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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
an emissary
of
Messiah\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Messiah” means “Anointed One”.} Yeshua
through
the
will
of
God,
and
Timothy
our
brother,
to
the
assembly
of
God
which
is
at
Corinth,
with
all
the
holy
ones
who
are
in
the
whole
of
Achaia:
\VS{2}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord Yeshua
the
Messiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord Yeshua
the
Messiah,
the
Father
of
mercies
and
God
of
all
comfort,
\VS{4}who
comforts
us
in
all
our
affliction,
that
we
may
be
able
to
comfort
those
who
are
in
any
affliction,
through
the
comfort
with
which
we
ourselves
are
comforted
by
God.
\VS{5}For
as
the
sufferings
of
Messiah
abound
to
us,
even
so
our
comfort
also abounds
through
Messiah.
\VS{6}But
if
we
are
afflicted,
it
is
for
your
comfort
and
salvation.
If
we
are
comforted,
it
is
for
your
comfort,
which produces
in
you
the
patient
enduring
of
the
same
sufferings
which
we
also
suffer.
\VS{7}Our
hope
for
you
is
steadfast,
knowing
that,
since
you
are
partakers
of
the
sufferings,
so
you
are
also
of
the
comfort.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}For
we
don’t
desire
to
have
you
uninformed,
brothers,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:8 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”}
concerning
our
affliction
which
happened
to
us
in
Asia:
that
we
were weighed
down exceedingly,
beyond
our
power,
so much
that
we
despaired
even
of
life.
\VS{9}Yes,
we
ourselves
have
had
the
sentence
of
death
within
ourselves,
that
we
should
not
trust
in
ourselves,
but
in
God
who
raises
the
dead,
\VS{10}who
delivered
us
out
of
so
great
a
death,
and does
deliver,
on
whom
we
have
set
our
hope
that
he
will
also
still
deliver
us,
\VS{11}you
also
helping
together
on
our
behalf
by
your
supplication;
that,
for
the
gift
given
to
us
by
means
of
many,
thanks
may
be
given
by
many
persons
on
your
behalf.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}For
our
boasting
is
this:
the
testimony
of
our
conscience
that
in
holiness
and
sincerity
of
God,
not
in
fleshly
wisdom
but
in
the
grace
of
God,
we behaved
ourselves
in
the
world,
and
more abundantly towards
you.
\VS{13}For
we
write
no
other
things
to
you
than
what
you
read
or
even
acknowledge,
and
I
hope
you
will
acknowledge
to
the
end—
\VS{14}as
also
you acknowledged
us
in
part—that
we
are
your
boasting,
even
as
you
also
are
ours,
in
the
day
of
our
Lord Yeshua.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}In
this
confidence,
I
was determined
to
come
first
to
you,
that
you
might
have
a
second benefit,
\VS{16}and
by
you
to
pass
into
Macedonia,
and
again
from
Macedonia
to
come
to
you,
and
to
be
sent forward
by
you
on
my
journey
to
Judea.
\VS{17}When
I
therefore
planned
this,
did
I show fickleness?
Or
the
things
that
I plan,
do
I plan
according
to
the
flesh,
that
with
me
there
should
be
the “Yes,
yes”
and
the “No,
no?”
\VS{18}But
as
God
is
faithful,
our
word towards
you
was
not “Yes
and
no.”
\VS{19}For
the
Son
of
God, Yeshua
the
Messiah,
who
was
preached amongst
you
by
us—by
me,
Silvanus,
and
Timothy—was
not “Yes
and
no,”
but
in
him
is “Yes.”
\VS{20}For however
many
are
the
promises
of
God,
in
him
is
the “Yes.”
Therefore
also
through
him
is
the “Amen”,
to
the
glory
of
God
through
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Now
he
who
establishes
us
with
you
in
Messiah
and
anointed
us
is
God,
\VS{22}who
also
sealed
us
and
gave
us
the down payment
of
the
Spirit
in
our
hearts.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}But
I
call
God
for
a
witness
to
my
soul,
that
to
spare
you,
I didn’t
come
to
Corinth.
\VS{24}We
don’t control
your
faith,
but
are
fellow
workers
with
you
for
your
joy.
For
you
stand
firm
in
faith.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
I
determined
this
for
myself,
that
I
would
not
come
to
you
again
in
sorrow.
\VS{2}For
if
I
make
you
grieve,
then
who
will
make
me
glad
but
he
who
is
made
to
grieve
by
me?
\VS{3}And
I
wrote
this
very
thing
to
you,
so
that
when
I
came,
I wouldn’t
have
sorrow
from
them
of
whom
I
ought
to
rejoice;
having
confidence
in
you
all
that
my
joy
would
be shared
by
all
of
you.
\VS{4}For
out
of
much
affliction
and
anguish
of
heart
I
wrote
to
you
with
many
tears,
not
that
you
should
be
made
to
grieve,
but
that
you
might
know
the
love
that
I
have
so abundantly
for
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}But
if
any
has
caused
sorrow,
he
has
caused
sorrow
not
to
me,
but
in
part (that
I
not press
too heavily)
to
you
all.
\VS{6}This
punishment
which
was inflicted
by
the
many
is
sufficient
for
such
a
one;
\VS{7}so
that,
on
the
contrary,
you
should
rather
forgive
him
and
comfort
him,
lest
by any means
such
a
one
should
be
swallowed
up
with
his
excessive
sorrow.
\VS{8}Therefore
I
beg
you
to confirm
your
love towards
him.
\VS{9}For
to
this
end
I
also
wrote,
that
I
might
know
the
proof
of
you,
whether
you
are
obedient
in
all
things.
\VS{10}Now
I
also
forgive
whomever
you
forgive
anything.
For
if
indeed
I
have
forgiven
anything,
I
have
forgiven
that
one
for
your
sakes
in
the
presence
of
Messiah,
\VS{11}that
no
advantage
may
be gained
over us
by
Satan,
for
we
are
not
ignorant
of
his
schemes.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
when
I
came
to
Troas
for
the
Good
News
of
Messiah,
and
when
a
door
was
opened
to
me
in
the
Lord,
\VS{13}I
had
no
relief
for
my
spirit,
because
I
didn’t
find
Titus
my
brother,
but
taking
my
leave
of
them,
I
went
out
into
Macedonia.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Now
thanks
be
to
God
who
always
leads
us
in
triumph
in
Messiah,
and reveals
through
us
the
sweet
aroma
of
his
knowledge
in
every
place.
\VS{15}For
we
are
a sweet aroma
of
Messiah
to
God
in
those
who
are
saved
and
in
those
who
perish:
\VS{16}to
the
one
a stench
from
death
to
death,
to
the
other
a
sweet
aroma
from
life
to
life.
Who
is
sufficient
for
these
things?
\VS{17}For
we
are
not
as
so
many,
peddling
the
word
of
God.
But
as
of
sincerity,
but
as
of
God,
in
the
sight
of
God,
we
speak
in
Messiah.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Are
we
beginning
again
to
commend
ourselves?
Or
do
we
need,
as
do
some,
letters
of
commendation
to
you
or
from
you?
\VS{2}You
are
our
letter,
written
in
our
hearts,
known
and
read
by
all
men,
\VS{3}being
revealed
that
you
are
a
letter
of
Messiah,
served
by
us,
written
not
with
ink,
but
with
the
Spirit
of
the
living
God;
not
in
tablets
of
stone,
but
in
tablets
that
are
hearts
of
flesh.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Such
confidence
we
have
through
Messiah towards
God,
\VS{5}not
that
we
are
sufficient
of
ourselves
to
account
anything
as
from
ourselves;
but
our sufficiency
is
from
God,
\VS{6}who
also
made
us sufficient
as
servants
of
a
new
covenant,
not
of
the
letter
but
of
the
Spirit.
For
the
letter
kills,
but
the
Spirit
gives
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
if
the
service
of
death, written
engraved
on
stones,
came
with
glory,
so
that
the children
of
Israel
could
not
look steadfastly
on
the
face
of
Moses
for
the
glory
of
his
face,
which
was
passing
away,
\VS{8}won’t
service
of
the
Spirit
be
with
much
more
glory?
\VS{9}For
if
the
service
of
condemnation
has
glory,
the
service
of
righteousness exceeds
much
more
in
glory.
\VS{10}For most
certainly
that
which
has
been made
glorious
has
not
been made
glorious
in
this
respect,
by
reason
of
the
glory
that
surpasses.
\VS{11}For
if
that
which passes
away
was
with
glory,
much
more
that
which
remains
is
in
glory.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Having
therefore
such
a
hope,
we
use
great
boldness
of
speech,
\VS{13}and
not
as
Moses,
who
put
a
veil
on
his
face
so
that
the children
of
Israel wouldn’t
look steadfastly
on
the
end
of
that
which
was
passing
away.
\VS{14}But
their
minds
were
hardened,
for
until
this
very
day
at
the
reading
of
the
old
covenant
the
same
veil
remains,
because
in
Messiah
it passes
away.
\VS{15}But
to
this
day,
when
Moses
is
read,
a
veil
lies
on
their
heart.
\VS{16}But
whenever someone
turns
to
the
Lord,
the
veil
is
taken
away.
\VS{17}Now
the
Lord
is
the
Spirit;
and
where
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is,
there
is
liberty.
\VS{18}But
we
all,
with
unveiled
face seeing
the
glory
of
the
Lord
as
in
a
mirror,
are
transformed
into
the
same
image
from
glory
to
glory,
even
as
from
the
Lord,
the
Spirit.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore, seeing
we
have
this
ministry, even
as
we
obtained
mercy,
we
don’t faint.
\VS{2}But
we
have
renounced
the
hidden
things
of
shame,
not
walking
in
craftiness
nor handling
the
word
of
God deceitfully,
but
by
the
manifestation
of
the
truth
commending
ourselves
to
every
man’s
conscience
in
the
sight
of
God.
\VS{3}Even
if
our
Good
News
is
veiled,
it
is
veiled
in
those
who
are
dying,
\VS{4}in
whom
the
god
of
this
world
has
blinded
the
minds
of
the
unbelieving,
that
the
light
of
the
Good
News
of
the
glory
of
Messiah,
who
is
the
image
of
God,
should
not dawn
on
them.
\VS{5}For
we
don’t
proclaim
ourselves,
but
Messiah Yeshua
as
Lord,
and
ourselves
as
your
servants
for Yeshua’s
sake,
\VS{6}seeing
it
is
God
who
said, “Light
will
shine
out
of
darkness,”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:6 }
Genesis 1:3}
who
has
shone
in
our
hearts
to
give
the
light
of
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
God
in
the
face
of Yeshua
the
Messiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
we
have
this
treasure
in
clay
vessels,
that
the exceeding
greatness
of
the
power
may
be
of
God
and
not
from
ourselves.
\VS{8}We
are pressed
on
every side,
yet
not
crushed;
perplexed,
yet
not
to despair;
\VS{9}pursued,
yet
not
forsaken;
struck
down,
yet
not
destroyed;
\VS{10}always
carrying
in
the
body
the putting
to death
of
the Lord Yeshua,
that
the
life
of Yeshua
may
also
be
revealed
in
our
body.
\VS{11}For
we
who
live
are
always
delivered
to
death
for Yeshua’s
sake,
that
the
life
also
of Yeshua
may
be
revealed
in
our
mortal
flesh.
\VS{12}So
then
death
works
in
us,
but
life
in
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
having
the
same
spirit
of
faith,
according
to
that
which
is
written, “I
believed,
and
therefore
I
spoke.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:13 }
Psalm 116:10}
We
also
believe,
and
therefore
we
also
speak,
\VS{14}knowing
that
he
who
raised
the
Lord Yeshua
will
raise
us
also
with Yeshua,
and
will
present
us
with
you.
\VS{15}For
all
things
are
for
your
sakes,
that
the
grace,
being multiplied
through
the
many,
may
cause
the
thanksgiving
to
abound
to
the
glory
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Therefore
we
don’t faint,
but
though
our outward
person
is
decaying,
yet
our inward
person
is
renewed
day
by
day.
\VS{17}For
our
light
affliction,
which
is
for
the moment, works
for
us
more
and
more exceedingly
an
eternal
weight
of
glory,
\VS{18}while
we
don’t
look
at
the
things
which
are
seen,
but
at
the
things
which
are
not
seen.
For
the
things
which
are
seen
are
temporal,
but
the
things
which
are
not
seen
are
eternal.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
we
know
that
if
the
earthly
house
of
our
tent
is dissolved,
we
have
a
building
from
God,
a
house
not
made
with
hands,
eternal,
in
the
heavens.
\VS{2}For most
certainly
in
this
we
groan,
longing
to
be
clothed
with
our habitation
which
is
from
heaven,
\VS{3}if
indeed being clothed,
we
will
not
be
found
naked.
\VS{4}For
indeed
we
who
are
in
this
tent
do
groan,
being
burdened,
not
that
we
desire
to
be
unclothed,
but
that
we
desire
to
be
clothed,
that
what
is
mortal
may
be
swallowed
up
by
life.
\VS{5}Now
he
who made
us
for
this
very
thing
is
God,
who
also
gave
to
us
the down payment
of
the
Spirit.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Therefore
we
are
always
confident
and
know
that
while
we
are
at
home
in
the
body,
we
are
absent
from
the
Lord;
\VS{7}for
we
walk
by
faith,
not
by
sight.
\VS{8}We
are courageous,
I say,
and
are willing
rather
to
be
absent
from
the
body
and
to
be
at
home
with
the
Lord.
\VS{9}Therefore
also
we
make
it
our aim,
whether at
home
or
absent,
to
be
well
pleasing
to
him.
\VS{10}For
we
must
all
be
revealed
before
the judgement
seat
of
Messiah
that
each
one
may
receive
the
things
in
the
body
according
to
what
he
has
done,
whether
good
or
bad.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Knowing
therefore
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
we
persuade
men,
but
we
are
revealed
to
God,
and
I
hope
that
we
are
revealed
also
in
your
consciences.
\VS{12}For
we
are
not
commending
ourselves
to
you
again,
but speak
as
giving
you
occasion
of
boasting
on
our
behalf,
that
you
may
have
something
to answer
those
who
boast
in
appearance
and
not
in
heart.
\VS{13}For
if we are
beside
ourselves, it
is
for
God.
Or
if we are
of sober
mind, it
is
for
you.
\VS{14}For
the
love
of
Messiah compels us;
because
we
judge thus:
that
one died
for
all,
therefore
all died.
\VS{15}He
died
for
all,
that
those
who
live
should
no
longer
live
to
themselves,
but
to
him
who
for
their
sakes
died
and
rose
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Therefore
we
know
no
one
according
to
the
flesh
from
now
on.
Even
though
we
have
known
Messiah
according
to
the
flesh,
yet
now
we
know
him
so
no
more.
\VS{17}Therefore
if
anyone
is
in
Messiah,
he
is
a
new
creation.
The
old
things
have
passed
away.
Behold,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:17 }
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
all
things
have
become
new.
\VS{18}But
all
things
are
of
God,
who
reconciled
us
to
himself
through Yeshua
the
Messiah,
and
gave
to
us
the
ministry
of
reconciliation;
\VS{19}namely,
that
God
was
in
Messiah
reconciling
the
world
to
himself,
not reckoning
to
them
their
trespasses,
and having
committed
to
us
the
word
of
reconciliation.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}We
are
therefore
ambassadors
on
behalf
of
Messiah,
as
though
God
were entreating
by us:
we
beg
you
on
behalf
of
Messiah,
be
reconciled
to
God.
\VS{21}For
him
who
knew
no
sin
he
made
to
be
sin
on
our
behalf,
so
that
in
him
we
might
become
the
righteousness
of
God.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Working
together,
we
entreat
also
that
you
do
not
receive
the
grace
of
God
in
vain.
\VS{2}For
he
says,
\par }{\Q “At
an
acceptable
time
I
listened
to
you.
\par }{\Q In
a
day
of
salvation
I
helped
you.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 6:2 }
Isaiah 49:8}
\par }{\PP Behold,
now
is
the
acceptable
time.
Behold,
now
is
the
day
of
salvation.
\VS{3}We
give
no occasion
of stumbling
in
anything,
that
our
service
may
not
be blamed,
\VS{4}but
in
everything
commending
ourselves
as
servants
of
God:
in
great
endurance,
in
afflictions,
in
hardships,
in
distresses,
\VS{5}in
beatings,
in
imprisonments,
in
riots,
in labours,
in watchings,
in
fastings,
\VS{6}in pureness,
in
knowledge,
in
perseverance,
in
kindness,
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
in
sincere
love,
\VS{7}in
the
word
of
truth,
in
the
power
of
God,
by
the armour
of
righteousness
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left,
\VS{8}by
glory
and dishonour,
by evil
report
and
good
report,
as
deceivers
and
yet
true,
\VS{9}as
unknown
and
yet
well
known,
as
dying
and
behold—we
live,
as
punished
and
not killed,
\VS{10}as
sorrowful
yet
always
rejoicing,
as
poor
yet
making
many
rich,
as
having
nothing
and
yet
possessing
all
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Our
mouth
is
open
to
you,
Corinthians. Our
heart
is enlarged.
\VS{12}You
are
not
restricted
by
us,
but
you
are
restricted
by
your own
affections.
\VS{13}Now
in return—I
speak
as
to
my
children—you
also
open
your hearts.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Don’t
be unequally yoked
with
unbelievers,
for
what
fellowship
do
righteousness
and iniquity
have?
Or
what
fellowship
does
light
have
with
darkness?
\VS{15}What
agreement
does
Messiah
have
with
Belial?
Or
what portion
does
a
believer
have
with
an
unbeliever?
\VS{16}What
agreement
does
a
temple
of
God
have
with
idols?
For
you
are
a
temple
of
the
living
God.
Even
as
God
said, “I
will
dwell
in
them
and
walk
in
them.
I
will
be
their
God
and
they
will
be
my
people.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 6:16 }
Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27}
\VS{17}Therefore
\par }{\Q “ ‘Come
out
from amongst
them,
\par }{\QB and
be
separate,’
says
the
Lord.
\par }{\Q ‘Touch
no
unclean
thing.
\par }{\QB I
will receive
you.\XREF{✡}{{\XO 6:17 }
Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41}
\par }{\Q \VS{18}I
will
be
to
you
a
Father.
\par }{\QB You
will
be
to
me
sons
and
daughters,’
\par }{\PP says
the
Lord
Almighty.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 6:18 }
2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8}

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Having
therefore
these
promises,
beloved, let’s
cleanse
ourselves
from
all
defilement
of
flesh
and
spirit,
perfecting
holiness
in
the
fear
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Open your hearts
to us.
We
wronged
no
one.
We
corrupted
no
one.
We
took
advantage
of
no
one.
\VS{3}I
say
this
not
to
condemn
you,
for
I
have
said
before
that
you
are
in
our
hearts
to
die
together
and
live
together.
\VS{4}Great
is
my
boldness
of
speech towards
you.
Great
is
my
boasting
on
your
behalf.
I
am
filled
with
comfort.
I overflow
with
joy
in
all
our
affliction.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}For
even
when
we
had
come
into
Macedonia,
our
flesh
had
no
relief,
but
we
were
afflicted
on
every side. Fightings
were
outside.
Fear
was
inside.
\VS{6}Nevertheless,
he
who
comforts
the
lowly,
God,
comforted
us
by
the
coming
of
Titus,
\VS{7}and
not
by
his
coming
only,
but
also
by
the
comfort
with
which
he
was
comforted
in
you
while
he
told
us
of
your
longing,
your
mourning,
and
your
zeal
for
me,
so
that
I
rejoiced
still
more.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}For
though
I
grieved
you
with
my
letter,
I
do
not
regret
it,
though
I did
regret
it.
For
I
see
that
my
letter
made
you
grieve,
though
just
for
a
while.
\VS{9}I
now
rejoice,
not
that
you
were
grieved,
but
that
you
were
grieved
to
repentance.
For
you
were
grieved
in
a
godly
way,
that
you
might
suffer
loss
by
us
in
nothing.
\VS{10}For
godly
sorrow
produces
repentance
leading
to
salvation,
which
brings no
regret.
But
the
sorrow
of
the
world
produces
death.
\VS{11}For
behold,
this
same
thing,
that
you
were
grieved
in
a
godly
way,
what earnest care
it worked
in
you.
Yes,
what defence,
indignation,
fear,
longing,
zeal,
and
vindication!
In
everything
you
demonstrated
yourselves
to
be
pure
in
the
matter.
\VS{12}So
although
I
wrote
to
you,
I
wrote
not
for
his cause
that
did
the
wrong,
nor
for
his cause
that suffered
the
wrong,
but
that
your earnest care
for us
might
be
revealed
in
you
in
the
sight
of
God.
\VS{13}Therefore
we
have been
comforted.
In
our
comfort
we
rejoiced
the
more exceedingly
for
the
joy
of
Titus,
because
his
spirit
has been
refreshed
by
you
all.
\VS{14}For
if
in
anything
I
have
boasted
to
him
on
your
behalf,
I
was
not disappointed.
But
as
we
spoke
all
things
to
you
in
truth,
so
our glorying
also
which
I
made
before
Titus
was
found
to
be
truth.
\VS{15}His
affection
is
more abundantly towards
you,
while
he
remembers
all
of
your
obedience,
how
with
fear
and
trembling
you
received
him.
\VS{16}I
rejoice
that
in
everything
I
am
confident concerning
you.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Moreover,
brothers,
we
make
known
to
you
the
grace
of
God
which
has been
given
in
the
assemblies
of
Macedonia,
\VS{2}how
in
a severe
ordeal
of
affliction,
the
abundance
of
their
joy
and
their
deep
poverty
abounded
to
the
riches
of
their
generosity.
\VS{3}For
according
to
their
power,
I
testify, yes
and
beyond
their
power,
they gave
of
their
own
accord,
\VS{4}begging
us
with
much entreaty
to receive
this
grace
and
the
fellowship
in
the
service
to
the
holy
ones.
\VS{5}This
was
not
as
we
had
expected,
but
first
they
gave
their
own selves
to
the
Lord,
and
to
us
through
the
will
of
God.
\VS{6}So
we
urged
Titus,
that
as
he
had
made
a
beginning
before,
so
he
would
also
complete
in
you
this
grace.
\VS{7}But
as
you
abound
in
everything—in
faith,
utterance,
knowledge,
all
earnestness,
and
in
your
love
to
us—see
that
you
also
abound
in
this
grace.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}I
speak
not
by
way
of
commandment,
but
as proving
through
the
earnestness
of
others
the
sincerity
also
of
your
love.
\VS{9}For
you
know
the
grace
of
our
Lord Yeshua
the
Messiah,
that
though
he
was
rich,
yet
for
your
sakes
he
became poor,
that
you
through
his
poverty
might
become
rich.
\VS{10}I
give advice
in
this:
it
is expedient
for
you
who
were
the
first
to start
a
year
ago,
not
only
to
do,
but
also
to
be
willing.
\VS{11}But
now
complete
the
doing
also,
that
as
there
was
the
readiness
to
be
willing,
so
there
may
be
the
completion
also
out
of
your
ability.
\VS{12}For
if
the
readiness
is there,
it
is
acceptable
according
to
what
you
have,
not
according
to
what
you
don’t
have.
\VS{13}For
this
is
not
that
others
may
be eased
and
you distressed,
\VS{14}but
for
equality.
Your
abundance
at
this
present
time supplies
their lack,
that
their
abundance
also
may
become
a supply
for
your lack,
that
there
may
be
equality.
\VS{15}As
it
is
written, “He
who gathered
much
had
nothing left over,
and
he
who gathered
little
had
no
lack.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 8:15 }
Exodus 16:18}
\par }{\PP \VS{16}But
thanks
be
to
God,
who
puts
the
same earnest care
for
you
into
the
heart
of
Titus.
\VS{17}For
he
indeed
accepted
our
exhortation,
but
being
himself
very
earnest,
he
went
out
to
you
of
his
own
accord.
\VS{18}We
have
sent
together
with
him
the
brother
whose
praise
in
the
Good
News
is known
throughout
all
the
assemblies.
\VS{19}Not
only
so,
but
he
was
also
appointed
by
the
assemblies
to
travel
with us
in
this
grace,
which
is
served
by us
to
the
glory
of
the
Lord
himself,
and
to show
our
readiness.
\VS{20}We
are avoiding
this,
that
any
man
should blame
us concerning
this abundance
which
is
administered
by
us.
\VS{21}Having
regard
for honourable things,
not
only
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
but
also
in
the
sight
of
men.
\VS{22}We
have
sent
with
them
our
brother
whom
we
have
many
times proved
earnest
in
many
things,
but
now
much
more
earnest,
by
reason
of
the
great
confidence
which
he
has
in
you.
\VS{23}As
for
Titus,
he
is
my
partner
and
fellow
worker
for
you.
As
for
our
brothers,
they
are
the emissaries
of
the
assemblies,
the
glory
of
Messiah.
\VS{24}Therefore
show
the
proof
of
your
love
to
them
before
the
assemblies,
and
of
our
boasting
on
your
behalf.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
is
indeed unnecessary
for
me
to
write
to
you
concerning
the
service
to
the
holy
ones,
\VS{2}for
I
know
your
readiness,
of
which
I
boast
on
your
behalf
to
those
of
Macedonia,
that
Achaia
has
been
prepared
for
the past
year.
Your
zeal
has
stirred
up
very
many
of
them.
\VS{3}But
I
have
sent
the
brothers
so
that
our
boasting
on
your
behalf
may
not
be
in vain
in
this
respect,
that,
just
as
I
said,
you
may
be
prepared,
\VS{4}lest
by
any
means,
if
anyone
from
Macedonia
comes
there
with
me
and
finds
you
unprepared,
we (to
say
nothing
of
you)
would
be disappointed
in
this
confident boasting.
\VS{5}I
thought
it
necessary
therefore
to
entreat
the
brothers
that
they
would
go
before
to
you
and
arrange
ahead
of time
the generous
gift
that
you
promised
before,
that
the
same
might
be
ready
as
a matter
of generosity,
and
not
of
greediness.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Remember
this:
he
who
sows
sparingly
will
also
reap
sparingly.
He
who
sows
bountifully
will
also
reap
bountifully.
\VS{7}Let
each
man give according
as
he
has determined
in
his
heart,
not grudgingly
or
under
compulsion,
for
God
loves
a
cheerful
giver.
\VS{8}And
God
is
able
to
make
all
grace
abound
to
you,
that
you,
always
having
all
sufficiency
in
everything,
may
abound
to
every
good
work.
\VS{9}As
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “He
has
scattered abroad.
He
has
given
to
the
poor.
\par }{\QB His
righteousness
remains
forever.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:9 }
Psalm 112:9}
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Now
may
he
who
supplies
seed
to
the
sower
and
bread
for
food,
supply
and
multiply
your
seed
for
sowing,
and
increase
the fruits
of
your
righteousness,
\VS{11}you being
enriched
in
everything
for
all
generosity,
which
produces
thanksgiving
to
God
through
us.
\VS{12}For
this
service
of
giving
that
you perform
not
only makes up
for
lack amongst
the
holy
ones,
but abounds
also
through
much
giving
of
thanks
to
God,
\VS{13}seeing
that
through
the
proof given
by
this
service,
they
glorify
God
for
the
obedience
of
your
confession
to
the
Good
News
of
Messiah
and
for
the
generosity
of
your
contribution
to
them
and
to
all,
\VS{14}while
they
themselves
also,
with
supplication
on
your
behalf,
yearn
for
you
by
reason
of
the exceeding
grace
of
God
in
you.
\VS{15}Now
thanks
be
to
God
for
his unspeakable
gift!

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
I
Paul,
myself,
entreat
you
by
the
humility
and
gentleness
of
Messiah,
I
who
in
your
presence
am
lowly amongst
you,
but
being
absent
am
bold towards
you.
\VS{2}Yes,
I beg
you
that
I
may
not,
when
present, show
courage
with
the
confidence
with
which
I intend
to
be
bold
against
some,
who
consider
us
to
be
walking
according
to
the
flesh.
\VS{3}For
though we
walk
in
the
flesh, we
don’t
wage
war
according
to
the
flesh;
\VS{4}for
the
weapons
of
our
warfare
are
not
of
the
flesh,
but
mighty
before
God
to
the throwing
down
of
strongholds,
\VS{5}throwing
down imaginations
and
every high
thing
that
is exalted
against
the
knowledge
of
God
and bringing
every
thought
into captivity
to
the
obedience
of
Messiah,
\VS{6}and
being
in readiness
to
avenge
all
disobedience
when
your
obedience
is
made
full.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Do
you
look
at
things
only
as
they appear
in front
of
your
face?
If
anyone
trusts
in
himself
that
he
is Messiah’s,
let
him
consider
this
again
with
himself,
that
even
as
he
is Messiah’s,
so
we
also
are Messiah’s.
\VS{8}For
even
if
I
boast
somewhat abundantly
concerning
our
authority,
which
the
Lord
gave
for
building
you
up
and
not
for casting
you
down,
I
will
not
be
ashamed,
\VS{9}that
I
may
not
seem
as
if
I desire
to
terrify
you
by
my
letters.
\VS{10}For, “His
letters”,
they
say, “are
weighty
and
strong,
but
his bodily
presence
is
weak,
and
his
speech
is
despised.”
\VS{11}Let
such
a
person
consider
this,
that
what
we
are
in
word
by
letters
when
we
are
absent,
such
are
we
also
in
deed
when
we
are
present.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}For
we
are
not
bold
to
number
or
compare
ourselves
with
some
of
those
who
commend
themselves.
But
they
themselves, measuring
themselves
by
themselves,
and comparing
themselves
with
themselves,
are
without
understanding.
\VS{13}But
we
will
not
boast
beyond
proper limits,
but
within
the boundaries
with
which
God appointed
to
us,
which
reach
even
to
you.
\VS{14}For
we
don’t stretch
ourselves
too much,
as
though
we
didn’t
reach
to
you.
For
we came
even
as
far
as
to
you
with
the
Good
News
of
Messiah,
\VS{15}not
boasting
beyond proper limits
in
other
men’s labours,
but
having
hope
that
as
your
faith
grows,
we
will
be abundantly
enlarged
by
you
in
our
sphere
of influence,
\VS{16}so
as
to
proclaim
the
Good
News
even
to
the parts
beyond
you,
not
to
boast
in
what someone else has already done.
\VS{17}But “he
who
boasts, let
him
boast
in
the
Lord.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:17 }
Jeremiah 9:24
}
\VS{18}For
it
isn’t
he
who
commends
himself
who
is
approved,
but
whom
the
Lord
commends.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
wish
that
you
would
bear
with
me
in
a
little
foolishness,
but
indeed
you
do
bear
with
me.
\VS{2}For
I
am
jealous over
you
with
a
godly
jealousy.
For
I promised
you
in marriage
to
one
husband,
that
I
might
present
you
as
a
pure
virgin
to
Messiah.
\VS{3}But
I
am
afraid
that somehow,
as
the
serpent
deceived Havah
in
his
craftiness,
so
your
minds
might
be
corrupted
from
the
simplicity
that
is
in
Messiah.
\VS{4}For
if
he
who
comes
preaches
another Yeshua
whom
we
didn’t
proclaim,
or
if
you
receive
a
different
spirit
which
you
didn’t
receive,
or
a
different “good
news”
which
you
didn’t
accept,
you
put
up
with
that
well
enough.
\VS{5}For
I reckon
that
I
am
not
at
all behind
the
very best emissaries.
\VS{6}But
though
I
am
unskilled
in
speech,
yet
I
am
not
unskilled
in
knowledge.
No,
in
every
way
we
have
been
revealed
to
you
in
all
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Or
did
I
commit
a
sin
in
humbling
myself
that
you
might
be
exalted,
because
I
preached
to
you
God’s
Good
News free
of charge?
\VS{8}I
robbed
other
assemblies,
taking
wages
from
them
that
I
might
serve
you.
\VS{9}When
I
was
present
with
you
and
was
in
need,
I wasn’t
a
burden
on
anyone,
for
the
brothers,
when
they
came
from
Macedonia,
supplied
the measure
of
my
need.
In
everything
I
kept
myself
from
being burdensome
to
you,
and
I
will
continue
to
do
so.
\VS{10}As
the
truth
of
Messiah
is
in
me,
no
one
will stop
me
from
this
boasting
in
the
regions
of
Achaia.
\VS{11}Why?
Because
I
don’t
love
you?
God
knows.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}But
what
I
do,
that
I
will
continue
to
do,
that
I
may
cut
off
opportunity
from
those
who
desire
an
opportunity,
that
in
which
they
boast,
they
may
be recognised
just
like
us.
\VS{13}For
such
men
are
false emissaries,
deceitful
workers, masquerading
as Messiah’s emissaries.
\VS{14}And
no
wonder,
for
even
Satan masquerades
as
an
angel
of
light.
\VS{15}It
is
no
great
thing
therefore
if
his
servants
also masquerade
as
servants
of
righteousness,
whose
end
will
be
according
to
their
works.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}I
say
again,
let
no
one
think
me
foolish.
But
if
so,
yet
receive
me
as
foolish,
that
I
also
may
boast
a
little.
\VS{17}That
which
I
speak,
I
don’t
speak
according
to
the
Lord,
but
as
in
foolishness,
in
this
confidence
of
boasting.
\VS{18}Seeing
that
many
boast
after
the
flesh,
I
will
also
boast.
\VS{19}For
you
bear
with
the
foolish
gladly,
being
wise.
\VS{20}For
you
bear
with
a
man
if
he
brings
you
into
bondage,
if
he
devours
you,
if
he
takes
you captive,
if
he
exalts
himself, or
if
he
strikes
you
on
the
face.
\VS{21}To
my
shame,
I
speak
as
though
we
had
been
weak.
Yet
in
whatever
way
anyone
is
bold (I
speak
in
foolishness),
I
am
bold
also.
\VS{22}Are
they
Hebrews?
So
am
I.
Are
they
Israelites?
So
am
I.
Are
they
the offspring\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:22 }
or, seed}
of
Abraham?
So
am
I.
\VS{23}Are
they
servants
of
Messiah? (I
speak
as one beside himself.)
I
am
more
so:
in labours
more abundantly,
in
prisons
more abundantly,
in stripes
above measure,
and
in deaths
often.
\VS{24}Five
times
I
received
forty stripes minus
one
from
the
Jews.
\VS{25}Three
times
I
was
beaten
with
rods.
Once
I
was
stoned.
Three
times
I
suffered
shipwreck.
I
have
been
a
night
and
a
day
in
the
deep.
\VS{26}I
have
been
in travels
often, perils
of
rivers, perils
of
robbers, perils
from
my
countrymen, perils
from
the
Gentiles, perils
in
the
city, perils
in
the
wilderness, perils
in
the
sea, perils amongst
false brothers;
\VS{27}in labour
and travail,
in watchings
often,
in
hunger
and
thirst,
in
fastings
often,
and
in
cold
and
nakedness.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Besides
those
things
that
are outside,
there
is
that
which presses
on
me
daily:
anxiety
for
all
the
assemblies.
\VS{29}Who
is
weak,
and
I
am
not
weak?
Who
is caused
to
stumble,
and
I
don’t
burn
with indignation?
\par }{\PP \VS{30}If
I
must
boast,
I
will
boast
of
the
things
that concern
my
weakness.
\VS{31}The
God
and
Father
of
the
Lord Yeshua
the Messiah,
he
who
is
blessed
forever
more,
knows
that
I
don’t
lie.
\VS{32}In
Damascus
the governor
under
King
Aretas guarded
the Damascenes’
city, desiring
to
arrest
me.
\VS{33}I
was
let
down
in
a
basket
through
a
window
by
the
wall,
and
escaped
his
hands.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
is doubtless
not
profitable
for
me
to
boast,
but
I
will
come
to
visions
and
revelations
of
the
Lord.
\VS{2}I
know
a
man
in
Messiah
who
was
caught
up
into
the
third
heaven
fourteen
years
ago—whether
in
the
body,
I
don’t
know,
or
whether
out
of
the
body,
I
don’t
know;
God
knows.
\VS{3}I
know
such
a
man (whether
in
the
body,
or outside
of
the
body,
I
don’t
know;
God
knows),
\VS{4}how
he
was
caught
up
into
Paradise
and
heard unspeakable
words,
which
it
is
not
lawful
for
a
man
to utter.
\VS{5}On
behalf
of
such
a
one
I
will
boast,
but
on
my
own
behalf
I
will
not
boast,
except
in
my
weaknesses.
\VS{6}For
if
I
would
desire
to
boast,
I
will
not
be
foolish;
for
I
will
speak
the
truth.
But
I
refrain,
so
that
no
man
may
think
more
of
me
than
that
which
he
sees
in
me
or
hears
from
me.
\VS{7}By
reason
of
the exceeding
greatness
of
the
revelations,
that
I
should
not
be exalted
excessively,
a
thorn
in
the
flesh
was
given
to
me:
a
messenger
of
Satan
to
torment
me,
that
I
should
not
be exalted
excessively.
\VS{8}Concerning
this
thing,
I
begged
the
Lord
three
times
that
it
might
depart
from
me.
\VS{9}He
has
said
to
me,
{\WJ{“My
grace
is
sufficient
for
you,
for
my
power
is
made perfect
in
weakness.”}}
Most
gladly
therefore
I
will
rather
glory
in
my
weaknesses,
that
the
power
of
Messiah
may rest
on
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Therefore
I
take
pleasure
in
weaknesses,
in injuries,
in necessities,
in
persecutions,
and
in
distresses,
for Messiah’s
sake.
For
when
I
am
weak,
then
am
I
strong.
\VS{11}I
have
become
foolish
in boasting.
You
compelled
me,
for
I
ought
to
have
been
commended
by
you,
for
I
am
in
no way
inferior
to
the
very best emissaries,
though
I
am
nothing.
\VS{12}Truly
the
signs
of
an emissary
were worked amongst
you
in
all
perseverance,
in
signs
and
wonders
and
mighty works.
\VS{13}For
what
is
there
in
which
you
were made
inferior
to
the
rest
of
the
assemblies,
unless
it
is
that
I
myself
was
not
a
burden
to
you?
Forgive
me
this
wrong!
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Behold,
this
is
the
third
time
I
am
ready
to
come
to
you,
and
I
will
not
be
a
burden
to
you;
for
I
seek
not
your possessions,
but
you.
For
the
children
ought
not
to
save
up
for
the
parents,
but
the
parents
for
the
children.
\VS{15}I
will
most
gladly
spend
and
be
spent
for
your
souls.
If
I
love
you
more abundantly,
am
I
loved
the
less?
\VS{16}Even
so,
I
myself
didn’t burden
you.
But
you
might
say
that
being
crafty,
I
caught
you
with deception.
\VS{17}Did
I
take
advantage
of
you
by
anyone
of
those
whom
I
have
sent
to
you?
\VS{18}I
exhorted
Titus,
and
I
sent
the
brother
with
him.
Did
Titus
take
any
advantage
of
you?
Didn’t
we
walk
in
the
same
spirit?
Didn’t
we
walk
in
the
same
steps?
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Again,
do
you
think
that
we
are excusing ourselves
to
you?
In
the
sight
of
God
we
speak
in
Messiah.
But
all
things,
beloved,
are
for
your
edifying.
\VS{20}For
I
am
afraid
that perhaps
when
I
come,
I might
find
you
not
the way
I
want
to,
and
that
I might
be
found
by
you
as
you
don’t
desire,
that perhaps there
would
be
strife,
jealousy,
outbursts
of
anger, factions,
slander, whisperings, proud thoughts,
or
riots,
\VS{21}that
again
when
I
come
my
God
would
humble
me
before
you,
and
I
would
mourn
for
many
of
those
who
have
sinned
before
now,
and
not
repented
of
the
uncleanness,
sexual
immorality,
and lustfulness
which
they
committed.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
the
third
time
I
am
coming
to
you. “At
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
shall
every
word
be established.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 13:1 }
Deuteronomy 19:15}
\VS{2}I
have warned previously,
and
I warn
again,
as
when
I
was
present
the
second
time,
so
now,
being
absent,
I write
to
those
who
have
sinned
before
now
and
to
all
the
rest
that
if
I
come
again,
I
will
not
spare,
\VS{3}seeing
that
you
seek
a
proof
of
Messiah
who
speaks
in
me
who
is
not
weak,
but
is powerful
in
you.
\VS{4}For
he
was
crucified
through
weakness,
yet
he
lives
through
the
power
of
God.
For
we
also
are
weak
in
him,
but
we
will
live
with
him
through
the
power
of
God towards
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Examine
your
own selves,
whether
you
are
in
the
faith.
Test
your
own selves.
Or
don’t
you
know
about
your
own selves,
that Yeshua
the
Messiah
is
in
you?—unless
indeed
you
are
disqualified.
\VS{6}But
I
hope
that
you
will
know
that
we
aren’t
disqualified.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Now
I
pray
to
God
that
you
do
no
evil;
not
that
we
may
appear
approved,
but
that
you
may
do
that
which
is honourable,
though
we
may
seem
to
have
failed.
\VS{8}For
we
can
do
nothing
against
the
truth,
but
for
the
truth.
\VS{9}For
we
rejoice
when
we
are
weak
and
you
are
strong.
We
also
pray
for
this:
your
becoming perfect.
\VS{10}For
this
cause
I
write
these
things
while
absent,
that
I
may
not deal
sharply
when
present,
according
to
the
authority
which
the
Lord
gave
me
for
building
up
and
not
for
tearing
down.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Finally,
brothers,
rejoice!
Be perfected.
Be
comforted.
Be
of
the
same
mind.
Live
in
peace,
and
the
God
of
love
and
peace
will
be
with
you.
\VS{12}Greet
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}All
the
holy
ones greet
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The grace of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
\par }