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Paul Defends His Apostleship
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me.
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me.
Paul and the False Apostles
Would that ye would bear with me [in] a little folly; but indeed bear with me.
Would that ye would bear with me [in] a little folly; but indeed bear with me.
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.
For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy [which is] of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present [you] a chaste virgin to Christ.
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, [so] your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ.
For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.
For if indeed he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye get a different Spirit, which ye have not got, or a different glad tidings, which ye have not received, ye might well bear with [it].
For I consider myself not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles.
For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.
But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things.
But if [I am] a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making [the truth] manifest in all things to you.
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?
Have I committed sin, abasing myself in order that *ye* might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced to you the glad tidings of God?
I robbed other churches by taking wages from them to serve you;
I spoiled other assemblies, receiving hire for ministry towards you.
and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so.
And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked,) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself.
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
[The] truth of Christ is in me that this boasting shall not be stopped as to me in the regions of Achaia.
But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting.
But what I do, I will also do, that I may cut off the opportunity of those wishing [for] an opportunity, that wherein they boast they may be found even as we.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
And [it is] not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.
It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.
Paul's Sufferings and Service
Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little.
Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little.
What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
What I speak I do not speak according to [the] Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.
Since many boast according to the flesh, I will boast also.
Since many boast according to flesh, *I* also will boast.
For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, anyone devours you, anyone takes advantage of you, anyone exalts himself, anyone hits you in the face.
For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour [you], if any one get [your money], if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face.
To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison.
But in whatever respect anyone else is bold — I speak in foolishness — I am just as bold myself.
But in whatever respect anyone else is bold — I speak in foolishness — I am just as bold myself.
I speak as to dishonour, as though *we* had been weak; but wherein any one is daring, (I speak in folly,) *I* also am daring.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Are they Hebrews? *I* also. Are they Israelites? *I* also. Are they seed of Abraham? *I* also.
Are they servants of Christ? — I speak as if insane — I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure [so]; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.
Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.
From the Jews five times have I received forty [stripes], save one.
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.
Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep:
I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren;
in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from [my own] race, in perils from [the] nations, in perils in [the] city, in perils in [the] desert, in perils on [the] sea, in perils among false brethren;
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.
Besides those things that are without, the crowd [of cares] pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.
Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?
If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.
If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows -- he who is blessed for ever -- that I do not lie.
In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,
In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;