Would to God <G3785> ye could bear <G0430> <G5711> with me <G3450> a little <G3397> in [my] folly <G0877>: and <G2532> indeed <G0235> bear <G0430> <G5736> with me <G3450>.
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For <G1063> I am jealous <G2206> <G5719> over you <G5209> with godly <G2316> jealousy <G2205>: for <G1063> I have espoused <G0718> <G5668> you <G5209> to one <G1520> husband <G0435>, that I may present <G3936> <G5658> [you as] a chaste <G0053> virgin <G3933> to Christ <G5547>.
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But <G1161> I fear <G5399> <G5736>, lest <G3381> by any means <G4458>, as <G5613> the serpent <G3789> beguiled <G1818> <G5656> Eve <G2096> through <G1722> his <G0848> subtilty <G3834>, so <G3779> your <G5216> minds <G3540> should be corrupted <G5351> <G5652> from <G0575> the simplicity <G0572> that is in <G1519> Christ <G5547>.
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For <G1063> if <G1487> <G3303> he that cometh <G2064> <G5740> preacheth <G2784> <G5719> another <G0243> Jesus <G2424>, whom <G3739> we have <G2784> <G0000> not <G3756> preached <G2784> <G5656>, or <G2228> [if] ye receive <G2983> <G5719> another <G2087> spirit <G4151>, which <G3739> ye have <G2983> <G0000> not <G3756> received <G2983> <G5627>, or <G2228> another <G2087> gospel <G2098>, which <G3739> ye have <G1209> <G0000> not <G3756> accepted <G1209> <G5662>, ye might <G0430> <G0000> well <G2573> bear with <G0430> <G5711> [him].
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For <G1063> I suppose <G3049> <G5736> I was <G5302> <G0000> not a whit <G3367> behind <G5302> <G5760> the very <G5228> chiefest <G3029> apostles <G0652>.
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But <G1161> <G2532> though <G1499> [I be] rude <G2399> in speech <G3056>, yet <G0235> not <G3756> in knowledge <G1108>; but <G0235> we have been throughly <G1722> <G3956> made manifest <G5319> <G5685> among <G1519> you <G5209> in <G1722> all things <G3956>.
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Have I committed <G4160> <G5656> an offence <G0266> in abasing <G5013> <G5723> myself <G1683> that <G2443> ye <G5210> might be exalted <G5312> <G5686>, because <G3754> I have preached <G2097> <G5668> to you <G5213> the gospel <G2098> of God <G2316> freely <G1432>?
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I robbed <G4813> <G5656> other <G0243> churches <G1577>, taking <G2983> <G5631> wages <G3800> [of them], to <G4314> do <G1248> <G0000> you <G5216> service <G1248>.
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And <G2532> when I was present <G3918> <G5752> with <G4314> you <G5209>, and <G2532> wanted <G5302> <G5685>, I was <G3756> chargeable <G2655> <G5656> to no man <G3762>: for <G1063> that which was lacking <G5303> to me <G3450> the brethren <G0080> which came <G2064> <G5631> from <G0575> Macedonia <G3109> supplied <G4322> <G5656>: and <G2532> in <G1722> all <G3956> [things] I have kept <G5083> <G5656> myself <G1683> from being burdensome <G0004> unto you <G5213>, and <G2532> [so] will I keep <G5083> <G5692> [myself].
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As the truth <G0225> of Christ <G5547> is <G2076> <G5748> in <G1722> me <G1698>, <G3754> no man <G3756> shall stop <G4972> <G5695> <G5625> <G5420> <G5691> me <G1519> <G1691> of this <G3778> boasting <G2746> in <G1722> the regions <G2824> of Achaia <G0882>.
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Wherefore <G1302>? because <G3754> I love <G0025> <G5719> you <G5209> not <G3756>? God <G2316> knoweth <G1492> <G5758>.
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But <G1161> what <G3739> I do <G4160> <G5719>, that <G2532> I will do <G4160> <G5692>, that <G2443> I may cut off <G1581> <G5661> occasion <G0874> from them which desire <G2309> <G5723> occasion <G0874>; that <G2443> wherein <G1722> <G3739> they glory <G2744> <G5736>, they may be found <G2147> <G5686> even <G2532> as <G2531> we <G2249>.
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For <G1063> such <G5108> [are] false apostles <G5570>, deceitful <G1386> workers <G2040>, transforming themselves <G3345> <G5734> into <G1519> the apostles <G0652> of Christ <G5547>.
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And <G2532> no <G3756> marvel <G2298>; for <G1063> Satan <G4567> himself <G0846> is transformed <G3345> <G5731> into <G1519> an angel <G0032> of light <G5457>.
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Therefore <G3767> [it is] no <G3756> great thing <G3173> if <G1499> his <G0846> ministers <G1249> also <G2532> be transformed <G3345> <G5743> as <G5613> the ministers <G1249> of righteousness <G1343>; whose <G3739> end <G5056> shall be <G2071> <G5704> according <G2596> to their <G0846> works <G2041>.
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I say <G3004> <G5719> again <G3825>, Let <G1380> <G0000> no <G3361> man <G5100> think <G1380> <G5661> me <G1511> <G5750> <G3165> a fool <G0878>; if otherwise <G1490>, yet <G2579> as <G5613> a fool <G0878> receive <G1209> <G5663> me <G3165>, that <G2443> I <G2504> may boast myself <G2744> <G5667> a <G5100> little <G3397>.
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That which <G3739> I speak <G2980> <G5719>, I speak <G2980> <G5719> [it] not <G3756> after <G2596> the Lord <G2962>, but <G0235> as <G5613> it were foolishly <G1722> <G0877>, in <G1722> this <G5026> confidence <G5287> of boasting <G2746>.
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Seeing that <G1893> many <G4183> glory <G2744> <G5736> after <G2596> the flesh <G4561>, I will glory <G2744> <G5695> also <G2504>.
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For <G1063> ye suffer <G0430> <G5736> fools <G0878> gladly <G2234>, seeing ye [yourselves] are <G5607> <G5752> wise <G5429>.
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For <G1063> ye suffer <G0430> <G5736>, if a man <G1536> bring <G2615> <G0000> you <G5209> into bondage <G2615> <G5719>, if a man <G1536> devour <G2719> <G5719> [you], if a man <G1536> take <G2983> <G5719> [of you], if a man <G1536> exalt himself <G1869> <G5731>, if a man <G1536> smite <G1194> <G5719> you <G5209> on <G1519> the face <G4383>.
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I speak <G3004> <G5719> as concerning <G2596> reproach <G0819>, as <G5613> though <G3754> we <G2249> had been weak <G0770> <G5656>. Howbeit <G1161> whereinsoever <G1722> <G3739> <G0302> any <G5100> is bold <G5111> <G5725>, (I speak <G3004> <G5719> foolishly <G1722> <G0877>,) I am bold <G5111> <G5719> also <G2504>.
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Are they <G1526> <G5748> Hebrews <G1445>? so [am] I <G2504>. Are they <G1526> <G5748> Israelites <G2475>? so [am] I <G2504>. Are they <G1526> <G5748> the seed <G4690> of Abraham <G0011>? so [am] I <G2504>.
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Are they <G1526> <G5748> ministers <G1249> of Christ <G5547>? (I speak <G2980> <G5719> as a fool <G3912> <G5723>) I <G1473> [am] more <G5228>; in <G1722> labours <G2873> more abundant <G4056>, in <G1722> stripes <G4127> above measure <G5234>, in <G1722> prisons <G5438> more frequent <G4056>, in <G1722> deaths <G2288> oft <G4178>.
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Of <G5259> the Jews <G2453> five times <G3999> received I <G2983> <G5627> forty <G5062> [stripes] save <G3844> one <G3391>.
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Thrice <G5151> was I beaten with rods <G4463> <G5681>, once <G0530> was I stoned <G3034> <G5681>, thrice <G5151> I suffered shipwreck <G3489> <G5656>, a night and a day <G3574> I have been <G4160> <G5758> in <G1722> the deep <G1037>;
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[In] journeyings <G3597> often <G4178>, [in] perils <G2794> of waters <G4215>, [in] perils <G2794> of robbers <G3027>, [in] perils <G2794> by <G1537> [mine own] countrymen <G1085>, [in] perils <G2794> by <G1537> the heathen <G1484>, [in] perils <G2794> in <G1722> the city <G4172>, [in] perils <G2794> in <G1722> the wilderness <G2047>, [in] perils <G2794> in <G1722> the sea <G2281>, [in] perils <G2794> among <G1722> false brethren <G5569>;
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In <G1722> weariness <G2873> and <G2532> painfulness <G3449>, in <G1722> watchings <G0070> often <G4178>, in <G1722> hunger <G3042> and <G2532> thirst <G1373>, in <G1722> fastings <G3521> often <G4178>, in <G1722> cold <G5592> and <G2532> nakedness <G1132>.
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Beside <G5565> those things that are without <G3924>, that which <G3588> cometh upon <G1999> me <G3450> daily <G2250>, <G2596> the care <G3308> of all <G3956> the churches <G1577>.
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Who <G5101> is weak <G0770> <G5719>, and <G2532> I am <G0770> <G0000> not <G3756> weak <G0770> <G5719>? who <G5101> is offended <G4624> <G5743>, and <G2532> I <G1473> burn <G4448> <G5743> not <G3756>?
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If <G1487> I must needs <G1163> <G5748> glory <G2744> <G5738>, I will glory <G2744> <G5695> of the things which concern <G3588> mine <G3450> infirmities <G0769>.
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The God <G2316> and <G2532> Father <G3962> of our <G2257> Lord <G2962> Jesus <G2424> Christ <G5547>, which <G3588> is <G5607> <G5752> blessed <G2128> for <G1519> evermore <G0165>, knoweth <G1492> <G5758> that I <G3754> lie <G5574> <G5736> not <G3756>.
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In <G1722> Damascus <G1154> the governor <G1481> under Aretas <G0702> the king <G0935> kept <G5432> <G0000> the city <G4172> of the Damascenes <G1153> with a garrison <G5432> <G5707>, desirous <G2309> <G5723> to apprehend <G4084> <G5658> me <G3165>:
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And <G2532> through <G1223> a window <G2376> in <G1722> a basket <G4553> was I let down <G5465> <G5681> by <G1223> the wall <G5038>, and <G2532> escaped <G1628> <G5627> his <G0846> hands <G5495>.