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Then my plan + was to return from Macedonia to you, and be helped forward + by you to Judaea. +001:017 Did I display any vacillation or caprice in this? + Or the purposes which I form--do I form them on worldly principles, + now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"? +001:018 As certainly as God is faithful, our language to you is not now "Yes" + and now "No." +001:019 For Jesus Christ the Son of God--He who was proclaimed + among you by us, that is by Silas and Timothy and myself-- + did not show Himself a waverer between "Yes" and "No." + But it was and always is "Yes" with Him. +001:020 For all the promises of God, whatever their number, have their + confirmation in Him; and for this reason through Him also our "Amen" + acknowledges their truth and promotes the glory of God + through our faith. +001:021 But He who is making us as well as you stedfast through union + with the Anointed One, and has anointed us, is God, +001:022 and He has also set His seal upon us, and has put His Spirit + into our hearts as a pledge and foretaste of future blessing. +001:023 But as for me, as my soul shall answer for it, I appeal to God + as my witness, that it was to spare you pain that I gave up + my visit to Corinth. +001:024 Not that we want to lord it over you in respect of your faith-- + we do, however, desire to help your joy--for in the matter + of your faith you are standing firm. +002:001 But, so far as I am concerned, I have resolved not to have + a painful visit the next time I come to see you. +002:002 For if I of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden + my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain? +002:003 And I write this to you in order that when I come I may + not receive pain from those who ought to give me joy, + confident as I am as to all of you that my joy is the joy + of you all. +002:004 For with many tears I write to you, and in deep suffering + and depression of spirit, not in order to grieve you, + but in the hope of showing you how brimful my heart is with + love for you. +002:005 Now if any one has caused sorrow, it has been caused not so much + to me, as in some degree--for I have no wish to exaggerate-- + to all of you. +002:006 In the case of such a person the punishment which was inflicted + by the majority of you is enough. +002:007 So that you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him + rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven + to despair by his excess of grief. +002:008 I beg you therefore fully to reinstate him in your love. +002:009 For in writing to you I have also this object in view-- + to discover by experience whether you are prepared to be + obedient in every respect. +002:010 When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; + for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, + has always been for your sakes in the presence of Christ, +002:011 for fear Satan should gain an advantage over us. + For we are not ignorant of his devices. +002:012 Now when I came into the Troad to spread there the Good News + about the Christ, even though in the Lord's providence a door + stood open before me, +002:013 yet, obtaining no relief for my spirit because I did not find our + brother Titus, I bade them farewell and went on into Macedonia. +002:014 But to God be the thanks who in Christ ever heads our + triumphal procession, and by our hands waves in every place + that sweet incense, the knowledge of Him. +002:015 For we are a fragrance of Christ grateful to God in those whom + He is saving and in those who are perishing; +002:016 to the last-named an odor of death predictive of death, + and to the others an odor of life predictive of life. + And for such service as this who is competent? +002:017 We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent + hucksters of God's Message; but with transparent motives, + as commissioned by God, in God's presence and in communion + with Christ, so we speak. +003:001 Do you say that this is self-recommendation once more? + Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you + or from you? +003:002 Our letter of recommendation is yourselves--a letter written + on our hearts and everywhere known and read. +003:003 For all can see that you are a letter of Christ entrusted + to our care, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit + of the ever-living God--and not on tablets of stone, + but on human hearts as tablets. +003:004 Such is the confidence which we have through Christ in the + presence of God; +003:005 not that of ourselves we are competent to decide anything + by our own reasonings, but our competency comes from God. +003:006 It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion + with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; + for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life. +003:007 If, however, the service that proclaims death--its code + being engraved in writing upon stones--came with glory, + so that the children of Israel could not look steadily + on the face of Moses because of the brightness of his face-- + a vanishing brightness; +003:008 will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious? +003:009 For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more + glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness. +003:010 For, in fact, that which was once resplendent in glory has no + glory at all in this respect, that it pales before the glory + which surpasses it. +003:011 For if that which was to be abolished came with glory, + much more is that which is permanent arrayed in glory. +003:012 Therefore, cherishing a hope like this, we speak without reserve, + and we do not imitate Moses, +003:013 who used to throw a veil over his face to hide from the gaze + of the children of Israel the passing away of what + was but transitory. +003:014 Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day during + the reading of the book of the ancient Covenant, the same + veil remains unlifted, because it is only in Christ that it + is to be abolished. +003:015 Yes, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies + upon their hearts. +003:016 But whenever the heart of the nation shall have returned + to the Lord, the veil will be withdrawn. +003:017 Now by "the Lord" is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit + of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed. +003:018 And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright + mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into + the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, + even as derived from the Lord the Spirit. +004:001 Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful + of the mercy which has been shown us, we are not cowards. +004:002 Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. + We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. + But by a full clear statement of the truth we strive to commend + ourselves in the presence of God to every human conscience. +004:003 If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, + the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the + way to perdition, +004:004 in whom the god of this present age has blinded their unbelieving + minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News + of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God. +004:005 (For we do not proclaim ourselves, but we proclaim Christ Jesus + as Lord, and ourselves as your bondservants for the sake of Jesus.) +004:006 For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who + has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge + of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ. +004:007 But we have this treasure in a fragile vase of clay, in order + that the surpassing greatness of the power may be seen + to belong to God, and not to originate in us. +004:008 We are hard pressed, yet never in absolute distress; + perplexed, yet never utterly baffled; +004:009 pursued, yet never left unsuccoured; struck to the ground, + yet never slain; +004:010 always, wherever we go, carrying with us in our bodies + the putting to death of Jesus, so that in our bodies it may + also be clearly shown that Jesus lives. +004:011 For we, alive though we are, are continually surrendering + ourselves to death for the sake of Jesus, so that in this mortal + nature of ours it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives. +004:012 Thus we are constantly dying, while you are in full + enjoyment of Life. +004:013 But possessing the same Spirit of faith as he who wrote, + "I believed, and therefore I have spoken," we also believe, + and therefore we speak. +004:014 For we know that He who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead + will raise us also to be with Jesus, and will cause both us + and you to stand in His own presence. +004:015 For everything is for your sakes, in order that grace, + being more richly bestowed because of the thanksgivings of the + increased number, may more and more promote the glory of God. +004:016 Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward + man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed + day by day. +004:017 For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is + achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, + and eternal weight of glory; +004:018 while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; + for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal. +005:001 For we know that if this poor tent, our earthly house, + is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, + a house not built by human hands, but eternal. +005:002 For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it + our dwelling which comes from Heaven-- +005:003 if indeed having really put on a robe we shall not be found + to be unclothed. +005:004 Yes, we who are in this tent certainly do sigh under our burdens, + for we do not wish to lay aside that with which we are + now clothed, but to put on more, so that our mortality may + be absorbed in Life. +005:005 And He who formed us with this very end in view is God, who has + given us His Spirit as a pledge and foretaste of that bliss. +005:006 We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we + are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord; +005:007 for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight. +005:008 So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with + greater delight being banished from the body and going home + to the Lord. +005:009 And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at + home or in exile, to please Him perfectly. +005:010 For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat + in our true characters, in order that each may then receive + an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what + he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless. +005:011 Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, + we are endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes + what our motives are, and I hope that you, in your hearts, + recognize them too. +005:012 We are not again commending ourselves to your favour, + but are furnishing you with a ground of boasting on our behalf, + so that you may have a reply ready for those with whom + superficial appearances are everything and sincerity of heart + counts for nothing. +005:013 For if we have been beside ourselves, it has been for God's glory; + or if we are now in our right senses, it is in order to be + of service to you. +005:014 For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which + we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, + His death was their death, +005:015 and that He died for all in order that the living may no longer + live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again. +005:016 Therefore for the future we know no one simply as a man. + Even if we have known Christ as a man, yet now we do so no longer. +005:017 So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: + the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things + has come into existence. +005:018 And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself + through Christ, and has appointed us to serve in the + ministry of reconciliation. +005:019 We are to tell how God was in Christ reconciling the world + to Himself, not charging men's transgressions to their account, + and that He has entrusted to us the Message of this reconciliation. +005:020 On Christ's behalf therefore we come as ambassadors, God, as it were, + making entreaty through our lips: we, on Christ's behalf, + beseech men to be reconciled to God. +005:021 He has made Him who knew nothing of sin to be sin for us, + in order that in Him we may become the righteousness of God. +006:001 And you also we, as God's fellow workers, entreat not to be + found to have received His grace to no purpose. +006:002 For He says, "At a time of welcome I have listened to you, + and on a day of salvation I have succoured you." + Now is the time of loving welcome! Now is the day of salvation! +006:003 We endeavour to give people no cause for stumbling in anything, + lest the work we are doing should fall into discredit. +006:004 On the contrary, as God's servants, we seek their full approval-- + by unwearied endurance, by afflictions, by distress, by helplessness; +006:005 by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, + by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst; +006:006 by purity of life, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, + by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love; +006:007 by the proclamation of the truth, by the power of God; + by the weapons of righteousness, wielded in both hands; +006:008 through honour and ignominy, through calumny and praise. + We are looked upon as impostors and yet are true men; +006:009 as obscure persons, and yet are well known; as on the point of death, + and yet, strange to tell, we live; as under God's discipline, + and yet we are not deprived of life; +006:010 as sad, but we are always joyful; as poor, but we bestow + wealth on many; as having nothing, and yet we securely + possess all things. +006:011 O Corinthians, our lips are unsealed to you: + our heart is expanded. +006:012 There is no narrowness in our love to you: the narrowness + is in your own feelings. +006:013 And in just requital--I speak as to my children--let your + hearts expand also. +006:014 Do not come into close association with unbelievers, + like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common + between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership + has light with darkness? +006:015 Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? + Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever? +006:016 And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? + For *we* are the Temple of the ever-living God; as God has said, + "I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; + and will be their God, and it is they who shall be My people." +006:017 Therefore, "`Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' + says the Lord, `and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, + and will be a Father to you, +006:018 and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord + the Ruler of all." +007:001 Having therefore these promises, beloved friends, let us + purify ourselves from all defilement of body and of spirit, + and secure perfect holiness through the fear of God. +007:002 Make room for us in your hearts. There is not one of you + whom we have wronged, not one to whom we have done harm, + not one over whom we have gained any selfish advantage. +007:003 I do not say this to imply blame, for, as I have already said, + you have such a place in our hearts that we would die with you + or live with you. +007:004 I have great confidence in you: very loudly do I boast of you. + I am filled with comfort: my heart overflows with joy amid + all our affliction. +007:005 For even after our arrival in Macedonia we could get no relief + such as human nature craves. We were greatly harassed; + there were conflicts without and fears within. +007:006 But He who comforts the depressed--even God--comforted us + by the coming of Titus, and not by his coming only, +007:007 but also by the fact that he had felt comforted on your account, + and by the report which he brought of your eager affection, + of your grief, and of your jealousy on my behalf, so that I + rejoiced more than ever. +007:008 For if I gave you pain by that letter, I do not regret it, + though I did regret it then. I see that that letter, + even though for a time it gave you pain, had a salutary effect. +007:009 Now I rejoice, not in your grief, but because the grief + led to repentance; for you sorrowed with a godly sorrow, + which prevented you from receiving injury from us in any respect. +007:010 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, + a repentance not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world + finally produces death. +007:011 For mark the effects of this very thing--your having sorrowed + with a godly sorrow--what earnestness it has called forth in you, + what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, + what longing affection, what jealousy, what meting out of justice! + You have completely wiped away reproach from yourselves + in the matter. +007:012 Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not to punish the offender, + nor to secure justice for him who had suffered the wrong, + but it was chiefly in order that your earnest feeling on our + behalf might become manifest to yourselves in the sight of God. +007:013 For this reason we feel comforted; and--in addition to this + our comfort--we have been filled with all the deeper joy + at Titus's joy, because his spirit has been set at rest + by you all. +007:014 For however I may have boasted to him about you, I have no + reason to feel ashamed; but as we have in all respects spoken + the truth to you, so also our boasting to Titus about you + has turned out to be the truth. +007:015 And his strong and tender affection is all the more drawn + out towards you when he recalls to mind the obedience which + all of you manifested by the timidity and nervous anxiety + with which you welcomed him. +007:016 I rejoice that I have absolute confidence in you. +008:001 But we desire to let you know, brethren, of the grace of God + which has been bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia; +008:002 how, while passing through great trouble, their boundless + joy even amid their deep poverty has overflowed to increase + their generous liberality. +008:003 For I can testify that to the utmost of their power, + and even beyond their power, they have of their own free + will given help. +008:004 With earnest entreaty they begged from us the favour of + being allowed to share in the service now being rendered + to God's people. +008:005 They not only did this, as we had expected, but first of all in + obedience to God's will they gave their own selves to the Lord + and to us. +008:006 This led us to urge Titus that, as he had previously been + the one who commenced the work, so he should now go and complete + among you this act of beneficence also. +008:007 Yes, just as you are already very rich in faith, readiness of speech, + knowledge, unwearied zeal, and in the love that is in you, + implanted by us, see to it that this grace of liberal giving + also flourishes in you. +008:008 I am not saying this by way of command, but to test by the standard + of other men's earnestness the genuineness of your love also. +008:009 For you know the condescending goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ-- + how for your sakes He became poor, though He was rich, + in order that you through His poverty might grow rich. +008:010 But in this matter I give you an opinion; for my doing this helps + forward your own intentions, seeing that not only have you + begun operations, but a year ago you already had the desire + to do so. +008:011 And now complete the doing also, in order that, just as there + was then the eagerness in desiring, there may now be + the accomplishment in proportion to your means. +008:012 For, assuming the earnest willingness, the gift is acceptable + according to whatever a man has, and not according to what + he has not. +008:013 I do not urge you to give in order that others may have relief + while you are unduly pressed, +008:014 but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity + having in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, + their superfluity may in turn be a supply for your deficiency + later on, so that there may be equalization of burdens. +008:015 Even as it is written, "He who gathered much had not too much, + and he who gathered little had not too little." +008:016 But thanks be to God that He inspires the heart of Titus + with the same deep interest in you; +008:017 for Titus welcomed our request, and, being thoroughly in earnest, + comes to you of his own free will. +008:018 And we send with him the brother whose praises for his + earnestness in proclaiming the Good News are heard throughout + all the Churches. +008:019 And more than that, he is the one who was chosen by the vote + of the Churches to travel with us, sharing our commission + in the administration of this generous gift to promote + the Lord's glory and gratify our own strong desire. +008:020 For against one thing we are on our guard--I mean against blame + being thrown upon us in respect to these large and liberal + contributions which are under our charge. +008:021 For we seek not only God's approval of our integrity, + but man's also. +008:022 And we send with them our brother, of whose zeal we have had + frequent proof in many matters, and who is now more zealous + than ever through the strong confidence which he has in you. +008:023 As for Titus, remember that he is a partner with me, and is + my comrade in my labours for you. And as for our brethren, + remember that they are delegates from the Churches, and are + men in whom Christ is glorified. +008:024 Exhibit therefore to the Churches a proof of your love, + and a justification of our boasting to these brethren about you. +009:001 As to the services which are being rendered to God's people, + it is really unnecessary for me to write to you. +009:002 For I know your earnest willingness, on account of which I + habitually boast of you to the Macedonians, pointing out + to them that for a whole year you in Greece have been ready; + and the greater number of them have been spurred on + by your ardour. +009:003 Still I send the brethren in order that in this matter our + boast about you may not turn out to have been an idle one; + so that, as I have said, you may be ready; +009:004 for fear that, if any Macedonians come with me and find + you unprepared, we--not to say you yourselves--should be put + to the blush in respect to this confidence. +009:005 I have thought it absolutely necessary therefore to request + these brethren to visit you before I myself come, and to make + sure beforehand that the gift of love which you have already + promised may be ready as a gift of love, and may not seem + to have been something which I have extorted from you. +009:006 But do not forget that he who sows with a niggardly hand will + also reap a niggardly crop, and that he who sows bountifully + will also reap bountifully. +009:007 Let each contribute what he has decided upon in his own mind, + and not do it reluctantly or under compulsion. + "It is a cheerful giver that God loves." +009:008 And God is able to bestow every blessing on you in abundance, + so that richly enjoying all sufficiency at all times, + you may have ample means for all good works. +009:009 As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given + to the poor, his almsgiving remains for ever." +009:010 And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread + for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, + and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest. +009:011 May you be abundantly enriched so as to show all liberality, + such as through our instrumentality brings thanksgiving to God. +009:012 For the service rendered in this sacred gift not only helps + to relieve the wants of God's people, but it is also rich + in its results and awakens a chorus of thanksgiving to God. +009:013 For, by the practical proof of it which you exhibit in + this service, you cause God to be extolled for your fidelity + to your professed adherence to the Good News of the Christ, + and for the liberality of your contributions for them and + for all who are in need, +009:014 while they themselves also in supplications on your behalf + pour out their longing love towards you because of God's + surpassing grace which is resting upon you. +009:015 Thanks be to God for His unspeakably precious gift! +010:001 But as for me Paul, I entreat you by the gentleness and + self-forgetfulness of Christ--I who when among you have not + an imposing personal presence, but when absent am fearlessly + outspoken in dealing with you. +010:002 I beseech you not to compel me when present to make a bold + display of the confidence with which I reckon I shall show + my `courage' against some who reckon that we are guided + by worldly principles. +010:003 For, though we are still living in the world, it is no worldly + warfare that we are waging. +010:004 The weapons with which we fight are not human weapons, + but are mighty for God in overthrowing strong fortresses. +010:005 For we overthrow arrogant `reckonings,' and every stronghold + that towers high in defiance of the knowledge of God, + and we carry off every thought as if into slavery-- + into subjection to Christ; +010:006 while we hold ourselves in readiness to punish every act + of disobedience, as soon as ever you as a Church have fully + shown your obedience. +010:007 Is it outward appearances you look to? If any man is confident + as regards himself that he specially belongs to Christ, + let him consider again and reflect that just as he belongs + to Christ, so also do we. +010:008 If, however, I were to boast more loudly of our Apostolic authority, + which the Lord has given us that we may build you up, + not pull you down, I should have no reason to feel ashamed. +010:009 Let it not seem as if I wanted to frighten you by my letters. +010:010 For they say "His letters are authoritative and forcible, + but his personal presence is unimpressive, and as for eloquence, + he has none." +010:011 Let such people take this into their reckoning, that whatever + we are in word by our letters when absent, the same are we + also in act when present. +010:012 For we have not the `courage' to rank ourselves among, + or compare ourselves with, certain persons distinguished + by their self-commendation. Yet they are not wise, + measuring themselves, as they do, by one another and comparing + themselves with one another. +010:013 We, however, will not exceed due limits in our boasting, + but will keep within the limits of the sphere which God has + assigned to us as a limit, which reaches even to you. +010:014 For there is no undue stretch of authority on our part, + as though it did not extend to you. We pressed on even + to Corinth, and were the first to proclaim to you the Good News + of the Christ. +010:015 We do not exceed our due limits, and take credit for + other men's labours; but we entertain the hope that, + as your faith grows, we shall gain promotion among you-- + still keeping within our own sphere--promotion to a larger + field of labour, +010:016 and shall tell the Good News in the districts beyond you, + not boasting in another man's sphere about work already + done by him. +010:017 But "whoever boasts, let his boast be in the Lord." +010:018 For it is not the man that commends himself who is really approved, + but he whom the Lord commends. +011:001 I wish you could have borne with a little foolish boasting + on my part. Nay, do bear with me. +011:002 I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have + betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful + bride to her one husband. +011:003 But I am afraid that, as the serpent in his craftiness deceived Eve, + so your minds may be led astray from their single-heartedness + and their fidelity to Christ. +011:004 If indeed some visitor is proclaiming among you another Jesus + whom we did not proclaim, or if you are receiving a Spirit + different from the One you have already received or a Good News + different from that which you have already welcomed, + your toleration is admirable! +011:005 Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those + superlatively great Apostles. +011:006 And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge + I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully + evident to you. +011:007 Is it a sin that I abased myself in order for you to be exalted, + in that I proclaimed God's Good News to you without fee or reward? +011:008 Other Churches I robbed, receiving pay from them in order + to do you service. +011:009 And when I was with you and my resources failed, there was + no one to whom I became a burden--for the brethren + when they came from Macedonia fully supplied my wants-- + and I kept myself from being in the least a burden to you, + and will do so still. +011:010 Christ knows that it is true when I say that I will not be + stopped from boasting of this anywhere in Greece. +011:011 And why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do. +011:012 But I will persist in the same line of conduct in order + to cut the ground from under the feet of those who desire + an opportunity of getting themselves recognized as being + on a level with us in the matters about which they boast. +011:013 For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, + assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ. +011:014 And no wonder. Satan, their master, can disguise himself + as an angel of light. +011:015 It is therefore no great thing for his servants also + to disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. + Their end will be in accordance with their actions. +011:016 To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I + am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance + for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, + may boast a little. +011:017 What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, + but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless boasting. +011:018 Since many boast for merely human reasons, I too will boast. +011:019 Wise as you yourselves are, you find pleasure in tolerating fools. +011:020 For you tolerate it, if any one enslaves you, lives at your expense, + makes off with your property, gives himself airs, or strikes + you on the face. +011:021 I use the language of self-disparagement, as though I + were admitting our own feebleness. Yet for whatever + reason any one is `courageous'--I speak in mere folly-- + I also am courageous. +011:022 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are + they descendants of Abraham? So am I. +011:023 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if I were out of my mind.) + Much more am I His servant; serving Him more thoroughly than they + by my labours, and more thoroughly also by my imprisonments, + by excessively cruel floggings, and with risk of life + many a time. +011:024 From the Jews I five times have received forty lashes all but one. +011:025 Three times I have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have + been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full + four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea. +011:026 I have served Him by frequent travelling, amid dangers + in crossing rivers, dangers from robbers; dangers from my + own countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles; dangers in the city, + dangers in the Desert, dangers by sea, dangers from spies + in our midst; +011:027 with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, + in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, + and with insufficient clothing. +011:028 And besides other things, which I pass over, there is that + which presses on me daily--my anxiety for all the Churches. +011:029 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led astray into sin, + and I am not aflame with indignation? +011:030 If boast I must, it shall be of things which display my weakness. +011:031 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--He who is blessed + throughout the Ages--knows that I am speaking the truth. +011:032 In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at + the gates of the city in order to apprehend me, +011:033 but through an opening in the wall I was let down in a basket, + and so escaped his hands. +012:001 I am compelled to boast. It is not a profitable employment, + but I will proceed to visions and revelations granted me + by the Lord. +012:002 I know a Christian man who fourteen years ago--whether in + the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; + God knows--was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) + even to the highest Heaven. +012:003 And I know that this man--whether in the body or apart from + the body I do not know; +012:004 God knows--was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable + things which no human being is permitted to repeat. +012:005 Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, + except in my weaknesses. +012:006 If however I should choose to boast, I should not be a fool + for so doing, for I should be speaking the truth. + But I forbear, lest any one should be led to estimate me + more highly than what his own eyes attest, or more highly + than what he hears from my lips. +012:007 And judging by the stupendous grandeur of the revelations-- + therefore lest I should be over-elated there has been sent to me, + like the agony of impalement, Satan's angel dealing blow + after blow, lest I should be over-elated. +012:008 As for this, three times have I besought the Lord to rid + me of him; +012:009 but His reply has been, "My grace suffices for you, + for power matures in weakness." Most gladly therefore + will I boast of my infirmities rather than complain of them-- + in order that Christ's power may overshadow me. +012:010 In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, + in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties-- + for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. +012:011 It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled + me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; + for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively + great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing. +012:012 The signs that characterize the true Apostle have been done + among you, accompanied by unwearied fortitude, and by tokens + and marvels and displays of power. +012:013 In what respect, therefore, have you been worse dealt with than + other Churches, except that I myself never hung as a dead + weight upon you? Forgive the injustice I thus did you! +012:014 See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I + will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, + but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, + but parents for their children. +012:015 And as for me, most gladly will I spend all I have and be + utterly spent for your salvation. +012:016 If I love you so intensely, am I the less to be loved? + Be that as it may: I was not a burden to you. + But being by no means scrupulous, I entrapped you, they say! +012:017 Have I gained any selfish advantage over you through any one + of the messengers I have sent to you? +012:018 I begged Titus to visit you, and sent our other brother + with him. Did Titus gain any selfish advantage over you? + Were not he and I guided by one and the same Spirit, and did + we not walk in the same steps? +012:019 You are imagining, all this time, that we are making our + defense at your bar. In reality it is as in God's presence + and in communion with Christ that we speak; but, dear friends, + it is all with a view to your progress in goodness. +012:020 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be + what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; + that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, + party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest; +012:021 and that upon re-visiting you I may be humbled by my God + in your presence, and may have to mourn over many whose + hearts still cling to their old sins, and who have not + repented of the impurity, fornication, and gross sensuality, + of which they have been guilty. +013:001 This intended visit of mine is my third visit to you. + "On the evidence of two or three witnesses every charge + shall be sustained." +013:002 Those who cling to their old sins, and indeed all of you, + I have forewarned and still forewarn (as I did on my second + visit when present, so I do now, though absent) that, when I + come again, I shall not spare you; +013:003 since you want a practical proof of the fact that Christ + speaks by my lips--He who is not feeble towards you, + but powerful among you. +013:004 For though it is true that He was crucified through weakness, + yet He now lives through the power of God. We also are weak, + sharing His weakness, but with Him we shall be full of life + to deal with you through the power of God. +013:005 Test yourselves to discover whether you are true believers: + put your own selves under examination. Or do you not know + that Jesus Christ is within you, unless you are insincere? +013:006 But I trust that you will recognize that we are not insincere. +013:007 And our prayer to God is that you may do nothing wrong; + not in order that our sincerity may be demonstrated, + but that you may do what is right, even though our sincerity + may seem to be doubtful. +013:008 For we have no power against the truth, but only for the furtherance + of the truth; +013:009 and it is a joy to us when we are powerless, but you are strong. + This we also pray for--the perfecting of your characters. +013:010 For this reason I write thus while absent, that when present I + may not have to act severely in the exercise of the authority + which the Lord has given me for building up, and not + for pulling down. +013:011 Finally, brethren, be joyful, secure perfection of character, + take courage, be of one mind, live in peace. 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