\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Corinthians}
{\MT Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
an
Apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
by
the purpose
of
God,
and
Timothy
the
brother,
to
the
church
of
God
which
is
in
Corinth,
with
all
the
saints
who
are
in
all
Achaia:
\VS{2}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{3}Praise
be
to
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
the
Father
of
mercies
and
the
God
of
all
comfort;
\VS{4}Who
gives
us
comfort
in
all
our
troubles,
so
that
we
may
be
able
to give
comfort
to
others
who
are
in
trouble,
through
the
comfort
with
which
we
ourselves
are
comforted
by
God.
\VS{5}For
as
we undergo
more
of
the pain
which
Christ underwent,
so
through
Christ does
our
comfort become greater.
\VS{6}But
if
we
are troubled,
it
is
for
your
comfort
and
salvation;
or
if
we
are
comforted,
it
is
for
your
comfort,
which takes effect
through
your quiet undergoing
of
the
same troubles
which
we undergo:
\VS{7}And
our
hope
for
you
is
certain;
in
the knowledge
that
as
you take
part
in
the troubles,
so
you
will take
part
in
the
comfort.
\VS{8}For
it
is
our
desire
that
you
may
not
be
without
knowledge
of
our
trouble
which
came
on
us
in
Asia,
that
the weight
of
it
was
very
great,
more
than
our
power,
so
that
it seemed
that
we
had
no hope
even
of
life:
\VS{9}Yes,
we
ourselves
have
had
the answer
of
death
in
ourselves,
so
that
our hope
might
not
be
in
ourselves,
but
in
God
who
is
able
to give life
to
the
dead:
\VS{10}Who gave
us salvation
from
so
great
a
death:
on
whom
we
have put
our
hope
that
he
will
still go
on
to give
us salvation;
\VS{11}You
at
the
same time
helping
together
by
your
prayer
for
us;
so
that
for
what
has
been
given
to
us
through
a
number
of
persons, praise
may go
up
to
God
for
us
from
all
of
them.
\VS{12}For
our glory
is
in
this,
in
the knowledge
which
we
have
that
our
way
of life
in
the
world,
and most
of
all
in relation
to
you,
has
been holy
and true
in
the eyes
of
God;
not
in
the
wisdom
of
the
flesh,
but
in
the
grace
of
God.
\VS{13}For
in
our letters
we say
no
other
things
to
you,
but
those
which
you
are
reading,
and
to
which
you give agreement,
and,
it
is
my
hope,
will go
on doing
so
to
the
end:
\VS{14}Even
as
you
have
been ready,
in
part,
to
say
that
we
are
your
glory,
in
the
same
way
that
you
are
ours,
in
the
day
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{15}And
being certain
of
this,
it
was
my purpose
to
come
to
you
before,
so
that
you
might
have
a
second
grace;
\VS{16}And
by
way
of Corinth
to
go
into
Macedonia,
and
from there
to
come
back
again
to
you,
so
that
you
might
send
me
on
my
way
to Judaea.
\VS{17}If
then
I
had
such
a
purpose,
did
I seem
to
be changing suddenly?
or
am
I guided
in
my purposes
by
the
flesh, saying,
Yes, today,
and,
No, tomorrow?
\VS{18}As
God
is true,
our
word
to
you
is
not
Yes
and
No.
\VS{19}For
the
Son
of
God,
Jesus
Christ,
whom
we
were
preaching
among
you,
even
I
and
Silvanus
and
Timothy,
was
not
Yes
and
No,
but
in
him
is
Yes.
\VS{20}For
he
is
the
Yes
to
all
the undertakings
of
God:
and
by
him
all
the
words
of
God
are made certain
and put
into effect,
to
the
glory
of
God
through
us.
\VS{21}Now
he
who makes
our faith strong
together
with
you,
in
Christ,
and
has given
us
of
his grace,
is
God;
\VS{22}And
it
is
he
who
has
put
his stamp
on
us,
even
the
Spirit,
as
the sign
in
our
hearts
of
the coming glory.
\VS{23}But
God
is
my
witness
that
it
was
in pity
for
you
that
I
did
not
come
to
Corinth
at
that
time.
\VS{24}Not
that
we
have authority
over
your
faith,
but
we
are helpers
of
your
joy:
for
it
is
faith
which
is
your support.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
it
was
my decision
for
myself,
not
to
come
again
to
you
with
sorrow.
\VS{2}For
if
I give
you
sorrow,
who
then
will
make
me
glad,
but
he
who
is
made
sad
by
me?
\VS{3}And
I
said
this
very
thing
in
my
letter,
for fear
that
when
I
came
I
might
have
sorrow
from
those
from
whom
it
was right
for
me
to
have
joy;
being certain
of
this,
that
my
joy
is
the
joy
of
you
all.
\VS{4}For
out
of
much
trouble
and pain
of
heart
and
much weeping
I
sent
my
letter
to
you;
not
to give
you
sorrow,
but
so
that
you
might
see
how
great
is
the
love
which
I
have
to
you.
\VS{5}But
if
anyone
has
been
a
cause
of
sorrow,
he
has
been
so,
not
to
me
only,
but
in
some measure
to
all
of
you (I
say
this
that
I
may
not
be over-hard
on
you).
\VS{6}Let
it
be
enough
for
such
a
man
to
have undergone
the
punishment
which
the church put
on him;
\VS{7}So
that
now,
on
the
other
hand,
it
is right
for
him
to
have forgiveness
and
comfort
from
you,
for
fear
that
his
sorrow
may
be over-great.
\VS{8}For which cause my desire
is
that
you
will make
your
love
to
him clear
by
your acts.
\VS{9}And
for
the
same reason
I
sent
you
a
letter
so
that
I
might
be certain
of
your desire
to
do
my
orders
in
all
things.
\VS{10}But
if
you
give forgiveness
to
anyone,
I
do
the
same:
for
if
I
have
given forgiveness
for
anything,
I
have done
it
because
of
you,
in
the
person
of
Christ;
\VS{11}So
that
Satan
may
not get
the better
of us:
for
we
are
not
without
knowledge
of
his designs.
\VS{12}Now
when
I
came
to
Troas
for
the
good
news
of
Christ,
and
there
was
an
open
door
for
me
in
the
Lord,
\VS{13}I
had
no
rest
in
my
spirit
because
Titus
my
brother
was
not there:
so
I
went
away
from
them,
and
came
into
Macedonia.
\VS{14}But praise
be
to
God
who makes
us strong
to overcome
in
Christ,
and makes
clear
through
us
in
every
place
the value
of
the
knowledge
of
him.
\VS{15}For
we
are
a sweet perfume
of
Christ
to
God
in
those
who
are getting
salvation
and
in
those
who
are going
to destruction;
\VS{16}To
the
one
it
is
a perfume
of
death
to
death;
to
the
other
a perfume
of
life
to
life.
And
who
is
enough
for
such
things?
\VS{17}For
we
are
not
like
the
great
number
who
make use
of
the
word
of
God
for profit:
but
our
words
are true,
as
from
God,
being
said
as
before
God
in
Christ.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Do
we seem
to
be
again attempting
to put
ourselves
in
the right?
or
have
we
need,
as
some
have,
of
letters
of approval
to
you
or
from
you?
\VS{2}You
yourselves
are
our
letter, whose writing
is
in
our
heart, open
for
every man's
reading
and knowledge;
\VS{3}For
you
are clearly
a
letter
of
Christ,
the fruit
of
our work,
recorded
not
with
ink,
but
with
the
Spirit
of
the
living
God;
not
in
stone,
but
in
hearts
of
flesh.
\VS{4}And
this
is
the certain faith
which
we
have
in
God
through
Christ:
\VS{5}Not
as
if
we
were
able
by
ourselves
to
do
anything
for
which
we
might
take
the
credit;
but
our power
comes
from
God;
\VS{6}Who
has
made
us able
to
be
servants
of
a
new agreement;
not
of
the
letter,
but
of
the
Spirit:
for
the
letter
gives
death,
but
the
Spirit
gives
life.
\VS{7}For
if
the operation
of
the law, giving
death, recorded
in
letters
on
stone,
came
with
glory,
so
that
the eyes
of
the children
of
Israel
had
to
be
turned
away
from
the
face
of
Moses
because
of
its
glory,
a
glory
which
was
only
for
a time:
\VS{8}Will
not
the operation
of
the
Spirit
have
a
much
greater
glory?
\VS{9}For
if
the operation
of
the law, producing punishment,
had its
glory, how
much
greater
will
be
the operation
of
the Spirit causing
righteousness?
\VS{10}For
the
glory
of
the first
no longer seems
to
be
glory,
because
of
the greater
glory
of
that
which
comes
after.
\VS{11}For
if
the order
which
was
for
a time
had
its
glory,
much
more
will
the eternal order
have
its
glory.
\VS{12}Having
then
such
a
hope,
we
keep nothing back,
\VS{13}And
are
not
like
Moses,
who
put
a
veil
on
his
face,
so
that
the children
of
Israel
might
not see clearly
to
the
end
of
the
present
order
of
things:
\VS{14}But
their
minds
were made hard:
for
to
this
very
day
at
the
reading
of
the
old agreement
the
same
veil
is still
unlifted;
though
it
is taken
away
in
Christ.
\VS{15}But
to
this
day,
at
the
reading
of
the law
of
Moses,
a
veil
is
over
their
heart.
\VS{16}But
when
it
is
turned
to
the
Lord,
the
veil
will
be
taken
away.
\VS{17}Now
the
Lord
is
the
Spirit:
and
where
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is,
there
the heart
is free.
\VS{18}But
we
all,
with
unveiled
face giving
back
as
in
a glass
the
glory
of
the
Lord,
are changed
into
the
same
image
from
glory
to
glory,
even
as
from
the
Lord
who
is
the
Spirit.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
this
reason,
because
we
have
been made servants
of
this new order,
through
the
mercy given
to us,
we
are strong:
\VS{2}And
we
have given up
the
secret
things
of
shame,
not
walking
in false ways,
and
not making use
of
the
word
of
God
with
deceit;
but
by
the revelation
of
what
is
true,
as
before
God,
we
have
the approval
of
every man's sense
of right
and wrong.
\VS{3}But
if
our
good
news
is
veiled,
it
is
veiled
from
those
who
are
on
the
way
to destruction:
\VS{4}Because
the
god
of
this
world
has made blind
the
minds
of
those
who
have
not
faith,
so
that
the
light
of
the
good
news
of
the
glory
of
Christ,
who
is
the
image
of
God,
might
not
be shining
on
them.
\VS{5}For
our
preaching
is
not
about
ourselves,
but
about
Christ
Jesus
as
Lord,
and
ourselves
as
your
servants
through
Jesus.
\VS{6}Seeing
that
it
is
God
who
said,
Let
light
be shining
out
of
the dark,
who
has put
in
our
hearts
the
light
of
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
God
in
the
face
of
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{7}But
we
have
this
wealth
in
vessels
of earth,
so
that
it
may
be seen
that
the
power
comes
not
from
us
but
from
God;
\VS{8}Troubles
are round
us
on
every side,
but we
are
not shut
in;
things
are hard
for
us,
but we see
a
way out
of
them;
\VS{9}We are cruelly attacked,
but
not
without hope; we are made low,
but we are
not
without help;
\VS{10}In
our
bodies
there
is ever
the mark
of
the death
of
Jesus,
so
that
the
life
of
Jesus
may
be seen
in
our
bodies.
\VS{11}For,
while
living,
we
are still
being
given
up
to
death
because
of
Jesus,
so
that
the
life
of
Jesus
may
be seen
in
our
flesh,
though
it
is
under
the power
of
death.
\VS{12}So
then,
death
is
working
in
us,
but
life
in
you.
\VS{13}But
having
the
same
spirit
of
faith,
as
it
is
said
in
the Writings,
The
words
of
my mouth came
from
the
faith
in
my heart;
in
the
same
way,
our
words
are
the outcome
of
our
faith;
\VS{14}Because
we
are certain
that
he
who made
the
Lord
Jesus
come back
from
the dead,
will
do
the
same
for
us,
and
will give
us
a
place
in
his glory
with
you.
\VS{15}For
we go
through
all
things
on
account
of
you,
because
the
greater
the
number
to
whom
the
grace
is given,
the
greater
is
the
praise
to
the
glory
of
God.
\VS{16}For
which cause
we
do
not give way
to weariness;
but
though
our
outer
man
is getting feebler,
our
inner
man
is made new
day
by
day.
\VS{17}For
our
present
trouble,
which
is only
for a short time,
is working out
for
us a much greater
weight
of
glory;
\VS{18}While
our minds
are
not
on
the
things
which
are
seen,
but
on
the
things
which
are
not
seen:
for
the
things
which
are
seen
are
for
a time;
but
the
things
which
are
not
seen
are
eternal.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
we
are conscious
that
if
this
our
tent
of flesh
is taken
down,
we
have
a
building
from
God,
a
house
not
made
with
hands,
eternal,
in
heaven.
\VS{2}For
in
this
we
are crying
in weariness, greatly desiring
to
be
clothed
with
our house
from
heaven:
\VS{3}So
that
our spirits
may
not
be unclothed.
\VS{4}For
truly,
we
who
are
in
this
tent
do give
out cries
of weariness,
for
the weight
of care
which
is
on
us;
not
because
we
are
desiring
to
be free
from
the body,
but
so
that
we
may
have
our new body,
and death
may
be
overcome
by
life.
\VS{5}Now
he
who
has made
us
for
this
very
thing
is
God,
who
has
given
us
the
Spirit
as
a witness
of
what
is
to come.
\VS{6}So,
then,
we
are ever
without fear,
and
though conscious
that
while
we
are
in
the
body
we
are
away
from
the
Lord,
\VS{7}(For
we
are
walking
by
faith,
not
by seeing,)
\VS{8}We
are
without fear, desiring
to
be free
from
the
body,
and
to
be
with
the
Lord.
\VS{9}For
this
reason
we
make
it
our
purpose,
in
the body
or
away
from
it,
to
be
well-pleasing
to
him.
\VS{10}For
we
all
have
to come
before
Christ
to
be judged;
so
that
every
one
of us
may get
his reward
for
the
things
done
in
the
body,
good
or
bad.
\VS{11}Having
in
mind,
then,
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
we
put
these
things
before
men,
but
God
sees
our hearts;
and
it
is
my
hope
that
we
may seem right
in
your eyes.
\VS{12}We
are
not
again requesting
your approval,
but
we
are
giving
you
the chance
of taking
pride
in
us,
so
that
you
may
be
able
to
give
an answer
to
those whose
glory
is
in seeming,
and
not
in
the
heart.
\VS{13}For
if we are foolish, it
is
to
God;
or
if we are serious, it
is
for
you.
\VS{14}For
it
is
the
love
of
Christ
which
is moving us;
because
we
are
of
the opinion
that
if
one
was put
to death
for
all,
then
all
have undergone death;
\VS{15}And
that
he underwent
death
for
all,
so
that
the
living
might
no
longer
be
living
to
themselves,
but
to
him
who underwent
death
for
them
and came back
from
the
dead.
\VS{16}For
this reason,
from
this
time forward
we
have knowledge
of
no
man
after
the
flesh:
even
if
we
have
had knowledge
of
Christ
after
the
flesh,
we
have
no
longer
any
such knowledge.
\VS{17}So
if
any
man
is
in
Christ,
he
is
in
a
new world:
the
old
things
have
come
to
an end;
they
have
truly
become
new.
\VS{18}But
all
things
are
of
God,
who
has made
us
at peace
with
himself
through
Christ,
and
has
given
to
us
the work
of making peace;
\VS{19}That
is,
that
God
was
in
Christ making peace
between
the
world
and
himself,
not
putting
their
sins
to
their
account,
and having given
to
us
the
preaching
of
this
news
of peace.
\VS{20}So
we
are
the representatives
of
Christ,
as
if
God
was
making
a request
to
you
through us:
we make
our request
to
you,
in
the name
of
Christ,
be
at peace
with
God.
\VS{21}For
him
who
had
no knowledge
of
sin
God
made
to
be
sin
for
us;
so
that
we
might
become
the
righteousness
of
God
in
him.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}We
then,
working
together
with
God,
make
our request
to
you
not
to
take
the
grace
of
God
to
no purpose.
\VS{2}(For
he
says,
I
have given ear
to
you
at
a good
time,
and
I
have
been
your helper
in
a
day
of
salvation:
see,
now
is
the good
time;
now
is
the
day
of
salvation):
\VS{3}Giving
no
cause
for trouble
in
anything,
so
that
no
one
may
be able
to say
anything
against
our work;
\VS{4}But
in
everything making
it clear
that
we
are
the
servants
of
God,
in quiet strength,
in
troubles,
in
need,
in sorrow,
\VS{5}In
blows,
in
prisons,
in attacks,
in hard
work,
in watchings,
in going
without
food;
\VS{6}In
a clean heart,
in
knowledge,
in long waiting,
in being kind,
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
in true
love,
\VS{7}In
the
true
word,
in
the
power
of
God;
with
the arms
of
righteousness
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left,
\VS{8}By
glory
and
by
shame,
by
an evil name
and
a
good name;
as untrue,
and still
true;
\VS{9}Unnoted,
but still
kept
fully
in
mind;
as near
to
death,
but still
living;
as undergoing punishment,
but
not
put
to
death;
\VS{10}As
full
of
sorrow,
but ever
glad;
as
poor,
but giving wealth
to
others;
as
having
nothing,
but still
having
all
things.
\VS{11}Our
mouth
is
open
to
you, O
Corinthians, our
heart
is
wide.
\VS{12}It
is
not
our feelings
to
you
which
are narrow,
but
yours
to
us.
\VS{13}Now
to
give
me back payment
of
the
same sort (I
am
talking
as
to
my
children),
let
your hearts
be
wide
open
to
me.
\VS{14}Do
not
keep company
with
those
who
have
not faith:
for
what
is
there
in common
between
righteousness
and evil,
or
between
light
and dark?
\VS{15}And
what
agreement
is
there between
Christ
and
the Evil
One?
or
what
part
has
one
who
has faith
with
one
who
has not?
\VS{16}And
what
agreement
has
the house
of
God
with images?
for
we
are
a house
of
the
living
God;
even
as
God
has
said,
I
will
be
living
among
them,
and walking
with
them;
and
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
will
be
my
people.
\VS{17}For which cause,
Come
out
from
among
them,
and
be
separate,
says
the
Lord,
and
let
no
unclean
thing
come near
you;
and
I
will
take
you
for
myself,
\VS{18}And
will
be
a
Father
to
you;
and
you
will
be
my
sons
and
daughters,
says
the
Lord,
the Ruler
of all.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Because
God,
then,
will give
us
such rewards,
dear brothers,
let
us
make
ourselves
clean
from
all evil
of
flesh
and
spirit,
and
become completely holy
in
the
fear
of
God.
\VS{2}Let your hearts be open
to us:
we
have
done
no
man
wrong,
no
man
has been damaged by us,
we
have made
no profit out
of
any
man,
\VS{3}It
is
not
with
the purpose
of judging
you
that
I
say
this:
for
I
have
said
before
that
you
are
in
our
hearts
for life
and death
together.
\VS{4}My words
to
you
are without fear,
I
am
full
of
pride
on account
of
you:
I
have
great
comfort
and
joy
in
all
our
troubles.
\VS{5}For
even
when
we
had
come
into
Macedonia
our
flesh
had
no
rest,
but
we
were troubled
on
every side;
there
were fightings
outside
and
fears
inside.
\VS{6}But
God
who gives
comfort
to
the poor
in spirit gave
us
comfort
by
the
coming
of
Titus;
\VS{7}And
not
by
his
coming
only,
but
by
the
comfort
which
he
had
in
you,
while
he
gave
us word
of
your desire,
your sorrow,
your care
for
me;
so
that
I
was
still
more
glad.
\VS{8}For
though
my
letter gave
you pain,
I
have
no
regret
for
it
now,
though
I
had
before;
for
I
see
that
the
letter gave
you pain,
but
only
for
a
time.
\VS{9}Now
I
am
glad,
not
that
you
had
sorrow,
but
that
your
sorrow
was
the
cause
of
a change
of heart;
for yours
was
a holy
sorrow
so
that
you
might undergo
no
loss
by
us
in
anything.
\VS{10}For
the
sorrow
which
God gives
is
the cause
of
salvation
through
a change
of heart,
in
which
there
is no
reason
for
grief:
but
the
sorrow
of
the
world
is
a cause
of
death.
\VS{11}For
you
see
what care
was
produced
in
you
by
this
very
sorrow
of
yours
before
God,
what clearing
of
yourselves,
what wrath
against
sin,
what
fear,
what desire,
what serious
purpose,
what
punishment.
In
everything
you
have
made
it clear
that
you
are
free
from
sin
in
this business.
\VS{12}So
though
I
sent
you
a
letter,
it
was
not
only
because
of
the
man
who
did
the
wrong,
or
because
of
him
to
whom
the
wrong
was
done,
but
so
that
your true care
for us
might
be
made
clear
in
the eyes
of
God.
\VS{13}So
we
have been
comforted:
and
we
had
the
greater
joy
in
our
comfort
because
of
the
joy
of
Titus,
for
his
spirit
had been made
glad
by
you
all.
\VS{14}For
I
was
not
put
to
shame
in
anything
in
which
I
may
have
made clear
to
him
my
pride
in
you;
but
as
we
said
nothing
to
you
but
what
was
true,
so
the good
things
which
I
said
to
Titus
about
you
were seen
by
him
to
be
true.
\VS{15}And
his love
to
you
is
the
more increased
by
his memory
of
you
all,
how
you gave
way
to
his authority,
and
how
you
took
him
to
your
hearts
with
fear
and honour.
\VS{16}It gives me
great
joy
to see
you answering
to
my
good opinion
of
you
in
every
way.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
now
we
give
you news,
brothers,
about
the
grace
of
God
which
has been
given
to
the
churches
of
Macedonia;
\VS{2}How
while
they
were undergoing
every sort
of
trouble,
and
were
in
the greatest need,
they took
all
the
greater
joy
in being able
to give
freely
to
the needs
of
others.
\VS{3}For
I
give
them
witness,
that
as
they
were able,
and
even
more
than
they
were able,
they gave
from
the impulse
of
their hearts,
\VS{4}Seriously requesting
us
that
they
might
have
a
part
in
this
grace
of being servants
to
the needs
of
the
saints:
\VS{5}And going
even farther
than
our
hope,
they
first
gave
themselves
to
the
Lord
and
to
us
after
the purpose
of
God.
\VS{6}So
that
we
made
a request
to
Titus
that,
as
he
had
made
a start
before,
so
he
might make
this
grace
complete
in
you.
\VS{7}And
that
as
you
are
full
of
every good
thing,
of
faith,
of
the
word,
of
knowledge,
of
a ready
mind,
and
of
love
to
us,
so
you
may
be
full
of
this
grace
in
the
same
way.
\VS{8}I
am
not giving
you
an order,
but
using
the ready
mind
of
others
as
a
test
of
the quality
of
your
love.
\VS{9}For
you
see
the
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
how
though
he
had wealth,
he
became poor
on
your
account,
so
that
through
his need
you
might
have wealth.
\VS{10}And
in
this
I
give
my
opinion:
for
it
is
to
your profit,
who
were
the
first
to
make
a start
a
year
before,
not
only
to
do
this,
but
to
make clear
that
your minds
were
more
than ready
to
do
it.
\VS{11}Then
make
the
doing
of
it
complete;
so
that
as
you
had
a ready
mind,
you
may
give
effect
to
it
as
you
are
able.
\VS{12}For
if there
is
a ready mind,
a man
will
have God's approval
in
the measure
of
what
he
has,
and
not
of
what
he
has
not.
\VS{13}And
I am
not
saying
this
so
that
others
may get off free,
while
the weight comes
on
you:
\VS{14}But
so
that
things
may
be equal;
that
from
those
things
of
which
you
have more
than enough
at
the
present
time
their
need
may
be helped,
and
that
if
you
are
in any
need
they
may
be
a help
to
you
in
the
same
way, making
things equal.
\VS{15}As
it says
in
the Writings,
He
who
had taken up
much
had
nothing over
and
he
who
had
little
had
enough.
\VS{16}But praise
be
to
God,
who
puts
the
same care
for
you
into
the
heart
of
Titus.
\VS{17}For
while
he gladly gave ear
to
our request,
he
was interested enough
to
go
to
you
from
the impulse
of
his heart.
\VS{18}And
with
him
we
have
sent
a
brother
whose
praise
in
the
good
news
has gone
through
all
the
churches;
\VS{19}And
not
only
so,
but
he
was marked out
by
the
churches
to go
with us
in
the
grace
of
this giving
which
we
have undertaken
to
the
glory
of
the
Lord
and
to
make clear
that
our
mind
was ready:
\VS{20}And
so
that
no
man
might
be able
to
say
anything
against
us
in
the business
of
this giving
which
has
been put
into
our
hands:
\VS{21}For
the business
has
been
so ordered
by us
as
to
have
the approval,
not
only
of
the
Lord,
but
of
men.
\VS{22}And
we
have
sent
with
them
our
brother,
whose ready spirit
has
been made clear
to
us
at
times
and
in ways without
number,
but
it
is
now
all
the
more
so
because
of
the certain
faith
which
he
has
in
you.
\VS{23}If any question
comes
up
about
Titus,
he
is
my brother-worker, working
with
me
for
you;
or
about
the others,
they
are
the representatives
of
the
churches
to
the
glory
of
Christ.
\VS{24}Make clear
then
to
them,
as representatives
of
the
churches,
the quality
of
your
love,
and
that
the
things
which
we
have
said
about
you
are true.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
there
is no need
for
me
to
say anything
in my
letter
about
the giving
to
the
saints:
\VS{2}For
I
have
before made clear
to
those
of
Macedonia
my
pride
in
your ready
mind,
saying
to
them
that
Achaia
has
been ready
for
a
year back;
and
a
great
number
have
been moved
to
do
the
same
by
your example.
\VS{3}But
I
have
sent
the
brothers,
so
that
the
good
things
we
said
about
you
may
be seen
to
be true,
and
that,
as
I
said,
you
may
be ready:
\VS{4}For
fear
that,
if
any
from
Macedonia
come
with
me,
and
you
are
not ready,
we (not
to
say,
you)
might
be put
to
shame
in
this
thing.
\VS{5}So
it seemed
to
me wise
for
the
brothers
to
go
before,
and see
that
the
amount
which
you
had undertaken
to give
was
ready,
so
that
it
might
be
a cause
for
praise,
and
not
as
if
we
were
making profit
out
of
you.
\VS{6}But
in
the Writings
it says,
He
who puts
in
only
a small number
of seeds,
will get
in
the
same;
and
he
who puts
them
in
from
a full
hand,
will
have produce
in full measure
from
them.
\VS{7}Let
every
man
do
after
the purpose
of
his
heart;
not giving
with
grief,
or
by force:
for
God takes pleasure
in
a ready
giver.
\VS{8}And
God
is
able
to give
you
all
grace
in
full measure;
so
that ever
having
enough
of
all
things,
you
may
be
full
of
every
good
work:
\VS{9}As
it
is said
in
the Writings,
He
has
sent
out
far
and wide,
he
has
given
to
the
poor;
his
righteousness
is
for
ever.
\VS{10}And
he
who gives
seed
for putting
into
the field
and
bread
for
food,
will take care
of
the
growth
of
your
seed,
at
the
same time
increasing
the fruits
of
your
righteousness;
\VS{11}Your wealth being increased
in
everything,
with
a simple mind, causing praise
to
God
through
us.
\VS{12}For
this work
of
giving
not
only takes care
of
the
needs
of
the
saints,
but
is
the
cause
of
much praise
to
God;
\VS{13}For
when,
through
this work
of giving,
they see
what
you
are,
they give
glory
to
God
for
the
way
in
which
you
have given
yourselves
to
the
good
news
of
Christ,
and
for
the wealth
of
your giving
to
them
and
to
all;
\VS{14}While
their hearts go out
to
you
in love
and
in
prayer
for
you,
because
of
the great
grace
of
God
which
is
in
you.
\VS{15}Praise
be
to
God
for
what
he
has given,
which words
have no power
to say.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
I,
Paul,
myself make request
to
you
by
the quiet
and gentle behaviour
of
Christ,
I
who
am poor
in spirit
when
with
you,
but
who
say
what
is
in
my
mind
to
you
without fear
when
I
am away
from
you:
\VS{2}Yes,
I
make
my request
to
you,
so
that
when
I
am
with
you
I
may
not
have
to
make use
of
the authority
which
may
be needed
against
some
to
whom
we seem
to
be
walking
after
the
flesh.
\VS{3}For
though we
may
be
living
in
the
flesh, we
are
not fighting
after
the
way
of
the
flesh
\VS{4}(For
the arms
with
which
we
are fighting
are
not
those
of
the
flesh,
but
are
strong
before
God
for
the
destruction
of high places);
\VS{5}Putting
an
end
to reasonings,
and
every high
thing
which
is
lifted
up
against
the
knowledge
of
God,
and causing
every
thought
to come under
the authority
of
Christ;
\VS{6}Being
ready
to
give punishment
to
whatever
is
against
his authority,
after
you
have
made
it clear
that
you
are completely
under
his control.
\VS{7}Give
attention
to
the
things
which
are
before
you.
If
any
man seems
to
himself
to
be Christ's,
let
him
keep
in
mind
that
we
are
as much Christ's
as
he
is.
\VS{8}For
though
I
might
take
pride
in
our
authority (which
the
Lord
gave
for
building
you
up,
and
not
for
your
destruction),
it
will
not
be
a
cause
of
shame
to
me:
\VS{9}That
I
may
not
seem
to
have
the desire
of causing
you fear
by
my
letters.
\VS{10}For
his
letters,
they
say,
have weight
and
are
strong;
but
in
body
he
is feeble,
and
his way
of talking
has little force.
\VS{11}Let
those
who
say
this keep
in
mind
that,
what
we
are
in
word
by
letters
when
we
are away,
so
will
we
be
in act
when
we
are
present.
\VS{12}For
we
will
not
make comparison
of
ourselves
with
some
of
those
who say good
things
about
themselves:
but
these, measuring
themselves
by
themselves,
and making comparison
of
themselves
with
themselves,
are
not wise.
\VS{13}We
will
not give
glory
to
ourselves
in over-great
measure,
but
after
the
measure
of
the
rule
which
God
has given
us,
a
measure
which
comes
even
to
you.
\VS{14}For
we
have
no need
to
make
ourselves seem
more
than
we
are,
as
if
our authority
did
not
come
as
far
as
to
you:
for
we came
even
as
far
as
you
with
the
good
news
of
Christ:
\VS{15}Not taking credit
to
ourselves
for
what
is
not
our business,
that
is,
for
the
work
of
others;
but
having
hope
that,
with
the
growth
of
your
faith,
we
may
get
the credit
for
an
increase
which
is
the
effect
of
our
work,
\VS{16}So
that
we may
be able
to go
on
and
take
the
good
news
to countries still farther away
than
you
are,
and
not
take credit
for
another man's work
in making
things
ready
to
our hand.
\VS{17}But
whoever
has
a desire
for
glory, let
his
glory
be
in
the
Lord.
\VS{18}For
the Lord's approval
of
a
man
is
not dependent
on
his opinion
of
himself,
but
on
the Lord's opinion
of
him.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Put up
with
me
if
I
am
a
little foolish:
but, truly,
you
do
put up
with
me.
\VS{2}For
I
have
a very great care
for
you:
because
you
have
been married
by me
to
one
husband,
and it
is
my
desire
to give
you completely holy
to
Christ.
\VS{3}But
I
have
a
fear,
that
in
some
way,
as
Eve
was tricked
by
the
deceit
of
the
snake,
your
minds
may
be turned
away
from
their simple
and holy love
for
Christ.
\VS{4}For
if
anyone
comes
preaching
another
Jesus
from
the
one
whose preachers
we
are,
or
if
you
have got
a
different
spirit,
or
a
different sort
of
good
news
from
those
which
came
to
you, how
well
you
put
up
with
these
things.
\VS{5}For
in my opinion,
I
am
in
no
way less than
the most important
of
the
Apostles.
\VS{6}But
though
I
am rough
in
my
way
of talking,
I
am
not
so
in
knowledge,
as
we
have
made
clear
to
all
by
our acts
among
you.
\VS{7}Or
did
I
do wrong
in
making
myself
low
so
that
you
might
be
lifted up,
because
I
gave
you
the
good
news
of
God without reward?
\VS{8}I
took money
from
other
churches
as payment
for
my work,
so
that
I
might
be
your servant;
\VS{9}And
when
I
was
present
with
you,
and
was
in
need,
I let no
man
be responsible
for
me;
for
the
brothers,
when
they
came
from
Macedonia, gave
me
whatever
was needed;
and
in
everything
I
kept
myself
from
being
a trouble
to
you,
and
I
will
go
on doing
so.
\VS{10}As
the
true word
of
Christ
is
in
me,
I
will
let
no
man take
from
me
this
my cause
of
pride
in
the country
of
Achaia.
\VS{11}Why?
because
I
have
no
love
for
you? let
God
be judge.
\VS{12}But
what
I
do,
that
I
will go
on
doing,
so
that
I
may
give no chance
to
those
who
are looking
for
one;
so
that,
in
the
cause
of
their
pride,
they
may
be seen
to
be
the
same
as
we
are.
\VS{13}For
such
men
are
false
Apostles,
workers
of deceit, making
themselves seem
like
Apostles
of
Christ.
\VS{14}And
it
is
no
wonder;
for
even
Satan
himself
is able
to take
the form
of
an
angel
of
light.
\VS{15}So
it
is
no
great
thing
if
his
servants
make
themselves seem
to
be
servants
of
righteousness;
whose
end
will
be
the reward
of
their
works.
\VS{16}I
say
again,
Let
me
not
seem
foolish
to
anyone;
but
if
I
do, put up
with
me
as
such,
so
that
I
may
take
a
little
glory
to
myself.
\VS{17}What
I am
now
saying
is
not
by
the order
of
the
Lord,
but
as
a foolish
person, taking credit
to myself,
as
it seems.
\VS{18}Seeing
that
there
are those
who
take credit
to themselves
after
the
flesh,
I
will
do
the same.
\VS{19}For
you
put up
with
the
foolish
gladly,
being
wise yourselves.
\VS{20}You
put
up
with
a
man
if
he makes servants
of
you,
if
he makes profit out
of
you,
if
he makes
you prisoners,
if
he puts
himself
in
a
high place,
if
he gives
you blows
on
the
face.
\VS{21}I
say
this
by
way
of shaming
ourselves,
as
if
we
had
been feeble.
But
if
anyone puts himself forward (I
am
talking
like
a foolish
person),
I
will
do
the
same.
\VS{22}Are
they
Hebrews?
so
am
I.
Are
they
of Israel?
so
am
I.
Are
they
the
seed
of
Abraham?
so
am
I.
\VS{23}Are
they
servants
of
Christ? (I
am
talking foolishly)
I
am
more
so;
I
have
had
more experience
of hard
work,
of
prisons,
of
blows
more
than measure,
of
death.
\VS{24}Five
times
the
Jews gave
me
forty blows but
one.
\VS{25}Three
times
I
was whipped
with
rods,
once
I
was
stoned,
three
times
the ship
I
was
in came
to destruction
at sea,
a
night
and
a
day
I
have
been
in
the water;
\VS{26}In
frequent travels,
in
dangers
on
rivers,
in
dangers
from
outlaws,
in
dangers
from
my
countrymen,
in
dangers
from
the
Gentiles,
in
dangers
in
the
town,
in
dangers
in
the waste land,
in
dangers
at
sea,
in
dangers
among
false brothers;
\VS{27}In hard
work
and weariness,
in
frequent watchings, going
without
food
and drink,
cold
and
in need
of clothing.
\VS{28}In addition
to
all
the other
things,
there
is
that
which comes
on
me
every
day,
the care
of
all
the
churches.
\VS{29}Who
is feeble
and
I
am
not feeble?
who
is
in danger
of falling,
and
I
am
not angry?
\VS{30}If
I
have
to
take credit
to
myself,
I
will
do so
in
the
things
in
which
I
am feeble.
\VS{31}The
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
to
whom
be praise
for
ever,
is witness
that
the
things
which
I say
are true.
\VS{32}In
Damascus,
the ruler
under
Aretas
the
king
kept watch
over
the
town
of
the
people
of
Damascus,
in order
to take
me:
\VS{33}And being
let
down
in
a
basket
from
the
wall
through
a
window,
I got free
from
his
hands.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}As
it
is
necessary
for
me
to
take
glory
to myself,
though
it
is
not
a good thing,
I
will
come
to
visions
and
revelations
of
the
Lord.
\VS{2}I
have knowledge
of
a
man
in
Christ,
fourteen
years back (if
he
was
in
the
body,
or
out
of
the
body,
I am
not able
to say,
but
God
only),
who
was taken
up
to
the
third
heaven.
\VS{3}And
I
have knowledge
of
such
a
man (if
he
was
in
the
body,
or out
of
the
body,
I
am
not able
to say,
but
God
only),
\VS{4}How
he
was taken
up
into
Paradise,
and
words
came
to
his
ears
which
may
not
be
said,
and
which
man
is
not able
to
say.
\VS{5}On account
of
such
a
one
I
will
have
glory:
for
myself
I
will
take
no
glory,
but
only
in
my feeble body.
\VS{6}For
if
I
had
a
desire
to
take
credit
to
myself,
it
would
not
be
foolish,
for
I
would
be
saying
what
is
true:
but
I
will
not,
for fear
that
I
might seem
to
any
man
more
than
he
sees
me
to
be,
or
has word
from
me
that
I
am.
\VS{7}And because
the
revelations
were
so
very great,
in
order
that
I
might
not
be overmuch lifted
up, there
was
given
to
me
a
thorn
in
the
flesh,
one sent
from
Satan
to
give
me pain.
\VS{8}And
about
this
thing
I made request
to
the
Lord
three
times
that
it
might
be taken
away
from
me.
\VS{9}And
he
said
to
me,
My
grace
is
enough
for
you,
for
my
power
is
made complete
in
what
is feeble.
Most
gladly,
then,
will
I
take
pride
in
my feeble body,
so
that
the
power
of
Christ
may
be
on
me.
\VS{10}So
I
take
pleasure
in
being feeble,
in unkind
words,
in needs,
in cruel attacks,
in
troubles,
on account
of
Christ:
for
when
I
am feeble,
then
am
I
strong.
\VS{11}I
have
been
forced
by
you
to
become
foolish,
though
it
was right
for
my praise
to
have
come
from
you:
for
in
no way
was
I less
than
the chief
of
the
Apostles,
though
I
am
nothing.
\VS{12}Truly
the
signs
of
an
Apostle
were
done
among
you
in quiet
strength,
with
wonders
and acts
of
power.
\VS{13}For
what
is
there
in
which
you
were made
less
than
the
other
churches,
but
in
the
one
thing
that
I
was
not
a trouble
to
you?
Let
me
have forgiveness
for
this
wrong.
\VS{14}This
is
now
the
third
time
that
I
am
ready
to
come
to
you;
and
I
will
not
be
a trouble
to
you:
my desire
is
for
you,
not
for
your property:
for
it
is
not
the children's business
to
make
store
for
their fathers,
but
the fathers
for
the
children.
\VS{15}And
I
will
gladly give
all
I
have
for
your
souls.
If
I
have
the
more
love
for
you,
am
I
to
be
loved
the
less?
\VS{16}But
let
it
be
so,
that
I
was
not
a trouble
to
you
myself;
but (someone
may
say)
being false,
I
took
you
with
deceit.
\VS{17}Did
I
make
a profit
out
of
you
by
any
of
those
whom
I
sent
to
you?
\VS{18}I gave orders
to
Titus,
and
I
sent
the
brother
with
him.
Did
Titus
make
any profit out
of
you?
were
we
not guided
by
the
same
Spirit,
in
the
same ways?
\VS{19}It
may
seem
to
you
that
all
this
time
we
have
been attempting
to put ourselves
in
the right;
but
we
are
saying
these
things
before
God
in
Christ.
For
all
things,
dear brothers,
are
for
your profit.
\VS{20}For
I
have
a
fear
that,
when
I
come,
you
may
not
be answering
to
my
desire,
and
that
I
may
not
be answering
to
yours;
that there
may
be fighting, hate,
angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts
of pride,
outbursts
against authority;
\VS{21}And
that
when
I
come
again,
my
God
may put
me
to shame
among
you,
and
I
may
have grief
for
those
who
have
done wrong
before
and
have
had
no regret
for
their
unclean ways,
and
for
the evil desires
of
the flesh
to
which
they
have given
way.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
the
third
time
that
I
am
coming
to
you.
From
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
will
every
word
be made certain.
\VS{2}I
said
before,
and
still
say
it
before
I
come,
as
being
present
for
the
second
time,
though
I
am
still away
from
you,
to
those
who
have done wrong
before,
and
to
all
the
others,
that
if
I
come
again
I
will
not
have pity;
\VS{3}Seeing
that
you
are
looking
for
a sign
of
Christ giving out
his word
in
me;
who
is
not feeble
in
relation
to
you,
but
is strong
in
you:
\VS{4}For
he
was feeble
in
that
he
was put
to death
on
the cross,
but
he
is
living
by
the
power
of
God.
And
we
are feeble
in
him,
but
we
will
be
living
with
him
through
the
power
of
God
in
relation
to
you.
\VS{5}Make
a
test
of
yourselves,
if
you
are
in
the
faith;
make certain
of
yourselves.
Or
are
you
not conscious
in
yourselves
that
Jesus
Christ
is
in
you,
if
you
are
truly Christ's?
\VS{6}But
it
is
my
hope
that
you
will
have
no doubt
that
we
are truly Christ's.
\VS{7}Now
our prayer
to
God
is
that
you
may
do
no
evil;
not
in
order
that
it
may
be
put
to
our credit,
but
so
that
you
may
do
what
is
right, whatever
we
may
seem.
\VS{8}Because
we
are
able
to
do
nothing
against
what
is
true,
but
only
for it.
\VS{9}For
we
are
glad
when
we
are feeble
and
you
are
strong:
and
this
is
our prayer,
even
that
you
may
be
made
complete.
\VS{10}For
this
cause
I
am
writing
these
things
while
I
am away,
so
that
there
may
be need
for
me,
when
I
am
present,
to
make
use
of sharp measures,
by
the
authority
which
the
Lord
has
given
me
for
building
up
and
not
for
destruction.
\VS{11}Let
this
be
my last word,
brothers;
be
glad;
be
complete;
be
comforted;
be
of
the
same
mind;
be
at
peace
with
one another:
and
the
God
of
love
and
peace
will
be
with
you.
\VS{12}Give
one
another
a
holy
kiss.
\VS{13}All
the
saints send
their
love
to
you.
\VS{14}The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
\par }