 #i3aa4 ,that being enriched in all things1 you may abound unto all simplicity which worketh through us thanksgiving to ,god4 #i3ab4 ,because the administration of this office doth not only supply the want of the saints1 but aboundeth also by many thanksgivings in the ,lord4 #i3ac4 ,by the proof of this ministry1 glorifying ,god for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of ,christ and for the simplicity of your communicating unto them and unto all4 #i3ad4 ,and in their praying for you1 being desirous of you1 because of the excellent grace of ,god in you4 #i3ae4 ,thanks be to ,god for his unspeakable gift4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #aj ,to stop the calumny and boasting of false apostles1 he set forth the power of his apostleship4 #aj3a4 ,now ,i ,paul1 myself beseech you1 by the mildness and modesty of ,christ3 who in presence indeed am lowly among you1 but being absent am bold toward you4 #aj3b4 ,but ,i beseech you1 that ,i may not be bold when ,i am present with that confidence wherewith ,i am thought to be bold1 against some who reckon us as if we walked according to the flesh4 #aj3c4 ,for though we walk in the flesh1 we do not war according to the flesh4 #aj3d4 ,for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty to ,god1 unto the pulling down of fortifications1 destroying counsels1 #aj3e4 ,and every height that exalteth itself against the knowledge of ,god3 and bringing into captivity every understanding unto the obedience of ,christ3 #aj3f4 ,and having in readiness to revenge all disobedience1 when your obedience shall be fulfilled4 #aj3g4 ,see the things that are according to outward appearance4 ,if any man trust to himself1 that he is ,christ's let him think this again with himself1 that as he is ,christ's1 so are we also4 #aj3h4 ,for if also ,i should boast somewhat more of our power1 which the ,lord hath given us unto edification and not for your destruction1 ,i should not be ashamed4 #aj3i4 ,but that ,i may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles1 #aj3aj4 7,for his epistles indeed1 say they1 are weighty and strong2 but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible73 #aj3aa4 ,let such a one think this1 that such as we are in word by epistles when absent1 such also we will be indeed when present4 #aj3ab4 ,for we dare not match or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves3 but we measure ourselves by ourselves and compare ourselves with ourselves4 #aj3ac4 ,but we will not glory beyond our measure3 but according to the measure of the rule which ,god hath measured to us1 a measure to reach even unto you4 #aj3ad4 ,for we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure1 as if we reached not unto you4 ,for we are come as far as to you in the ,gospel of ,christ4 #aj3ae4 ,not glorying beyond measure in other men's labours3 but having hope of your increasing faith1 to be magnified in you according to our rule abundantly4 #aj3af4 ,yea1 unto those places that are beyond you to preach the gospel3 not to glory in another man's rule1 in those things that are made ready to our hand4 #aj3ag4 ,but he that glorieth1 let him glory in the ,lord4 #aj3ah4 ,for not he who commendeth himself is approved3 but he1 whom ,god commendeth4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #aa ,he is forced to commend himself and his labours1 lest the ,corinthians should be imposed upon by the false apostles4 #aa3a4 ,would to ,god you could bear with some little of my folly6 ,but do bear with me4 ,my folly444 ,so he calls his reciting his own praises1 which1 commonly speaking is looked upon as a piece of folly and vanity2 though the apostle was constrained to do it1 for the good of the souls committed to his charge4 #aa3b4 ,for ,i am jealous of you with the jealousy of ,god4 ,for ,i have espoused you to one husband1 that ,i may present you as a chaste virgin to ,christ4 #aa3c4 ,but ,i fear lest1 as the serpent seduced ,eve by his subtilty1 so your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in ,christ4 #aa3d4 ,for if he that cometh preacheth another ,christ1 whom we have not preached2 or if you receive another ,spirit1 whom you have not received2 or another gospel1 which you have not received3 you might well bear with him4 #aa3e4 ,for ,i suppose that ,i have done nothing less than the great apostles4 #aa3f4 ,for although ,i be rude in speech1 yet not in knowledge3 but in all things we have been made manifest to you4 #aa3g4 ,or did ,i commit a fault1 humbling myself that you might be exalted1 because ,i preached unto you the ,gospel of ,god freely8 #aa3h4 ,i have taken from other churches1 receiving wages of them for your ministry4 #aa3i4 ,and1 when ,i was present with you and wanted1 ,i was chargeable to no man3 for that which was wanting to me1 the brethren supplied who came from ,macedonia4 ,and in all things ,i have kept myself from being burthensome to you3 and so ,i will keep myself4 #aa3aj4 ,the truth of ,christ is in me1 that this glorying shall not be broken off in me in the regions of ,achaia4 #aa3aa4 ,wherefore8 ,because ,i love you not8 ,god knoweth it4 #aa3ab4 ,but what ,i do1 that ,i will do3 that ,i may cut off the occasion from them that desire occasion3 that wherein they glory1 they may be found even as we4 #aa3ac4 ,for such false apostles are deceitful workmen1 transforming themselves into the apostles of ,christ4 #aa3ad4 ,and no wonder3 for ,satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light4 #aa3ae4 ,therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice1 whose end shall be according to their works4 #aa3af4 ,i say again 7,let no man think me to be foolish3 otherwise take me as one foolish1 that ,i also may glory a little73 #aa3ag4 ,that which ,i speak1 ,i speak not according to ,god3 but as it were in foolishness1 in this matter of glorying4 #aa3ah4 ,seeing that many glory according to the flesh1 ,i will glory also4 #aa3ai4 ,for you gladly suffer the foolish3 whereas yourselves are wise4 #aa3bj4 ,for you suffer if a man bring you into bondage1 if a man devour you1 if a man take from you1 if a man be lifted up1 if a man strike you on the face4 #aa3ba4 ,i seek according to dishonour1 as if we had been weak in this part4 ,wherein if any man dare 7,i speak foolishly71 ,i dare also4 #aa3bb4 ,they are ,hebrews3 so am ,i4 ,they are ,israelites3 so am ,i4 ,they are the seed of ,abraham3 so am ,i4 #aa3bc4 ,they are the ministers of ,christ 7,i speak as one less wise73 ,i am more2 in many more labours1 in prisons more frequently1 in stripes above measure1 in deaths often4 #aa3bd4 ,of the ,jews five times did ,i receive forty stripes save one4 #aa3be4 ,thrice was ,i beaten with rods3 once ,i was stoned3 thrice ,i suffered shipwreck3 a night and a day ,i was in the depth of the sea4 #aa3bf4 ,in journeying often1 in perils of waters1 in perils of robbers1 in perils from my own nation1 in perils from the ,gentiles1 in perils in the city1 in perils in the wilderness1 in perils in the sea1 in perils from false brethren3 #aa3bg4 ,in labour and painfulness1 in much watchings1 in hunger and thirst1 in fastings often1 in cold and nakedness3 #aa3bh4 ,besides those things which are without3 my daily instance1 the solicitude for all the churches4 ,my daily instance444 ,the labours that come in1 and press upon me every day4 #aa3bi4 ,who is weak1 and ,i am not weak8 ,who is scandalized1 and ,i am not on fire8 #aa3cj4 ,if ,i must needs glory1 ,i will glory of the things that concern my infirmity4 #aa3ca4 ,the ,god and ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 who is blessed for ever1 knoweth that ,i lie not4 #aa3cb4 ,at ,damascus1 the governor of the nation under ,aretas the king1 guarded the city of the ,damascenes1 to apprehend me4 #aa3cc4 ,and through a window in a basket was ,i let down by the wall3 and so escaped his hands4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #ab ,his raptures and revelations1 ,his being buffeted by ,satan4 ,his fear for the ,corinthians4 #ab3a4 ,if ,i must glory 7it is not expedient indeed7 but ,i will come to visions and revelations of the ,lord4 #ab3b4 ,i know a man in ,christ3 above fourteen years ago 7whether in the body1 ,i know not1 or out of the body1 ,i know not3 ,god knoweth71 such a one caught up to the third heaven4 #ab3c4 ,and ,i know such a man 7whether in the body1 or out of the body1 ,i know not3 ,god knoweth73 #ab3d4 ,that he was caught up into paradise and heard secret words which it is not granted to man to utter4 #ab3e4 ,for such an one ,i will glory3 but for myself ,i will glory nothing but in my infirmities4 #ab3f4 ,for though ,i should have a mind to glory1 ,i shall not be foolish3 for ,i will say the truth4 ,but ,i forbear1 lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me1 or any thing he heareth from me4 #ab3g4 ,and lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me1 there was given me a sting of my flesh1 an angel of ,satan1 to buffet me4 #ab3h4 ,for which thing1 thrice ,i besought the ,lord that it might depart from me4 #ab3i4 ,and he said to me3 ,my grace is sufficient for thee3 for power is made perfect in infirmity4 ,gladly therefore will ,i glory in my infirmities1 that the power of ,christ may dwell in me4 ,power is made perfect444 ,the strength and power of ,god more perfectly shines forth in our weakness and infirmity2 as the more weak we are of ourselves1 the more illustrious is his grace in supporting us1 and giving us the victory under all trials and conflicts4 #ab3aj4 ,for which cause ,i please myself in my infirmities1 in reproaches1 in necessities1 in persecutions1 in distresses1 for ,christ4 ,for when ,i am weak1 then am ,i powerful4 #ab3aa4 ,i am become foolish4 ,you have compelled me3 for ,i ought to have been commended by you4 ,for ,i have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles1 although ,i be nothing4 #ab3ab4 ,yet the signs of my apostleship have been wrought on you1 in all patience1 in signs and wonders and mighty deeds4 #ab3ac4 ,for what is there that you have had less than the other churches but that ,i myself was not burthensome to you8 ,pardon me this injury4 #ab3ad4 ,behold now the third time ,i am ready to come to you and ,i will not be burthensome unto you4 ,for ,i seek not the things that are yours1 but you4 ,for neither ought the children to lay up for the parents1 but the parents for the children4 #ab3ae4 ,but ,i most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls3 although loving you more1 ,i be loved less4 #ab3af4 ,but be it so3 ,i did not burthen you3 but being crafty1 ,i caught you by guile4 #ab3ag4 ,did ,i overreach you by any of them whom ,i sent to you8 #ab3ah4 ,i desired ,titus3 and ,i sent with him a brother4 ,did ,titus overreach you8 ,did we not walk with the same spirit8 ,did we not in the same steps8 #ab3ai4 ,of old1 think you that we excuse ourselves to you8 ,we speak before ,god in ,christ3 but all things1 my dearly beloved1 for your edification4 #ab3bj4 ,for ,i fear lest perhaps1 when ,i come1 ,i shall not find you such as ,i would1 and that ,i shall be found by you such as you would not4 ,lest perhaps contentions1 envyings1 animosities1 dissensions1 detractions1 whisperings1 swellings1 seditions1 be among you4 #ab3ba4 ,lest again1 when ,i come1 ,god humble me among you3 and ,i mourn many of them that sinned before and have not done penance for the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness that they have committed4 #b ,corinthians ,chapter #ac ,he threatens the impenitent1 to provoke them to penance4 #ac3a4 ,behold1 this is the third time ,i am coming to you3 ,in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand4 #ac3b4 ,i have told before and foretell1 as present and now absent1 to them that sinned before and to all the rest1 that if ,i come again1 ,i will not spare4 #ac3c4 ,do you seek a proof of ,christ that speaketh in me1 who towards you is not weak1 but is mighty in you8 #ac3d4 ,for although he was crucified through weakness1 yet he liveth by the power of ,god4 ,for we also are weak in him3 but we shall live with him by the power of ,god towards you4 #ac3e4 ,try your own selves if you be in the faith3 prove ye yourselves4 ,know you not your own selves1 that ,christ ,jesus is in you1 unless perhaps you be reprobates8 #ac3f4 ,but ,i trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates4 #ac3g4 ,now we pray ,god that you may do no evil1 not that we may appear approved1 but that you may do that which is good and that we may be as reprobates4 ,reprobates444 that is1 without proof1 by having no occasion of shewing our power in punishing you4 #ac3h4 ,for we can do nothing against the truth3 but for the truth4 #ac3i4 ,for we rejoice that we are weak and you are strong4 ,this also we pray for1 your perfection4 #ac3aj4 ,therefore ,i write these things1 being absent1 that1 being present1 ,i may not deal more severely1 according to the power which the ,lord hath given me unto edification and not unto destruction4 #ac3aa4 ,for the rest1 brethren1 rejoice1 be perfect1 take exhortation1 be of one mind1 have peace4 ,and the ,god of grace and of love shall be with you4 #ac3ab4 ,salute one another with a holy kiss4 ,all the saints salute you4 #ac3ac4 ,the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ and the charity of ,god and the communication of the ,holy ,ghost be with you all4 ,amen4