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Concern for Their Faithfulness
Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly — and indeed you do bear with me.
Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly — and indeed you do bear with me.
Paul and the False Apostles
I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!
I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!
For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted — you may well put up with it!
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
Paul and False Apostles
For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles.
For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles.
Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.
Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God’s gospel to you free of charge?
I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you.
I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.
And when I was present with you, and in need, I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.
And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!
And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
But what I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.
And what I am doing I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
Reluctant Boasting
I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.
I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.
Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle
I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.
For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise!
For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves!
For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.
For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.
To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold — I speak foolishly — I am bold also.
To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that!
But whatever anyone else dares to boast of — I am speaking as a fool — I also dare to boast of that.
But whatever anyone else dares to boast of — I am speaking as a fool — I also dare to boast of that.
Suffering for Christ
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.
Are they ministers of Christ? — I speak as a fool — I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.
Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one — I am talking like a madman — with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.
Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.
Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea;
in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;
in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness —
besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.
And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;
At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me,