<vn='1'>Would to <sn="3785">God</s> ye could bear <sn="430">with</s><sn="3450">me</s> a <sn="3397">little</s> in my <sn="877">folly</s>: <sn="235">and</s><sn="2532">indeed</s> bear <sn="430">with</s><sn="3450">me</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1063">For</s> I am <sn="2206">jealous</s> over <sn="5209">you</s> with <sn="2316">godly</s><sn="2205">jealousy</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> I have <sn="718">espoused</s><sn="5209">you</s> to <sn="1520">one</s><sn="435">husband</s>, that I may <sn="3936">present</s> you as a <sn="53">chaste</s><sn="3933">virgin</s> to <sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="5399">fear</s>, lest by any <sn="3381">means</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3789">serpent</s><sn="1818">beguiled</s><sn="2096">Eve</s><sn="1722">through</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3834">subtlety</s>, <sn="3779">so</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="3540">minds</s> should be <sn="5351">corrupted</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="572">simplicity</s><sn="3588">that</s> is <sn="1519">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s> he that <sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="2784">preacheth</s><sn="243">another</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, <sn="3739">whom</s> we have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2784">preached</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> if ye <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="2087">another</s><sn="4151">spirit</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> ye have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2983">received</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="2087">another</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> ye have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1209">accepted</s>, ye might <sn="2573">well</s> bear <sn="430">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="3049">suppose</s> I was not a whit <sn="5302 3367">behind</s><sn="3588">the</s> very <sn="5228 3029">chiefest</s><sn="652">apostles</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1487 2532">though</s> I be <sn="2399">rude</s> in <sn="3056">speech</s>, <sn="235">yet</s><sn="3756">not</s> in <sn="1108">knowledge</s>; <sn="235">but</s> we have been <sn="1722 3956">throughly</s> made <sn="5319">manifest</s><sn="1519">among</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">in</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="*2228"></s> Have I <sn="4160">committed</s> an <sn="266">offense</s> in <sn="5013">abasing</s><sn="1683">myself</s><sn="2443">that</s><sn="5210">ye</s> might be <sn="5312">exalted</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> I have <sn="2097">preached</s> to <sn="5213">you</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1432">freely</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>I <sn="4813">robbed</s><sn="243">other</s><sn="1577">churches</s>, <sn="2983">taking</s><sn="3800">wages</s> of them, <sn="4314">to</s> do <sn="5216">you</s><sn="1248">service</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s> when I was <sn="3918">present</s><sn="4314">with</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5302">wanted</s>, <sn="*3756">I</s> was <sn="2655">chargable</s> to no <sn="3762">man</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> that which was <sn="5303">lacking</s> to <sn="3450">me</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s> which <sn="2064">came</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3109">Macedonia</s><sn="4322">supplied</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s> things I have <sn="5083">kept</s><sn="1683">myself</s> from being <sn="4">burdensome</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> so will I <sn="5083">keep</s> myself. </v>
<vn='10'>As the <sn="225">truth</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s>, no <sn="*3754 3756">man</s> shall <sn="4972 *1519">stop</s><sn="1691">me</s> of <sn="3778">this</s><sn="2746">boasting</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2824">regions</s> of <sn="882">Achaia</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1302">Wherefore</s>? <sn="3754">because</s> I <sn="25">love</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="3756">not</s>? <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1492">knoweth</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3739">what</s> I <sn="4160">do</s>, that <sn="*2532">I</s> will <sn="4160">do</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I may cut <sn="1581">off</s><sn="874">occasion</s> from them which <sn="2309">desire</s><sn="874">occasion</s>; <sn="2443">that</s><sn="1722 3739">wherein</s> they <sn="2744">glory</s>, they may be <sn="2147">found</s><sn="2532">even</s><sn="2531">as</s><sn="2249">we</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5108">such</s> are false <sn="5570">apostles</s>, <sn="1386">deceitful</s><sn="2040">workers</s>, transforming <sn="3345">themselves</s><sn="1519">into</s> the <sn="652">apostles</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="2298">marvel</s>; <sn="1063">for</s><sn="4567">Satan</s><sn="846">himself</s> is <sn="3345">transformed</s><sn="1519">into</s> an <sn="32">angel</s> of <sn="5457">light</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3767">Therefore</s> it is <sn="3756">no</s> great <sn="3173">thing</s><sn="1499">if</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1249">ministers</s> also be <sn="3345">transformed</s><sn="5613">as</s> the <sn="1249">ministers</s> of <sn="1343">righteousness</s>; <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="5056">end</s> shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="846">their</s><sn="2041">works</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>I <sn="3004">say</s><sn="3825">again</s>, Let <sn="3361">no</s><sn="5100">man</s><sn="1380">think</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="*1511">a</s><sn="878">fool</s>; if <sn="1490 1490">otherwise</s>, <sn="*2579">yet</s><sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="878">fool</s><sn="1209">receive</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="2504">I</s> may <sn="2744">boast</s> myself a <sn="3397 5100">little</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3739">That</s> which I <sn="2980">speak</s>, I <sn="2980">speak</s> it <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="235">but</s> as it <sn="5613">were</s><sn="1722 877">foolishly</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="5287">confidence</s> of <sn="2746">boasting</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Seeing <sn="1893">that</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="2744">glory</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, I will glory <sn="2504 2744">also</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1063">For</s> ye <sn="430">suffer</s><sn="878">fools</s><sn="2234">gladly</s>, seeing ye yourselves <sn="5607">are</s><sn="5429">wise</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1063">For</s> ye <sn="430">suffer</s>, if a <sn="1536">man</s> bring you into <sn="2615 5209">bondage</s>, if a <sn="1536">man</s><sn="2719">devour</s> you, if a <sn="1536">man</s><sn="2983">take</s> of you, if a <sn="1536">man</s> exalt <sn="1869">himself</s>, if a <sn="1536">man</s><sn="1194">smite</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1519">on</s> the <sn="4383">face</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>I <sn="3004">speak</s> as <sn="2596">concerning</s><sn="819">reproach</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3754">though</s><sn="2249">we</s> had been <sn="770">weak</s>. <sn="1161">Howbeit</s><sn="1722 3739 302">whereinsoever</s><sn="5100">any</s> is bold, <sn="5111">I</s> ( <sn="3004">speak</s><sn="1722 877">foolishly</s>,) I am bold <sn="2504 5111">also</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1526">Are</s> they <sn="1445">Hebrews</s>? so am <sn="2504">I</s>. <sn="1526">Are</s> they <sn="2475">Israelites</s>? so am <sn="2504">I</s>. <sn="1526">Are</s> they the <sn="4690">seed</s> of <sn="11">Abraham</s>? so am <sn="2504">I</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1526">Are</s> they <sn="1249">ministers</s> of Christ? <sn="5547">I</s> ( <sn="2980">speak</s> as a <sn="3912">fool</s> ) <sn="1473">I</s> am <sn="5228">more</s>; <sn="1722">in</s><sn="2873">labors</s> more <sn="4056">abundant</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="4127">stripes</s> above <sn="5234">measure</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5438">prisons</s> more <sn="4056">frequent</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="2288">deaths</s><sn="4178">oft</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="5259">Of</s> the <sn="2453">Jews</s> five <sn="3999">times</s><sn="2983">received</s> I <sn="5062">forty</s> stripes <sn="3844">save</s><sn="3391">one</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="5151">Thrice</s> was I beaten with <sn="4463">rods</s>, <sn="530">once</s> was I <sn="3034">stoned</s>, <sn="5151">thrice</s> I suffered <sn="3489">shipwreck</s>, a night and a <sn="3574">day</s> I have <sn="4160">been</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1037">deep</s>; </v>
<vn='26'> In <sn="3597">journeyings</s><sn="4178">often</s>, in <sn="2794">perils</s> of <sn="4215">waters</s>, in <sn="2794">perils</s> of <sn="3027">robbers</s>, in <sn="2794">perils</s><sn="1537">by</s> mine own <sn="1085">countrymen</s>, in <sn="2794">perils</s><sn="1537">by</s> the <sn="1484">heathen</s>, in <sn="2794">perils</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4172">city</s>, in <sn="2794">perils</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2047">wilderness</s>, in <sn="2794">perils</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2281">sea</s>, in <sn="2794">perils</s><sn="1722">among</s> false <sn="5569">brethren</s>; </v>
<vn='28'><sn="5565">Beside</s> those things that are <sn="3924">without</s>, that which cometh <sn="1999">upon</s><sn="3450">me</s><sn="2596 2250">daily</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3308">care</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">churches</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="5101">Who</s> is <sn="770">weak</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> I am not <sn="770 3756">weak</s>? <sn="5101">who</s> is <sn="4624">offended</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="4448">burn</s><sn="3756">not</s>? </v>
<vn='30'><sn="1487">If</s> I must <sn="1163">needs</s><sn="2744">glory</s>, I will <sn="2744">glory</s> of the <sn="3588">things</s> which concern <sn="3450">mine</s><sn="769">infirmities</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3962">Father</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, which <sn="5607">is</s><sn="2128">blessed</s><sn="1519 165">forevermore</s>, <sn="1492">knoweth</s><sn="3754">that</s> I <sn="5574">lie</s><sn="3756">not</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1481">governor</s> under <sn="702">Aretas</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="935">king</s> kept the city of the Damascenes with a <sn="5432 3588 4172 1153">garrison</s>, <sn="2309">desirous</s> to <sn="4084">apprehend</s><sn="3165">me</s>: </v>
<vn='33'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1223">through</s> a <sn="2376">window</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="4553">basket</s> was I let <sn="5465">down</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5038">wall</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1628">escaped</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="5495">hands</s>. </v>