Paul Defends His Apostleship1 I wish° that you would abear° with me in a little° bfoolishness°; but Iindeed° you are bearing° with me. 2 For I am° jealous° for you with a godly° jealousy°; for I abetrothed° you to one° husband°, so that to Christ° I might bpresent° you [as] a pure° virgin°. 3 But I am° afraid° that, as the aserpent° deceived° Eve° by his craftiness°, your minds° will be led° astray° from the simplicity° and purity° [of devotion] to Christ°. 4 For if° Ione comes° and preaches° aanother° Jesus° whom° we have not preached°, or° you receive° a bdifferent° spirit° which° you have not received°, or° a cdifferent° gospel° which° you have not accepted°, you dbear° [this] ebeautifully°. 5 For I consider° myself anot in the least° inferior° to the Imost° eminent° apostles°. 6 But even° if° I am aunskilled° in speech°, yet° I am not [so] in bknowledge°; in fact°, in every° way° we have cmade° [this] evident° to you in all° things°. [1] IOr do indeed bear with me aMt 17:17; 2Co 11:4, 16, 19f b2Co 5:13; 11:17, 21
[2] aHo 2:19f; Ep 5:26f b2Co 4:14 [3] aGn 3:4, 13; Jn 8:44; 1Th 3:5; 1Ti 2:14; Rv 12:9, 15 [4] ILit the one who comes preaches a1Co 3:11 bRo 8:15 cGa 1:6 d2Co 11:1 eMk 7:9 [5] IOr super-apostles a2Co 12:11; Ga 2:6 [6] a1Co 1:17 b1Co 12:8; Ep 3:4 c2Co 4:2 7 ¶ Or° adid I commit° a sin° in humbling° myself° so° that you might be exalted°, because° I preached° the bgospel° of God° to you cwithout° charge°? 8 I robbed° other° churches° by ataking° wages° [from them] to serve° you; 9 and when I was present° with you and was in need°, I was anot a burden° to anyone°; for when bthe brethren° came° from cMacedonia° they fully° supplied° my need°, and in everything° I kept° myself° from abeing° a burden° to you, Iand will continue° to do so. 10 aAs the truth° of Christ° is in me, bthis° boasting° of mine°° will not be stopped° in the regions° of cAchaia°. 11 Why°°? aBecause° I do not love° you? bGod° knows° [I do]! [7] a2Co 12:13 bRo 1:1; 2Co 2:12 cAc 18:3; 1Co 9:18
[8] a1Co 4:12; 9:6; Php 4:15, 18 [9] ILit and I will keep a2Co 12:13f, 16 bAc 18:5 cRo 15:26; Php 4:15-18 [10] aRo 1:9; 9:1; 2Co 1:23; Ga 2:20 b1Co 9:15 cAc 18:12 [11] a2Co 12:15 bRo 1:9; 2Co 2:17; 11:31; 12:2f 12 ¶ But what° I am doing° I will continue° to do°, aso° that I may cut° off° opportunity° from those° who desire° an opportunity° to be Iregarded° just° as we are in the matter about which° they are boasting°. 13 For such° men° are afalse° apostles°, bdeceitful° workers°, disguising° themselves as apostles° of Christ°. 14 No° wonder°, for even° aSatan° disguises° himself as an bangel° of light°. 15 Therefore° it is not surprising° if° his servants° also° disguise° themselves as servants° of righteousness°, awhose° end° will be according° to their deeds°. [12] ILit found a1Co 9:12
[13] aAc 20:30; Ga 1:7; 2:4; Php 1:15; Tit 1:10f; 2P 2:1; Rv 2:2 bPhp 3:2 [14] aMt 4:10; Ep 6:12; Col 1:13 bCol 1:12 [15] aRo 2:6; 3:8 16 ¶ aAgain° I say°, let no° one° think° me foolish°; but if° [you do], receive° me even° as foolish°, so° that I also° may boast° a little°. 17 What° I am saying°, I am not saying° Iaas the Lord° would, but as bin foolishness°, in this° confidence° of boasting°. 18 Since° amany° boast° baccording° to the flesh°, I will boast° also°. 19 For you, abeing° [so] wise°, tolerate° the foolish° gladly°. 20 For you tolerate° it if° anyone° aenslaves° you, anyone° bdevours° you, anyone° ctakes° advantage of you, anyone° dexalts° himself, anyone° ehits° you in the face°. 21 To [my] ashame° I [must] say° that we have been bweak° [by comparison]. ¶ But in whatever°° respect anyone° [else] cis bold°I dspeak° in foolishness°I am° just° as bold° myself°. 22 Are they aHebrews°? bSo° am I. Are they cIsraelites°? cSo° am I. Are they Iddescendants° of Abraham°? eSo° am I. 23 Are they aservants° of Christ°?I speak° as if insane°I more° so°; in Ibfar° more° labors°, in Icfar° more° imprisonments°, IIdbeaten° times° without° number°, often° in edanger° of death°. 24 Five° times° I received° from the Jews° athirty-nine°°° [lashes]. 25 Three° times° I was abeaten° with rods°, once° I was bstoned°, three° times° I was shipwrecked°, a night° and a day° I have spent° in the deep°. 26 [I have been] on frequent° journeys°, in dangers° from rivers°, dangers° from robbers°, dangers° from [my] acountrymen°, dangers° from the bGentiles°, dangers° in the ccity°, dangers° in the wilderness°, dangers° on the sea°, dangers° among° dfalse° brethren°; 27 [I have been] in alabor° and hardship°, Ithrough° many° sleepless° nights°, in bhunger° and thirst°, often° cwithout° food°, in cold° and IIdexposure°. 28 Apart° from [such] Iexternal° things, there is the daily°° pressure° on me [of] concern° for aall° the churches°. 29 Who° is aweak° without°° my being weak°? Who° is Iled° into sin° IIwithout°° my intense° concern°? [16] a2Co 11:1
[17] ILit in accordance with the Lord a1Co 7:12, 25 b2Co 11:21 [18] aPhp 3:3f b2Co 5:16 [19] a1Co 4:10 [20] a2Co 1:24; Ga 2:4; 4:3, 9; 5:1 bMk 12:40 c2Co 11:3; 12:16 d2Co 10:5 e1Co 4:11 [21] a2Co 6:8 b2Co 10:10 c2Co 10:2 d2Co 11:17 [22] ILit seed aAc 6:1 bPhp 3:5 cRo 9:4 dGa 3:16 eRo 11:1 [23] ILit more abundant IILit exceedingly in stripes a1Co 3:5; 2Co 3:6; 10:7 b1Co 15:10 c2Co 6:5 dAc 16:23; 2Co 6:5 eRo 8:36 [24] aDt 25:3 [25] aAc 16:22 bAc 14:19 [26] aAc 9:23; 13:45, 50; 14:5; 17:5, 13; 18:12; 20:3, 19; 21:27; 23:10, 12; 25:3; 1Th 2:15 bAc 14:5, 19; 19:23ff; 27:42 cAc 21:31 dGa 2:4 [27] ILit often in wakefulness IILit nakedness; i.e. lack of clothing a1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8 b1Co 4:11; Php 4:12 c2Co 6:5 d1Co 4:11 [28] IOr the things unmentioned a1Co 7:17 [29] ILit made to stumble IILit and I do not burn a1Co 8:9, 13; 9:22 30 ¶ If° I have° to boast°, I will boast° of what° pertains to my aweakness°. 31 The God° and Father° of the Lord° Jesus°, aHe who is blessed° forever°, bknows° that I am not lying°. 32 In aDamascus° the ethnarch° under Aretas° the king° was bguarding° the city° of the Damascenes° in order to seize° me, 33 and I was let° down° in a basket° athrough° a window° Iin the wall°, and [so] escaped° his hands°. Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, who seemed to make more account of the false apostles than of him, he entereth into a forced commendation of himself,1 ¶ Would to Godº ye could bear¹ª with² meº a little¹² in [my] folly:º and¹² indeed¹² bear¹ª with² me.º 2 Forº I am jealousºª over youº with godlyº jealousy:º forº I have espousedºª youº to oneº husband,º that I may presentºª [you as] a chasteº virginº to Christ.º 3 Butº I fear,ºª lest¹ by any means,¹² asº the² serpentº beguiledºª Eveº throughº his¹² subtilty,º soº yourº mindsº should be corruptedºª fromº the² simplicityº that² is inº Christ.º 4 Forº ifº¹ he that comethºª preachethºª anotherº Jesus,º whomº we have¹ª notº preached,ºª orº [if] ye receiveºª anotherº spirit,º whichº ye have¹ª notº received,ºª orº anotherº gospel,º whichº ye have¹ª notº accepted,ºª ye might¹ª wellº bear withºª [him]. [1] Nu 11:29; Jsh 7:7; 2K 5:3; Ac 18:14; 26:29; 1Co 1:21; 3:18; 4:8, 10; 2Co 5:13; 11:4, 16, 19, 21; 12:11; He 5:2.
[2] Gn 24:2, 58; Lv 21:13; Ps 45:10; Is 54:5; 62:4; Ezk 44:22; Ho 2:19; Jn 3:29; Ro 7:4; 1Co 4:15; Ga 4:11, 17; Ep 5:27; Php 1:8; Col 1:28; 1Th 2:11. [3] Gn 3:4, 13; Ps 119:53; Mt 24:24; Jn 8:44; Ac 20:30; Ro 12:8; 16:18; 2Co 1:12; 2:17; 4:2; 11:13, 29; 12:20; Ga 1:6; 2:4; 3:1; 4:11; Ep 4:14; 6:24; Php 3:18; Col 2:4, 8, 18; 2Th 2:3; 1Ti 1:3; 2:14; 4:1; 2Ti 3:1, 13; 4:3; Tit 1:10; He 13:9; 2P 2:1; 3:3, 17; 1Jn 2:18; 4:1; Jde 1:4; Rv 12:9; 20:2. [4] Ac 4:12; 1Co 12:4; Ga 1:7; 3:2; Ep 4:4; 1Ti 2:5. of his equality with the chief Apostles,5 Forº I supposeºª I was¹ª not a whit¹ behindºª² the² very¹ chiefestº² apostles.º 6 Butº though¹²² [I be] rudeº in speech,º yetº notº in knowledge;º butº we have been throughlyºº made manifestºª amongº youº inº all things.º [5] 1Co 15:10; 2Co 12:11; Ga 2:6.
[6] 1Co 1:17, 21; 2:1, 13; 2Co 4:2; 5:11; 7:2; 10:10; 12:12; Ep 3:4; 2P 3:15. of his preaching the Gospel to them freely, and without any their charge,7 º Have I committedºª an offenceº in abasingºª myselfº thatº yeº might be exalted,ºª becauseº I have preachedºª to youº the² gospelº of Godº freely?º 8 I robbedºª otherº churches,º takingºª wagesº [of them], toº do¹ª youº service.º 9 Andº when I was presentºª withº you,º andº wanted,ºª I² was¹ chargeableºª to no man:º forº that which was lackingº to meº the² brethrenº which cameºª fromº Macedoniaº supplied:ºª andº inº allº [things] I have keptºª myselfº from being burdensomeº unto you,º andº [so] will I keepºª [myself]. 10 As the truthº of Christº isºª inº me,º¹ no manº² shall stopºªª¹ª² meº¹ of thisº boastingº inº the² regionsº of Achaia.º 11 Wherefore?º becauseº I loveºª youº not?º Godº knoweth.ºª 12 Butº whatº I do,ºª that¹ I² will do,ºª thatº I may cut offºª occasionº from them which desireºª occasion;º thatº whereinºº they glory,ºª they may be foundºª evenº asº we.º [7] Ac 18:1; 20:34; 1Co 4:10; 9:6, 12, 14; 2Co 10:1; 12:13; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8.
[8] 2Co 11:9; Php 4:14. [9] Ne 5:15; Ac 18:3; 20:33; 2Co 6:4; 8:1; 9:12; 11:8; 12:13, 14; Php 2:25; 4:10, 11, 15; 1Th 2:6, 9; 2Th 3:8; He 11:37. [10] Ac 18:12, 27; Ro 1:9; 9:1; 16:5; 1Co 9:15; 16:15; 2Co 1:1, 23; 9:2; 10:15; 11:12, 16, 31; 12:19; Ga 1:20; 1Th 1:7; 2:5, 10; 1Ti 2:7. [11] Jsh 22:22; Ps 44:21; Jn 2:24; 21:17; Ac 15:8; 2Co 6:11; 7:3; 11:10; 12:2, 15; He 4:13; Rv 2:23. [12] Jb 23:13; 1Co 5:6; 9:12; 2Co 1:17; 5:12; 10:17; 11:9, 18; Ga 1:7; 6:13; Php 1:15; 1Ti 5:14. shewing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative,13 Forº suchº [are] false apostles,º deceitfulº workers,º transforming themselvesºª intoº the apostlesº of Christ.º 14 Andº noº marvel;º forº Satanº himselfº is transformedºª intoº an angelº of light.º 15 Thereforeº [it is] noº great thingº ifºª hisº ministersº also¹ be transformedºª asº the ministersº of righteousness;º whoseº endº shall beºª accordingº to theirº works.º 16 I sayºª again,º Let¹ª noº manº thinkºª meº¹ª a² fool;º if otherwise,º yetº asº a foolº receiveºª me,º thatº Iº may boast² myself¹ª a¹ little.¹²² 17 That² which¹ I speak,ºª I speakºª [it] notº afterº the Lord,º butº as¹ it were² foolishly,ºº inº thisº confidenceº of boasting.º 18 Seeing thatº manyº gloryºª afterº the² flesh,º I will glory¹ª also.º² 19 Forº ye sufferºª foolsº gladly,º seeing ye [yourselves] areºª wise.º 20 Forº ye suffer,ºª if a manº bring¹ª you¹ into bondage,ºª² if a manº devourºª [you], if a manº takeºª [of you], if a manº exalt himself,ºª if a manº smiteºª youº onº the face.º 21 I speakºª as concerningº reproach,º asº thoughº weº had been weak.ºª Howbeitº whereinsoeverººº anyº is bold,¹ª (I² speakºª foolishly,)ºº I am bold¹ª also.º² 22 Are² they¹ª Hebrews?º so [am] I.º Are² they¹ª Israelites?º so [am] I.º Are² they¹ª the seedº of Abraham?º so [am] I.º [13] Mt 25:24; Ac 15:1, 24; 20:30; Ro 16:18; 2Co 2:17; 4:2; 11:15; Ga 1:7; 2:4; 4:17; 6:12; Ep 4:14; Php 1:15; 3:2; Col 2:4, 8; 1Ti 1:4; 4:1; 6:3; 2Ti 2:17; 3:5; 4:3; Tit 1:10; 2P 2:1; 1Jn 2:18; 4:1; 2Jn 1:7; Jde 1:4; Rv 2:2, 9, 20; 19:20.
[14] Gn 3:1; Mt 4:1; 2Co 2:11; 11:3; Ga 1:8; Rv 12:9. [15] 2K 5:13; Is 9:14; Jr 5:31; 23:14; 28:15; 29:32; Ezk 13:10, 22; Mt 7:15; Ac 13:10; 1Co 9:11; 2Co 3:9; 11:13, 23; Ga 1:8; Ep 6:12; Php 3:19; 2Th 2:8; 2P 2:3, 13; Jde 1:4, 10; Rv 9:11; 13:2, 14; 19:19; 20:2, 7. [16] 2Co 11:1, 19, 21; 12:6, 11. [17] 1Co 7:6, 12; 2Co 9:4; 11:18; Php 3:3. [18] Jr 9:23; 1Co 4:10; 2Co 10:12; 11:12, 21; 12:5, 9, 11; 1P 1:24. [19] 1Co 4:10; 8:1; 10:15; Rv 3:17. [20] Is 50:6; Lm 3:30; Lk 6:29; Ro 16:17; 2Co 1:24; Ga 2:4; 4:3, 9, 25; 5:1, 10; 6:12; Php 3:19; 1Th 2:5. [21] 2Co 10:1, 10; 11:17, 22, 23; 13:10; Php 3:3. [22] Gn 17:8; Ex 3:18; 5:3; 7:16; 9:1, 13; 10:3; 2Ch 20:7; Mt 3:9; Jn 8:33; Ac 22:3; Ro 4:13; 11:1; Php 3:5. and in the service of Christ, and in all kind of sufferings for his ministry, far superior.23 Are² they¹ª ministersº of Christ?¹ (I² speakºª as a fool)ºª Iº [am] more;º inº laboursº more abundant,º inº stripesº above measure,º inº prisonsº more frequent,º inº deathsº oft.º 24 Ofº the Jewsº five timesº received² I¹ª fortyº [stripes] saveº one.º 25 Thriceº was I beaten with rods,ºª onceº was I stoned,ºª thriceº I suffered shipwreck,ºª a night and a dayº I have beenºª inº the² deep;º 26 [In] journeyingsº often,º [in] perilsº of waters,º [in] perilsº of robbers,º [in] perilsº byº [mine own] countrymen,º [in] perilsº byº the heathen,º [in] perilsº inº the city,º [in] perilsº inº the wilderness,º [in] perilsº inº the sea,º [in] perilsº amongº false brethren;º 27 Inº wearinessº andº painfulness,º inº watchingsº often,º inº hungerº andº thirst,¹² inº fastingsº often,º inº coldº andº nakedness.º 28 Besideº those things that are without,º that which¹ cometh uponº meº daily,ºº the² careº of allº the² churches.º 29 Whoº is weak,ºª andº I am¹ª not¹ weak?ºª² whoº is offended,ºª andº Iº burnºª not?º 30 Ifº I must needsºª glory,ºª I will gloryºª of the things² which concern¹ mineº infirmities.º 31 The² Godº andº Fatherº of ourº Lordº Jesusº Christ,º which¹ isºª blessedº for¹ evermore,º² knowethºª that² I¹ lieºª not.º 32 Inº Damascusº the² governorº under Aretasº the² kingº kept¹ª the city¹ of the Damascenes¹ with a garrison,ºª²²² desirousºª to apprehendºª me:º 33 Andº throughº a windowº inº a basketº was I let downºª byº the² wall,º andº escapedºª hisº hands.º [23] Ac 9:16; 14:19; 16:24; 20:23; 21:11; 24:26; 25:14; 27:1; 28:16, 30; 1Co 3:5; 4:1; 15:10, 30; 2Co 1:9; 3:6; 4:11; 6:4, 9; 11:5, 24; 12:11; Ep 3:1; 4:1; 6:20; Php 1:13; 2:17; Col 1:24, 29; 1Th 3:2; 1Ti 4:6; 2Ti 1:8, 16; 2:9; Phm 1:9; He 10:34.
[24] Dt 25:2; Mt 10:17; Mk 13:9. [25] Mt 21:35; Ac 7:58; 14:5, 19; 16:22, 33, 37; 22:24; 27:1; He 11:37. [26] Ac 9:23, 24, 26, 29; 11:25; 13:1, 50; 14:5, 19; 15:2, 40; 16:1, 19; 17:5; 18:18; 19:1, 23; 20:1, 3, 19; 21:28; 23:12; 25:3; 28:10; Ro 15:19, 24; 1Co 15:32; 2Co 1:8; 11:32; Ga 1:17; 1Th 2:15. [27] Jr 38:9; Ac 13:2; 14:23; 20:5, 31, 34; Ro 8:35; 1Co 4:11; 7:5; 2Co 6:5; 11:23; Php 4:12; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8; He 11:37; Jm 2:15. [28] Ac 15:36, 40; 18:23; 20:2, 18; Ro 1:14; 11:13; 15:16; 16:4; 2Co 11:23; Col 2:1. [29] Nu 25:6; Ezr 9:1; Ne 5:6; 13:15, 23; Jn 2:17; Ro 12:15; 15:1; 1Co 5:1; 6:5, 15; 8:13; 9:22; 11:22; 12:26; 15:12, 36; 2Co 2:4; 7:5; 11:13; 13:9; Ga 1:7; 2:4, 14; 3:1; 4:8; 5:2; 6:2; 1Th 3:5; 2Jn 1:10; Jde 1:3; Rv 2:2, 20; 3:15. [30] Pv 25:27; 27:2; Jr 9:23; 2Co 11:16; 12:1, 5, 11; Col 1:24. [31] Ne 9:5; Ps 41:13; Jn 10:30; 20:17; Ro 1:9, 25; 9:1, 5; 2Co 1:3, 23; 11:10; Ga 1:2; Ep 1:3; 3:14; Col 1:3; 1Th 2:5; 1Ti 1:11, 17; 6:16; 1P 1:3. [32] Ac 9:24; 2Co 11:26. [33] Jsh 2:18; 1S 19:12. ©2011 by First Gospel Publications, Zion, Ill. All rights reserved. For downloads and more information please visit www.FirstGospel.com. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries Featuring the qBible.com Living Strong's Lexical Map ©2003 by The WWW Chat Bible Compages. All rights reserved. For how to use color-coding please view [www.ChatBible.com/key.html]. |
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