\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Corinthians}
{\MT The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
by
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Elohim}God's
will,
and
the
brother Timotheus,
to
the
assembly
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:1 }
Elohim}God
which
is
in
Corinth,
with
all
the
saints
who
are
in
the
whole
of
Achaia.
\VS{2}Grace
to
you,
and
peace
from
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Elohim}God
our
Father,
and [the]
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{3}Blessed [be]
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:3 }
Elohim}God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
the
Father
of compassions,
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:3 }
Elohim}God
of
all
encouragement;
\VS{4}who encourages
us
in
all
our
tribulation,
that
we
may
be
able
to
encourage
those
who
are
in
any
tribulation
whatever,
through
the
encouragement
with
which
we
ourselves
are
encouraged
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:4 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{5}Because,
even
as
the
sufferings
of
the
Christ
abound towards
us,
so
through
the
Christ does
our
encouragement
also
abound.
\VS{6}But
whether
we
are
in tribulation, [it
is]
for
your
encouragement
and
salvation, wrought
in
the
endurance
of
the
same
sufferings
which
{\BD{
we}}
also
suffer,
\VS{7}(and
our
hope
for
you [is]
sure;)
or
whether
we
are encouraged, [it
is]
for
your
encouragement
and salvation:
knowing
that
as ye
are
partakers
of
the
sufferings,
so
also
of
the
encouragement.
\VS{8}For
we
do
not
wish
you
to
be
ignorant,
brethren,
as
to
our
tribulation
which
happened [to
us]
in
Asia,
that
we
were
excessively pressed
beyond [our]
power,
so
as
to despair
even
of
living.
\VS{9}But
we
ourselves
had
the
sentence
of
death
in
ourselves,
that
we
should
not
have
our
trust
in
ourselves,
but
in
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Elohim}God
who
raises
the
dead;
\VS{10}who
has
delivered
us
from
so
great
a
death,
and does
deliver;
in
whom
we confide
that
he
will
also
yet
deliver;
\VS{11}ye
also labouring
together
by
supplication
for
us
that
the
gift towards
us,
through
means
of
many
persons,
may
be
the subject
of
the thanksgiving
of
many
for
us.
\VS{12}For
our
boasting
is
this,
the
testimony
of
our
conscience,
that
in simplicity
and
sincerity
before
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Elohim}God, (not
in
fleshly
wisdom
but
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:12 }
Elohim}God's
grace,)
we
have
had
our conversation
in
the
world,
and
more abundantly towards
you.
\VS{13}For
we
do
not
write
other
things
to
you
but
what ye
well
know
and recognise;
and
I
hope
that ye
will recognise
to
the
end,
\VS{14}even
as
also ye
have recognised
us
in
part,
that
we
are
your
boast,
even
as
{\BD{ye}} [are]
ours
in
the
day
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{15}And
with
this
confidence
I purposed
to
come
to
you
previously,
that ye
might
have
a
second favour;
\VS{16}and
to
pass
through
to
Macedonia
by
you,
and
again
from
Macedonia
to
come
to
you,
and
to
be set forward
by
you
to Judaea.
\VS{17}Having
therefore
this
purpose,
did
I
then
use lightness?
Or
what
I
purpose,
do
I
purpose
according
to
flesh,
that
there
should
be
with
me yea yea,
and nay nay?
\VS{18}Now
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Elohim}God [is]
faithful,
that
our
word
to
you
is
not yea
and nay.
\VS{19}For
the
Son
of
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Elohim}God,
Jesus
Christ,
he
who
has
been
preached
by
us
among
you (by
me
and
Silvanus
and Timotheus),
did
not
become yea
and nay,
but yea
{\BD{
is}}
in
him.
\VS{20}For
whatever
promises
of
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Elohim}God [there
are],
in
him
is
the yea,
and
in
him
the
amen,
for
glory
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:20 }
Elohim}God
by
us.
\VS{21}Now
he
that
establishes
us
with
you
in
Christ,
and
has
anointed
us, [is]
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Elohim}God,
\VS{22}who
also
has
sealed
us,
and
given
the earnest
of
the
Spirit
in
our
hearts.
\VS{23}But
I
call
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Elohim}God
to
witness
upon
my
soul
that
to
spare
you
I
have
not
yet
come
to
Corinth.
\VS{24}Not
that
we rule
over
your
faith,
but
are fellow-workmen
of
your
joy:
for
by
faith ye
stand.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
I
have
judged
this
with
myself,
not
to
come
back
to
you
in
grief.
\VS{2}For
if
{\BD{
I}}
grieve
you,
who
also [is]
it
that gladdens
me,
if
not
he
that
is
grieved
through
me?
\VS{3}And
I
have
written
this
very [letter] [to
you],
that
coming
I
may
not
have
grief
from
those
from
whom
I
ought
to
have
joy;
trusting
in
you
all
that
my
joy
is [that]
of
you
all.
\VS{4}For
out
of
much
tribulation
and
distress
of
heart
I
wrote
to
you,
with
many
tears;
not
that ye
may
be
grieved,
but
that ye
may
know
the
love
which
I
have
very abundantly towards
you.
\VS{5}But
if
any
one
has
grieved,
he
has
grieved,
not
me,
but
in
part (that
I
may
not overcharge [you])
all
of
you.
\VS{6}Sufficient
to
such
a
one [is]
this rebuke
which [has
been inflicted]
by
the
many;
\VS{7}so
that
on
the
contrary ye
should
rather shew grace
and
encourage,
lest perhaps
such
a
one
should
be
swallowed
up
with
excessive
grief.
\VS{8}Wherefore
I
exhort
you
to assure
him
of [your]
love.
\VS{9}For
to
this
end
also
I
have
written,
that
I
might
know,
by putting
you
to
the
test,
if
as
to
everything ye
are
obedient.
\VS{10}But
to
whom ye
forgive
anything,
{\BD{
I}}
also;
for
I
also,
what
I
have
forgiven,
if
I
have
forgiven
anything, [it
is]
for
your
sakes
in [the]
person
of
Christ;
\VS{11}that
we might
not
have
Satan get an
advantage
against us,
for
we
are
not
ignorant
of
{\BD{
his}} thoughts.
\VS{12}Now
when
I
came
to
Troas
for
the [publication
of
the] glad tidings
of
the
Christ,
a
door
also being
opened
to
me
in [the]
Lord,
\VS{13}I
had
no
rest
in
my
spirit
at
not
finding
Titus
my
brother;
but
bidding
them adieu,
I
came
away
to
Macedonia.
\VS{14}But
thanks [be]
to
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Elohim}God,
who
always
leads
us
in
triumph
in
the
Christ,
and makes
manifest
the odour
of
his
knowledge
through
us
in
every
place.
\VS{15}For
we
are
a sweet odour
of
Christ
to
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Elohim}God,
in
the
saved
and
in
those
that
perish:
\VS{16}to
the
one
an odour
from
death unto
death,
but
to
the
others
an odour
from
life unto
life;
and
who [is]
sufficient
for
these
things?
\VS{17}For
we
do
not,
as
the
many,
make
a trade
of
the
word
of
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Elohim}God;
but
as
of
sincerity,
but
as
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:17 }
Elohim}God,
before
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Elohim}God,
we
speak
in
Christ.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Do
we
begin
again
to
commend
ourselves?
or
do
we
need,
as
some, commendatory
letters
to
you,
or [commendatory]
from
you?
\VS{2}{\BD{Ye}}
are
our
letter,
written
in
our
hearts,
known
and
read
of
all
men,
\VS{3}being
manifested
to
be Christ's epistle
ministered
by
us,
written,
not
with
ink,
but [the]
Spirit
of [the]
living
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:3 }
Elohim}God;
not
on
stone
tables,
but
on fleshy
tables
of [the]
heart.
\VS{4}And
such
confidence
have
we
through
the
Christ towards
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Elohim}God:
\VS{5}not
that
we
are
competent
of
ourselves
to
think
anything
as
of
ourselves,
but
our competency [is]
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:5 }
Elohim}God;
\VS{6}who
has
also
made
us competent, [as] ministers
of [the]
new
covenant;
not
of
letter,
but
of
spirit.
For
the
letter
kills,
but
the
Spirit quickens.
\VS{7}(But
if
the
ministry
of
death,
in
letters, graven
in
stones,
began
with
glory,
so
that
the children
of
Israel
could
not fix
their eyes
on
the
face
of
Moses,
on
account
of
the
glory
of
his
face, [a
glory]
which
is annulled;
\VS{8}how shall
not
rather
the
ministry
of
the
Spirit subsist
in
glory?
\VS{9}For
if
the
ministry
of
condemnation [be]
glory,
much
rather
the
ministry
of
righteousness abounds
in
glory.
\VS{10}For
also
that [which
was]
glorified
is
not
glorified
in
this
respect,
on account
of
the
surpassing
glory.
\VS{11}For
if
that annulled [was introduced]
with
glory,
much
rather
that
which
abides [subsists]
in
glory.
\VS{12}Having
therefore
such
hope,
we
use
much
boldness:
\VS{13}and
not
according
as
Moses
put
a
veil
on
his
own
face,
so
that
the children
of
Israel
should
not fix
their eyes
on
the
end
of
that annulled.
\VS{14}But
their thoughts
have
been darkened,
for unto
this
day
the
same
veil
remains
in
reading
the
old
covenant, unremoved,
which
in
Christ
is annulled.
\VS{15}But unto
this
day,
when
Moses
is
read,
the
veil
lies
upon
their
heart.
\VS{16}But
when
it
shall
turn
to [the]
Lord,
the
veil
is
taken
away.)
\VS{17}Now
the
Lord
is
the
Spirit,
but
where
the
Spirit
of [the]
Lord [is,
there
is]
liberty.
\VS{18}But
{\BD{
we}}
all, looking
on
the
glory
of
the
Lord,
with
unveiled
face,
are
transformed according
to
the
same
image
from
glory
to
glory,
even
as
by [the]
Lord [the]
Spirit.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore,
having
this
ministry,
as
we
have
had
mercy shewn us,
we faint
not.
\VS{2}But
we
have rejected
the
hidden
things
of
shame,
not
walking
in
deceit,
nor falsifying
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:2 }
Elohim}God,
but
by
manifestation
of
the
truth
commending
ourselves
to
every
conscience
of
men
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:2 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{3}But
if
also
our
gospel
is
veiled,
it
is
veiled
in
those
that
are
lost;
\VS{4}in
whom
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:4 }
Elohim}god
of
this
world
has
blinded
the thoughts
of
the
unbelieving,
so
that
the radiancy
of
the glad tidings
of
the
glory
of
the
Christ,
who
is [the]
image
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:4 }
Elohim}God,
should
not shine forth [for
them].
\VS{5}For
we
do
not
preach
ourselves,
but
Christ
Jesus
Lord,
and
ourselves
your bondmen
for Jesus'
sake.
\VS{6}Because [it
is]
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:6 }
Elohim}God
who
spoke
that
out
of
darkness
light
should
shine
who
has
shone
in
our
hearts
for
the shining forth
of
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:6 }
Elohim}God
in [the]
face
of [Jesus]
Christ.
\VS{7}But
we
have
this
treasure
in
earthen
vessels,
that
the surpassingness
of
the
power
may
be
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:7 }
Elohim}God,
and
not
from
us:
\VS{8}every
way
afflicted,
but
not straitened; seeing
no apparent issue,
but
our
way
not entirely shut up;
\VS{9}persecuted,
but
not
abandoned; cast
down,
but
not
destroyed;
\VS{10}always bearing
about
in
the
body
the
dying
of
Jesus,
that
the
life
also
of
Jesus
may
be
manifested
in
our
body;
\VS{11}for
we
who
live
are
always
delivered unto
death
on
account
of
Jesus,
that
the
life
also
of
Jesus
may
be
manifested
in
our
mortal
flesh;
\VS{12}so
that
death
works
in
us,
but
life
in
you.
\VS{13}And
having
the
same
spirit
of
faith,
according
to
what
is
written,
I
have
believed,
therefore
have
I
spoken;
{\BD{
we}}
also
believe,
therefore
also
we
speak;
\VS{14}knowing
that
he
who
has
raised
the
Lord
Jesus
shall
raise
us
also
with
Jesus,
and
shall
present [us]
with
you.
\VS{15}For
all
things [are]
for
your
sakes,
that
the
grace
abounding
through
the
many
may
cause
thanksgiving
to
abound
to
the
glory
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:15 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{16}Wherefore
we faint
not;
but
if
indeed
our outward
man
is consumed,
yet
the inward
is
renewed
day
by
day.
\VS{17}For
our
momentary [and]
light
affliction works
for
us
in
surpassing
measure
an
eternal
weight
of
glory;
\VS{18}while
we
look
not
at
the
things
that
are
seen,
but
at
the
things
that
are
not
seen;
for
the
things
that
are
seen [are]
for
a time,
but
those
that
are
not
seen
eternal.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
we
know
that
if
our
earthly tabernacle
house
be
destroyed,
we
have
a
building
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:1 }
Elohim}God,
a
house
not
made
with
hands,
eternal
in
the
heavens.
\VS{2}For
indeed
in
this
we
groan, ardently desiring
to
have put
on
our house
which [is]
from
heaven;
\VS{3}if
indeed being
also clothed
we
shall
not
be
found
naked.
\VS{4}For
indeed
we
who
are
in
the tabernacle
groan,
being
burdened;
while
yet
we
do
not
wish
to
be
unclothed,
but
clothed,
that [what
is]
mortal
may
be
swallowed
up
by
life.
\VS{5}Now
he
that
has wrought
us
for
this
very
thing [is]
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:5 }
Elohim}God,
who
also
has
given
to
us
the earnest
of
the
Spirit.
\VS{6}Therefore [we
are]
always
confident,
and
know
that
while present
in
the
body
we
are
absent
from
the
Lord,
\VS{7}(for
we
walk
by
faith,
not
by
sight;)
\VS{8}we
are confident,
I say,
and
pleased
rather
to
be
absent
from
the
body
and present
with
the
Lord.
\VS{9}Wherefore
also
we
are zealous,
whether present
or
absent,
to
be agreeable
to
him.
\VS{10}For
we
must
all
be
manifested
before
the judgment-seat
of
the
Christ,
that
each
may
receive
the
things [done]
in
the
body,
according
to
those
he
has
done,
whether [it
be]
good
or
evil.
\VS{11}Knowing
therefore
the terror
of
the
Lord
we
persuade
men,
but
have
been
manifested
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:11 }
Elohim}God,
and
I
hope
also
that
we
have
been
manifested
in
your
consciences.
\VS{12}[For]
we
do
not
again
commend
ourselves
to
you,
but [we
are]
giving
to
you
occasion
of
boast
in
our
behalf,
that ye
may
have [such]
with
those
boasting
in countenance,
and
not
in
heart.
\VS{13}For
whether we are
beside
ourselves, [it
is]
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:13 }
Elohim}God;
or are sober, [it
is]
for
you.
\VS{14}For
the
love
of
the
Christ constrains us, having
judged
this:
that
one died
for
all,
then
all
have died;
\VS{15}and
he
died
for
all,
that
they
who
live
should
no
longer
live
to
themselves,
but
to
him
who
died
for
them
and
has
been
raised.
\VS{16}So
that
{\BD{
we}} henceforth
know
no
one
according
to
flesh;
but
if
even
we
have
known
Christ
according
to
flesh,
yet
now
we
know [him
thus]
no
longer.
\VS{17}So
if
any
one [be]
in
Christ, [there
is]
a
new
creation;
the
old
things
have
passed
away;
behold
all
things
have
become
new:
\VS{18}and
all
things [are]
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:18 }
Elohim}God
who
has
reconciled
us
to
himself
by [Jesus]
Christ,
and
given
to
us
the
ministry
of
that
reconciliation:
\VS{19}how
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:19 }
Elohim}God
was
in
Christ,
reconciling
the
world
to
himself,
not reckoning
to
them
their offences;
and
putting
in
us
the
word
of
that
reconciliation.
\VS{20}We
are
ambassadors
therefore
for
Christ,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:20 }
Elohim}God
as [it
were]
beseeching
by us,
we
entreat
for
Christ,
Be
reconciled
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:20 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{21}Him
who
knew
not
sin
he
has
made
sin
for
us,
that
{\BD{
we}}
might
become
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:21 }
Elohim}God's
righteousness
in
him.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But [as] fellow-workmen,
we
also beseech
that ye
receive
not
the
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:1 }
Elohim}God
in
vain:
\VS{2}(for
he
says,
I
have
listened
to thee
in
an accepted
time,
and
I
have
helped thee
in
a
day
of
salvation:
behold,
now [is
the] well-accepted
time;
behold,
now [the]
day
of
salvation:)
\VS{3}giving
no manner
of offence
in
anything,
that
the
ministry
be
not blamed;
\VS{4}but
in
everything
commending
ourselves
as
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:4 }
Elohim}God's ministers,
in
much
endurance,
in
afflictions,
in necessities,
in straits,
\VS{5}in stripes,
in
prisons,
in
riots,
in labours,
in watchings,
in
fastings,
\VS{6}in pureness,
in
knowledge,
in longsuffering,
in
kindness,
in [the]
Holy
Spirit,
in
love unfeigned,
\VS{7}in [the]
word
of
truth,
in [the]
power
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:7 }
Elohim}God;
through
the arms
of
righteousness
on
the
right
hand
and
left,
\VS{8}through
glory
and dishonour,
through evil
report
and
good
report:
as
deceivers,
and
true;
\VS{9}as
unknown,
and
well
known;
as
dying,
and
behold,
we
live;
as
disciplined,
and
not
put
to
death;
\VS{10}as
grieved,
but
always
rejoicing;
as
poor,
but enriching
many;
as
having
nothing,
and
possessing
all
things.
\VS{11}Our
mouth
is
opened
to
you,
Corinthians, our
heart
is expanded.
\VS{12}Ye
are
not straitened
in
us,
but ye
are straitened
in
your
affections;
\VS{13}but
for
an answering recompense, (I
speak
as
to
children,)
let
{\BD{
your}} heart
also expand
itself.
\VS{14}Be
not diversely yoked
with
unbelievers;
for
what
participation [is
there]
between
righteousness
and
lawlessness?
or
what
fellowship
of
light
with
darkness?
\VS{15}and
what consent
of
Christ
with
Beliar,
or
what
part
for
a
believer along
with
an
unbeliever?
\VS{16}and
what
agreement
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:16 }
Elohim}God's
temple
with
idols?
for
{\BD{ye}}
are [the]
living
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:16 }
Elohim}God's
temple; according
as
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:16 }
Elohim}God
has
said,
I
will
dwell
among
them,
and
walk
among [them];
and
I
will
be
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:16 }
Elohim}God,
and
they
shall
be
to
me
a
people.
\VS{17}Wherefore
come
out
from
the
midst
of
them,
and
be
separated, saith [the]
Lord,
and
touch
not [what
is]
unclean,
and
{\BD{
I}}
will receive
you;
\VS{18}and
I
will
be
to
you
for
a
Father,
and ye
shall
be
to
me
for
sons
and
daughters, saith [the]
Lord
Almighty.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Having
therefore
these
promises,
beloved,
let
us
purify
ourselves
from
every pollution
of
flesh
and
spirit,
perfecting
holiness
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:1 }
Elohim}God's
fear.
\VS{2}Receive us:
we
have injured
no
one,
we
have ruined
no
one,
we
have made gain
of
no
one.
\VS{3}I
do
not
speak
for
condemnation,
for
I
have already
said
that ye
are
in
our
hearts,
to
die
together,
and
live
together.
\VS{4}Great [is]
my
boldness towards
you,
great
my exulting
in
respect
of
you;
I
am
filled
with
encouragement;
I overabound
in
joy
under
all
our
affliction.
\VS{5}For
indeed,
when
we
came
into
Macedonia,
our
flesh
had
no
rest,
but [we
were]
afflicted
in
every
way;
without combats,
within
fears.
\VS{6}But
he
who encourages
those
that
are [brought] low, [even]
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:6 }
Elohim}God,
encouraged
us
by
the
coming
of
Titus;
\VS{7}and
not
by
his
coming
only,
but
also
through
the
encouragement
with
which
he
was
encouraged
as
to
you; relating
to
us
your ardent desire,
your
mourning,
your
zeal
for
me;
so
that
I
the
more
rejoiced.
\VS{8}For
if
also
I
grieved
you
in
the
letter,
I
do
not
regret [it],
if
even
I
have
regretted
it;
for
I
see
that
that
letter,
if
even [it
were]
only
for
a
time,
grieved
you.
\VS{9}Now
I
rejoice,
not
that ye
have
been
grieved,
but
that ye
have
been
grieved
to
repentance;
for ye
have
been
grieved
according
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:9 }
Elohim}God,
that
in
nothing ye
might
be injured
by
us.
\VS{10}For
grief
according
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:10 }
Elohim}God works
repentance
to
salvation, never
to
be regretted;
but
the
grief
of
the
world works
death.
\VS{11}For,
behold,
this
same
thing,
your
being
grieved
according
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:11 }
Elohim}God,
how
much
diligence
it wrought
in
{\BD{
you}},
but [what] excusing [of
yourselves],
but [what]
indignation,
but [what]
fear,
but [what] ardent desire,
but [what]
zeal,
but [what]
vengeance:
in
every
way ye
have proved
yourselves
to
be
pure
in
the
matter.
\VS{12}So
then,
if
also
I
wrote
to
you, [it
was]
not
for
the
sake
of
him
that injured,
nor
for
the
sake
of
him
that
was injured,
but
for
the
sake
of
our diligent zeal
for
you
being
manifested
to
you
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:12 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{13}For
this
reason
we
have been
encouraged.
And
we
the
rather
rejoiced
in
our
encouragement
more abundantly
by
reason
of
the
joy
of
Titus,
because
his
spirit
has been
refreshed
by
you
all.
\VS{14}Because
if
I
boasted
to
him
anything
about
you,
I
have
not
been
put
to
shame;
but
as
we
have
spoken
to
you
all
things
in
truth,
so
also
our
boasting
to
Titus
has
been [the]
truth;
\VS{15}and
his
affections
are
more abundantly towards
you, calling
to
mind
the
obedience
of
you
all,
how
with
fear
and
trembling ye
received
him.
\VS{16}I
rejoice
that
in
everything
I
am
confident
as
to
you.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
we
make
known
to
you,
brethren,
the
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:1 }
Elohim}God
bestowed
in
the assemblies
of
Macedonia;
\VS{2}that
in
a
great trial
of
affliction
the
abundance
of
their
joy
and
their
deep
poverty
has
abounded
to
the
riches
of
their [free-hearted]
liberality.
\VS{3}For
according
to [their]
power,
I
bear
witness,
and
beyond [their]
power, [they
were] willing
of
their
own
accord,
\VS{4}begging
of
us
with
much entreaty [to give effect
to]
the
grace
and
fellowship
of
the
service
which [was
to
be rendered]
to
the
saints.
\VS{5}And
not according
as
we
hoped,
but
they
gave
themselves
first
to
the
Lord,
and
to
us
by
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:5 }
Elohim}God's
will.
\VS{6}So
that
we
begged
Titus
that, according
as
he
had
before begun,
so
he
would
also
complete
as
to
you
this
grace
also;
\VS{7}but
even
as ye
abound
in
every
way,
in
faith,
and
word,
and
knowledge,
and
all
diligence,
and
in
love
from
you
to
us,
that ye
may
abound
in
this
grace
also.
\VS{8}I
do
not
speak
as commanding [it],
but
through
the zeal
of
others,
and proving
the genuineness
of
your
love.
\VS{9}For ye
know
the
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that
for
your
sakes
he,
being
rich,
became poor,
in
order
that
{\BD{ye}}
by
{\BD{
his}}
poverty
might
be enriched.
\VS{10}And
I
give [my]
opinion
in
this,
for
this
is
profitable
for
you
who began
before,
not
only
to
do,
but
also
to
be
willing,
a
year
ago.
\VS{11}But
now
also
complete
the
doing
of
it;
so
that
as [there
was]
the
readiness
to
be
willing,
so
also
to
complete
out
of
what ye
have.
\VS{12}For
if
the
readiness
be there, [a man
is] accepted
according
to
what
he
may
have,
not
according
to
what
he
has
not.
\VS{13}For [it
is]
not
in
order
that
there
may
be
ease
for
others,
and
for
you
distress,
\VS{14}but [on
the principle]
of
equality;
in
the
present
time
your
abundance
for
their lack,
that
their
abundance
may
be
for
your lack,
so
that
there
should
be
equality.
\VS{15}According
as
it
is
written,
He
who [gathered]
much
had
no excess,
and
he
who [gathered]
little
was
nothing
short.
\VS{16}But
thanks [be]
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:16 }
Elohim}God,
who
gives
the
same diligent zeal
for
you
in
the
heart
of
Titus.
\VS{17}For
he
received
indeed
the entreaty,
but,
being full
of zeal,
he
went
of
his
own
accord
to
you;
\VS{18}but
we
have
sent
with
him
the
brother
whose
praise [is]
in
the glad tidings
through
all
the assemblies;
\VS{19}and
not
only [so],
but [is]
also chosen
by
the assemblies
as
our fellow-traveller
with
this
grace,
ministered
by us
to
the
glory
of
the
Lord
himself,
and [a witness
of]
our
readiness;
\VS{20}avoiding
this,
that
any
one
should blame
us
in
this abundance [which
is]
administered
by
us;
\VS{21}for
we
provide
for things
honest,
not
only
before [the]
Lord,
but
also
before
men.
\VS{22}And
we
have
sent
with
them
our
brother
whom
we
have
often proved
to
be
of
diligent zeal
in
many
things,
and
now
more diligently zealous
through
the
great
confidence [he
has]
as
to
you.
\VS{23}Whether
as regards
Titus, [he
is]
my companion
and fellow-labourer
in
your
behalf;
or
our
brethren, [they
are] deputed
messengers
of assemblies, Christ's
glory.
\VS{24}Shew
therefore
to
them,
before
the assemblies,
the
proof
of
your
love,
and
of
our
boasting
about
you.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
concerning
the ministration
which [is]
for
the
saints,
it
is
superfluous my
writing
to
you.
\VS{2}For
I
know
your
readiness,
which
I
boast
of
as respects
you
to
Macedonians,
that
Achaia
is
prepared
since
a
year
ago,
and
the
zeal [reported]
of
you
has stimulated
the mass [of
the brethren].
\VS{3}But
I
have
sent
the
brethren,
in
order
that
our
boasting
about
you
may
not
be
made
void
in
this
respect,
in
order
that,
as
I
have
said, ye
may
be
prepared;
\VS{4}lest haply,
if
Macedonians
come
with
me
and
find
you
unprepared,
{\BD{
we}},
that
we
say
not
{\BD{ye}},
may
be put
to
shame
in
this
confidence.
\VS{5}I
thought
it
necessary
therefore
to
beg
the
brethren
that
they
would
come
to
you,
and complete
beforehand
your fore-announced
blessing,
that
this
may
be
ready
thus
as
blessing,
and
not
as
got
out
of
you.
\VS{6}But
this [is true],
he
that
sows
sparingly
shall
reap
also
sparingly;
and
he
that
sows
in [the spirit
of]
blessing
shall
reap
also
in
blessing:
\VS{7}each according
as
he
is
purposed
in
his
heart;
not grievingly,
or
of
necessity;
for
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:7 }
Elohim}God
loves
a
cheerful
giver.
\VS{8}But
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:8 }
Elohim}God
is
able
to
make
every
gracious
gift
abound towards
you,
that,
having
in
every
way
always all-sufficiency, ye
may
abound
to
every
good
work:
\VS{9}according
as
it
is
written,
He
has
scattered abroad,
he
has
given
to
the
poor,
his
righteousness
remains
for
ever.
\VS{10}Now
he
that
supplies
seed
to
the
sower
and
bread
for
eating
shall
supply
and make abundant
your
sowing,
and
increase
the fruits
of
your
righteousness:
\VS{11}enriched
in
every
way unto
all free-hearted
liberality,
which works
through
us
thanksgiving
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:11 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{12}Because
the ministration
of
this
service
is
not
only filling up
the measure
of
what
is
lacking
to
the
saints,
but
also
abounding
by
many
thanksgivings
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:12 }
Elohim}God;
\VS{13}they
glorifying
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:13 }
Elohim}God
through
the
proof
of
this ministration,
by
reason
of
your
subjection,
by profession,
to
the glad tidings
of
the
Christ,
and
your free-hearted
liberality
in communicating towards
them
and towards
all;
\VS{14}and
in
their
supplication
for
you, full
of ardent desire
for
you,
on
account
of
the exceeding
grace
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:14 }
Elohim}God [which
is]
upon
you.
\VS{15}Thanks [be]
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:15 }
Elohim}God
for
his unspeakable free
gift.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
I
myself,
Paul,
entreat
you
by
the
meekness
and
gentleness
of
the
Christ,
who,
as
to
appearance, [when
present] [am] mean
among
you,
but
absent
am
bold towards
you;
\VS{2}but
I beseech
that
present
I
may
not
be
bold
with
the
confidence
with
which
I
think
to
be daring towards
some
who
think
of
us
as
walking
according
to
flesh.
\VS{3}For
walking
in
flesh, we
do
not
war
according
to
flesh.
\VS{4}For
the arms
of
our
warfare [are]
not
fleshly,
but
powerful
according
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:4 }
Elohim}God
to [the] overthrow
of
strongholds;
\VS{5}overthrowing reasonings
and
every high
thing
that lifts itself
up
against
the
knowledge
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:5 }
Elohim}God,
and
leading
captive
every
thought
into
the
obedience
of
the
Christ;
\VS{6}and
having
in readiness
to
avenge
all
disobedience
when
your
obedience
shall
have
been
fulfilled.
\VS{7}Do ye
look
at
what concerns
appearance?
If
any
one
has
confidence
in
himself
that
he
is
of
Christ,
let
him
think
this
again
in
himself,
that
even
as
he [is]
of
Christ,
so
also [are]
we.
\VS{8}For
and
if
I
should
boast
even
somewhat
more abundantly
of
our
authority,
which
the
Lord
has
given [to
us]
for
building
up
and
not
for
your overthrowing,
I
shall
not
be
put
to
shame;
\VS{9}that
I
may
not
seem
as
if
I
was frightening
you
by
letters:
\VS{10}because
his
letters,
he
says, [are]
weighty
and
strong,
but
his
presence
in
the
body
weak,
and
his
speech naught.
\VS{11}Let
such
a
one
think
this,
that
such
as
we
are
in
word
by
letters [when]
absent,
such
also
present
in
deed.
\VS{12}For
we
dare
not
class
ourselves
or
compare
ourselves
with
some
who
commend
themselves;
but
these, measuring
themselves
by
themselves,
and comparing
themselves
with
themselves,
are
not intelligent.
\VS{13}Now
{\BD{
we}}
will
not
boast out
of
measure,
but
according
to
the
measure
of
the
rule
which
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:13 }
Elohim}God
of
measure
has
apportioned
to
us,
to
reach
to
you
also.
\VS{14}For
we
do
not,
as
not reaching
to
you, overstretch
ourselves, (for
we
have
come
to
you
also
in
the glad tidings
of
the
Christ;)
\VS{15}not
boasting out
of
measure
in
other people's labours,
but
having
hope,
your
faith
increasing,
to
be
enlarged amongst
you,
according
to
our
rule,
yet
more abundantly
\VS{16}to announce
the glad tidings
to
that [which
is]
beyond
you,
not
to
be
boasting
in another's
rule
of
things made
ready
to hand.
\VS{17}But
he
that
boasts, let
him
boast
in
the
Lord.
\VS{18}For
not
{\BD{
he}}
that
commends
himself
is
approved,
but
whom
the
Lord
commends.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Would
that ye
would
bear
with
me [in]
a
little folly;
but
indeed
bear
with
me.
\VS{2}For
I
am
jealous
as
to
you
with
a
jealousy [which
is]
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:2 }
Elohim}God;
for
I
have espoused
you unto
one
man,
to
present [you]
a
chaste
virgin
to
Christ.
\VS{3}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.
\VS{4}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].
\VS{5}For
I reckon
that
in
nothing
I
am behind
those
who
are
in surpassing degree
apostles.
\VS{6}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.
\VS{7}Have
I
committed
sin, abasing
myself
in
order
that
{\BD{ye}}
might
be
exalted,
because
I gratuitously announced
to
you
the glad tidings
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:7 }
Elohim}God?
\VS{8}I spoiled
other assemblies,
receiving hire
for
ministry towards
you.
\VS{9}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.
\VS{10}[The]
truth
of
Christ
is
in
me
that
this
boasting
shall
not
be
stopped
as
to
me
in
the
regions
of
Achaia.
\VS{11}Why?
because
I
do
not
love
you?
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:11 }
Elohim}God
knows.
\VS{12}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.
\VS{13}For
such [are]
false
apostles,
deceitful
workers, transforming
themselves
into
apostles
of
Christ.
\VS{14}And [it
is]
not wonderful,
for
Satan
himself transforms
himself
into
an
angel
of
light.
\VS{15}It
is
no
great
thing
therefore
if
his ministers
also
transform
themselves
as ministers
of
righteousness;
whose
end
shall
be
according
to
their
works.
\VS{16}Again
I
say,
Let
not
any
one
think
me
to
be
a
fool;
but
if
otherwise,
receive
me
then
even
as
a
fool,
that
{\BD{
I}}
also
may
boast
myself
some
little.
\VS{17}What
I
speak
I
do
not
speak
according
to [the]
Lord,
but
as
in folly,
in
this
confidence
of
boasting.
\VS{18}Since
many
boast
according
to
flesh,
{\BD{
I}}
also
will
boast.
\VS{19}For ye
bear
fools readily,
being
wise.
\VS{20}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.
\VS{21}I
speak
as
to dishonour,
as
though
{\BD{
we}}
had
been
weak;
but wherein
any
one
is daring, (I
speak
in folly,)
{\BD{
I}}
also
am daring.
\VS{22}Are
they
Hebrews?
{\BD{
I}}
also.
Are
they
Israelites?
{\BD{
I}}
also.
Are
they
seed
of
Abraham?
{\BD{
I}}
also.
\VS{23}Are
they ministers
of
Christ? (I
speak
as
being beside
myself)
{\BD{
I}}
above measure [so];
in labours exceedingly abundant,
in stripes
to excess,
in
prisons exceedingly abundant,
in deaths oft.
\VS{24}From
the
Jews
five
times
have
I
received
forty [stripes], save
one.
\VS{25}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:
\VS{26}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;
\VS{27}in labour
and
toil,
in watchings
often,
in
hunger
and
thirst,
in
fastings
often,
in
cold
and
nakedness.
\VS{28}Besides
those
things
that
are
without,
the crowd [of
cares] pressing
on
me
daily,
the burden
of
all
the assemblies.
\VS{29}Who
is
weak,
and
I
am
not
weak?
Who
is stumbled,
and
I
burn
not?
\VS{30}If it
is needful
to
boast,
I
will
boast
in
the
things
which concern
my
infirmity.
\VS{31}The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:31 }
Elohim}God
and
Father
of
the
Lord
Jesus
knows —
he
who
is
blessed
for
ever —
that
I
do
not
lie.
\VS{32}In
Damascus
the
ethnarch
of
Aretas
the
king
kept
the
city
of
the
Damascenes shut up, wishing
to take
me;
\VS{33}and
through
a
window
in
a
basket
I
was
let
down
by
the
wall,
and
escaped
his
hands.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Well,
it
is
not
of profit
to
me
to
boast,
for
I
will
come
to
visions
and
revelations
of [the]
Lord.
\VS{2}I
know
a
man
in
Christ,
fourteen
years
ago, (whether
in [the]
body
I
know
not,
or
out
of
the
body
I
know
not,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:2 }
Elohim}God
knows;)
such [a
one]
caught
up
to [the]
third
heaven.
\VS{3}And
I
know
such
a
man, (whether
in [the]
body
or out
of
the
body
I
know
not,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:3 }
Elohim}God
knows;)
\VS{4}that
he
was
caught
up
into
paradise,
and
heard unspeakable
things
said
which
it
is
not allowed
to
man
to utter.
\VS{5}Of
such [a
one]
I
will
boast,
but
of
myself
I
will
not
boast,
unless
in
my
weaknesses.
\VS{6}For
if
I
shall
desire
to
boast,
I
shall
not
be
a
fool;
for
I
will
say [the]
truth;
but
I forbear,
lest
any
one
should
think
as
to
me
above
what
he
sees
me [to
be],
or
whatever
he
may
hear
of
me.
\VS{7}And
that
I
might
not
be exalted
by
the exceeding
greatness
of
the
revelations, there
was
given
to
me
a
thorn
for
the
flesh,
a
messenger
of
Satan
that
he
might buffet
me,
that
I
might
not
be exalted.
\VS{8}For
this
I thrice besought
the
Lord
that
it
might
depart
from
me.
\VS{9}And
he
said
to
me,
My
grace suffices thee;
for [my]
power
is
perfected
in
weakness.
Most
gladly
therefore
will
I
rather
boast
in
my
weaknesses,
that
the
power
of
the
Christ
may
dwell
upon
me.
\VS{10}Wherefore
I
take
pleasure
in
weaknesses,
in
insults,
in necessities,
in
persecutions,
in straits,
for
Christ:
for
when
I
am
weak,
then
I
am
powerful.
\VS{11}I
have
become
a
fool;
{\BD{ye}}
have
compelled
me;
for
{\BD{
I}}
ought
to
have
been
commended
by
you;
for
I
have
been
nothing behind
those
who
were
in surpassing degree
apostles,
if
also
I
am
nothing.
\VS{12}The
signs
indeed
of
the
apostle
were wrought
among
you
in
all
endurance,
signs,
and
wonders,
and works
of
power.
\VS{13}For
in
what
is
it
that ye
have
been
inferior
to
the
other assemblies,
unless
that
I
myself
have
not
been
in laziness
a charge
upon
you?
Forgive
me
this injury.
\VS{14}Behold,
this
third
time
I
am
ready
to
come
to
you,
and
I
will
not
be
in laziness
a charge;
for
I
do
not
seek
yours,
but
you;
for
the
children
ought
not
to lay
up
for
the
parents,
but
the
parents
for
the
children.
\VS{15}Now
{\BD{
I}}
shall
most
gladly
spend
and
be utterly
spent
for
your
souls,
if
even
in abundantly loving
you
I
should
be
less
loved.
\VS{16}But
be
it
so.
{\BD{
I}}
did
not burden
you,
but
being
crafty
I
took
you
by guile.
\VS{17}Did
I
make gain
of
you
by
any
of
those
whom
I
have
sent
to
you?
\VS{18}I
begged
Titus,
and
sent
the
brother
with [him]:
did
Titus
at
all
make gain
of
you?
have
we
not
walked
in
the
same
spirit? [have
we]
not
in
the
same
steps?
\VS{19}Ye
have
long
been
supposing
that
we excuse ourselves
to
you:
we
speak
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:19 }
Elohim}God
in
Christ;
and
all
things,
beloved,
for
your
building
up.
\VS{20}For
I
fear
lest perhaps
coming
I
find
you
not
such
as
I
wish,
and
that
{\BD{
I}}
be
found
by
you
such
as ye
do
not
wish:
lest [there might
be] strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings
up,
disturbances;
\VS{21}lest
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:21 }
Elohim}God
should
humble
me
as
to
you
when
I
come
again,
and
that
I
shall grieve
over
many
of
those
who
have
sinned
before,
and
have
not
repented
as
to
the
uncleanness
and
fornication
and
licentiousness
which
they
have practised.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
third
time
I
am
coming
to
you.
In
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
shall
every
matter
be established.
\VS{2}I
have declared beforehand,
and
I
say beforehand
as
present
the
second
time,
and
now
absent,
to
those
that
have
sinned
before,
and
to
all
the
rest,
that
if
I
come
again
I
will
not
spare.
\VS{3}Since ye
seek
a
proof
of
Christ
speaking
in
me, (who
is
not
weak towards
you,
but
is powerful
among
you,
\VS{4}for
if
indeed
he
has
been
crucified
in
weakness,
yet
he
lives
by
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:4 }
Elohim}God's
power;
for
indeed
{\BD{
we}}
are
weak
in
him,
but
we
shall
live
with
him
by
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:4 }
Elohim}God's
power towards
you,)
\VS{5}examine
your
own selves
if ye
be
in
the
faith; prove
your
own selves:
do ye
not recognise
yourselves,
that
Jesus
Christ
is
in
you,
unless
indeed ye
be reprobates?
\VS{6}Now
I
hope
that ye
will
know
that
{\BD{
we}}
are
not reprobates.
\VS{7}But
we
pray
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:7 }
Elohim}God
that ye
may
do
nothing
evil;
not
that
{\BD{
we}}
may
appear
approved,
but
that
{\BD{ye}}
may
do
what
is
right,
and
{\BD{
we}}
be
as reprobates.
\VS{8}For
we
can
do
nothing
against
the
truth,
but
for
the
truth.
\VS{9}For
we
rejoice
when
{\BD{
we}}
may
be
weak
and
{\BD{ye}}
may
be
powerful.
But
this
also
we
pray
for,
your perfecting.
\VS{10}On
this
account
I
write
these
things being
absent,
that being
present
I
may
not
use
severity
according
to
the
authority
which
the
Lord
has
given
me
for
building
up,
and
not
for overthrowing.
\VS{11}For
the
rest,
brethren,
rejoice;
be perfected;
be
encouraged;
be
of
one
mind;
be
at
peace;
and
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:11 }
Elohim}God
of
love
and
peace
shall
be
with
you.
\VS{12}Salute
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
\VS{13}All
the
saints salute
you.
\VS{14}The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:14 }
Elohim}God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, [be] with you all.
\par }