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  <book number='47' name='' abbreviation='2Kor' testament='new'>
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      <verse number='1'>It is not <strongs number="4851 3756">expedient</strongs>for <strongs number="3427">me</strongs><strongs number="1211">doubtless</strongs>to <strongs number="2744">glory</strongs>. I <strongs number="*1063">will</strongs><strongs number="2064">come</strongs><strongs number="1519">to</strongs><strongs number="3701">visions</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="602">revelations</strongs>of the <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>I <strongs number="1492">knew</strongs>a <strongs number="444">man</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="5547">Christ</strongs><strongs number="4253">above</strongs><strongs number="1180">fourteen</strongs><strongs number="2094">years</strongs>ago, ( <strongs number="1535">whether</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="4983">body</strongs>, I cannot <strongs number="1492 3756">tell</strongs>; or <strongs number="1535">whether</strongs><strongs number="1622">out</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4983">body</strongs>, I cannot <strongs number="1492 3756">tell</strongs>: <strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="1492">knoweth</strongs>;) such a <strongs number="5108">one</strongs>caught <strongs number="726">up</strongs><strongs number="2193">to</strongs>the <strongs number="5154">third</strongs><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>I <strongs number="1492">knew</strongs><strongs number="5108">such</strongs>a <strongs number="444">man</strongs>, ( <strongs number="1535">whether</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs>the <strongs number="4983">body</strongs>, <strongs number="1535">or</strongs><strongs number="1622">out</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4983">body</strongs>, I cannot <strongs number="1492 3756">tell</strongs>: <strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="1492">knoweth</strongs>;) </verse>
      <verse number='4'>How <strongs number="3754">that</strongs>he was caught <strongs number="726">up</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3857">paradise</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="191">heard</strongs><strongs number="731">unspeakable</strongs><strongs number="4487">words</strongs>, <strongs number="3739">which</strongs>it is not <strongs number="1832 3756">lawful</strongs>for a <strongs number="444">man</strongs>to <strongs number="2980">utter</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'><strongs number="5228">Of</strongs>such a <strongs number="5108">one</strongs>will I <strongs number="2744">glory</strongs>: <strongs number="1161">yet</strongs><strongs number="5228">of</strongs><strongs number="1683">myself</strongs>I will <strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="2744">glory</strongs>, <strongs number="1508">but</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3450">mine</strongs><strongs number="769">infirmities</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs><strongs number="1437">though</strongs>I would <strongs number="2309">desire</strongs>to <strongs number="2744">glory</strongs>, I shall <strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="2071">be</strongs>a <strongs number="878">fool</strongs>; <strongs number="1063">for</strongs>I will <strongs number="2046">say</strongs>the <strongs number="225">truth</strongs>: <strongs number="1161">but</strongs><em> now </em>I <strongs number="5339">forbear</strongs>, <strongs number="3361">lest</strongs>any <strongs number="5100">man</strongs>should <strongs number="3049">think</strongs><strongs number="1519">of</strongs><strongs number="1691">me</strongs><strongs number="5228">above</strongs><strongs number="3739">that</strongs>which he <strongs number="991">seeth</strongs><strongs number="3165">me</strongs><em> to </em><em> be, </em><strongs number="2228">or</strongs><em> that </em>he <strongs number="191 *5100">heareth</strongs><strongs number="1537">of</strongs><strongs number="1700">me</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3363">lest</strongs>I should be exalted above <strongs number="5229">measure</strongs>through <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5236">abundance</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="602">revelations</strongs>, there was <strongs number="1325">given</strongs>to <strongs number="3427">me</strongs>a <strongs number="4647">thorn</strongs>in <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4561">flesh</strongs>, the <strongs number="32">messenger</strongs>of <strongs number="4566">Satan</strongs><strongs number="2443">to</strongs><strongs number="2852">buffet</strongs><strongs number="3165">me</strongs>, <strongs number="3363">lest</strongs>I should be exalted above <strongs number="5229">measure</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'><strongs number="5228">For</strongs>this <strongs number="5127">thing</strongs>I <strongs number="3870">besought</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs><strongs number="5151">thrice</strongs>, <strongs number="2443">that</strongs>it might <strongs number="868">depart</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs><strongs number="1700">me</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>he <strongs number="2046">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="3427">me</strongs>, <em><strongs number="3450">My</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5485">grace</strongs></em><em> is <strongs number="714">sufficient</strongs></em><em> for </em><em><strongs number="4671">thee</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="1063">for</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3450">my</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1411">strength</strongs></em><em> is </em><em> made <strongs number="5048">perfect</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="769">weakness</strongs>. </em>Most <strongs number="2236">gladly</strongs><strongs number="3767">therefore</strongs>will I <strongs number="3123">rather</strongs><strongs number="2744">glory</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="769">infirmities</strongs>, <strongs number="2443">that</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1411">power</strongs>of <strongs number="5547">Christ</strongs>may <strongs number="1981">rest</strongs><strongs number="1909">upon</strongs><strongs number="1691">me</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="1352">Therefore</strongs>I take <strongs number="2106">pleasure</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="769">infirmities</strongs>, <strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="5196">reproaches</strongs>, <strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="318">necessities</strongs>, <strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="1375">persecutions</strongs>, <strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="4730">distresses</strongs>for Christ's <strongs number="5228 5547">sake</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs><strongs number="3752">when</strongs>I am <strongs number="770">weak</strongs>, <strongs number="5119">then</strongs><strongs number="1510">am</strongs>I <strongs number="1415">strong</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>I am <strongs number="1096">become</strongs>a <strongs number="878">fool</strongs>in <strongs number="2744">glorying</strongs>; <strongs number="5210">ye</strongs>have <strongs number="315">compelled</strongs><strongs number="3165">me</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs><strongs number="1473">I</strongs><strongs number="3784">ought</strongs>to have been <strongs number="4921">commended</strongs><strongs number="5259">of</strongs><strongs number="5216">you</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs>in <strongs number="3762">nothing</strongs>am I <strongs number="5302">behind</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs>very <strongs number="5228 3029">chiefest</strongs><strongs number="652">apostles</strongs>, <strongs number="1499">though</strongs>I <strongs number="1510">be</strongs><strongs number="3762">nothing</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="3303">Truly</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4592">signs</strongs>of an <strongs number="652">apostle</strongs>were <strongs number="2716">wrought</strongs><strongs number="1722">among</strongs><strongs number="5213">you</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="5281">patience</strongs>, <strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="4592">signs</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5059">wonders</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>mighty <strongs number="1411">deeds</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs><strongs number="5101">what</strongs><strongs number="2076">is</strongs>it <strongs number="3739">wherein</strongs>ye were <strongs number="2274">inferior</strongs><strongs number="5228">to</strongs><strongs number="3062">other</strongs><strongs number="1577">churches</strongs>, <strongs number="1508">except</strongs><em> it </em><em> be </em><strongs number="3754">that</strongs><strongs number="1473">I</strongs><strongs number="846">myself</strongs>was not <strongs number="2655 3756">burdensome</strongs>to <strongs number="5216">you</strongs>? <strongs number="5483">forgive</strongs><strongs number="3427">me</strongs><strongs number="5026">this</strongs><strongs number="93">wrong</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="2400">Behold</strongs>, the third <strongs number="5154">time</strongs>I <strongs number="2192">am</strongs><strongs number="2093">ready</strongs>to <strongs number="2064">come</strongs><strongs number="4314">to</strongs><strongs number="5209">you</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>I will <strongs number="3756">not</strongs>be <strongs number="2655">burdensome</strongs>to <strongs number="5216">you</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs>I <strongs number="2212">seek</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="5216">yours</strongs>, <strongs number="235">but</strongs><strongs number="5209">you</strongs>: <strongs number="1063">for</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5043">children</strongs><strongs number="3784">ought</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>to lay <strongs number="2343">up</strongs>for <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1118">parents</strongs>, <strongs number="235">but</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="1118">parents</strongs>for <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5043">children</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'><strongs number="1161">And</strongs><strongs number="1473">I</strongs>will very <strongs number="2236">gladly</strongs><strongs number="1159">spend</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs>be <strongs number="1550">spent</strongs><strongs number="5228">for</strongs><strongs number="5216">you</strongs>; <strongs number="1499">though</strongs>the more <strongs number="4056">abundantly</strongs>I <strongs number="25">love</strongs><strongs number="5209">you</strongs>, the <strongs number="2276">less</strongs>I be <strongs number="25">loved</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'><strongs number="1161">But</strongs><strongs number="2077">be</strongs>it so, <strongs number="1473">I</strongs>did <strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="2599">burden</strongs><strongs number="5209">you</strongs>: <strongs number="235">nevertheless</strongs>, <strongs number="5225">being</strongs><strongs number="3835">crafty</strongs>, I <strongs number="2983">caught</strongs><strongs number="5209">you</strongs>with <strongs number="1388">guile</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>Did <strongs number="*1223 846">I</strongs>make a <strongs number="4122">gain</strongs>of <strongs number="5209">you</strongs><strongs number="*3361">by</strongs><strongs number="5100">any</strongs>of them <strongs number="3739">whom</strongs>I <strongs number="649">sent</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="5209">you</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='18'>I <strongs number="3870">desired</strongs><strongs number="5103">Titus</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>with <em> him </em>I <strongs number="4882">sent</strongs>a <strongs number="80">brother</strongs>. <strongs number="*3387">Did</strongs><strongs number="5103">Titus</strongs>make a <strongs number="4122">gain</strongs>of <strongs number="5209">you</strongs>? <strongs number="4043">walked</strongs>we <strongs number="3756">not</strongs>in <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="846">same</strongs><strongs number="4151">spirit</strongs>? <em> walked </em><em> we </em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>in <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="846">same</strongs><strongs number="2487">steps</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='19'><strongs number="3825">Again</strongs>, <strongs number="1380">think</strongs>ye <strongs number="3754">that</strongs>we excuse <strongs number="626">ourselves</strongs>unto <strongs number="5213">you</strongs>? we <strongs number="2980">speak</strongs><strongs number="2714">before</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="5547">Christ</strongs>: <strongs number="1161">but</strongs><em> we </em><em> do </em>all <strongs number="3956">things</strongs>, dearly <strongs number="27">beloved</strongs>, <strongs number="5228">for</strongs><strongs number="5216">your</strongs><strongs number="3619">edifying</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'><strongs number="1063">For</strongs>I <strongs number="5399">fear</strongs>, <strongs number="3381">lest</strongs>when I <strongs number="2064">come</strongs>, I shall <strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="2147">find</strongs><strongs number="5209">you</strongs><strongs number="3634">such</strongs>as I <strongs number="2309">would</strongs>, and <em> that </em><strongs number="2504">I</strongs>shall be <strongs number="2147">found</strongs>unto <strongs number="5213">you</strongs>such <strongs number="3634">as</strongs>ye <strongs number="2309">would</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>: <strongs number="3381">lest</strongs><em> there </em><em> be </em><strongs number="2054">debates</strongs>, <strongs number="2205">envyings</strongs>, <strongs number="2372">wraths</strongs>, <strongs number="2052">strifes</strongs>, <strongs number="2636">backbitings</strongs>, <strongs number="5587">whisperings</strongs>, <strongs number="5450">swellings</strongs>, <strongs number="181">tumults</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='21'><em> And </em><strongs number="3361">lest</strongs>, when I <strongs number="2064">come</strongs><strongs number="3825">again</strongs>, <strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="2316">God</strongs>will <strongs number="5013">humble</strongs><strongs number="3165">me</strongs><strongs number="4314">among</strongs><strongs number="5209">you</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><em> that </em>I shall <strongs number="3996">bewail</strongs><strongs number="4183">many</strongs>which have sinned <strongs number="4258">already</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs>have <strongs number="3361">not</strongs><strongs number="3340">repented</strongs><strongs number="1909">of</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="167">uncleanness</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4202">fornication</strongs><strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="766">lasciviousness</strongs><strongs number="3739">which</strongs>they have <strongs number="4238">committed</strongs>. </verse>
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