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 | Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
 |Jesus, who has given us this, is God, and has also given we faithful the Divine Guide.
+|perhaps: ... is God, and has given us the downpayment as the Holy Spirit.
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 | Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly and indeed bear with me.
-| God willing, please bear with me a bit in my recklessness, and indeed you are
+| God willing, please bear with me a bit in my recklessness, and continue to do so
 | ἀφροσύνη: "recklessness" is probably the best choice in this context
 |-
 |2
 | For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
-| For I have a godly jealousy for you and betrothed you in marriage to one husband, presenting you like a sanctified virgin to Christ.
+| For I covet you in God's name, and betrothed you in marriage to one husband, presenting you like a sanctified virgin to Christ.
 |ἁγνός: "sanctified" is better than "pure", given the context of imperfection
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 |3
 | But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
-| Yet I fear that, as serpent beguiled Eve with his trickery, so also your minds might be corrupted away from the simplicity of Christ.
+| Yet I fear that, as the serpent beguiled Eve with his trickery, so also your minds might be corrupted away from the simplicity of Christ.
 | powerful phrase indeed; the "lest" is redundant" with the fear.
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 | But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
-|But I will do what I do, in order to cut out the opportunity from those who want an opportunity to seem as if they are equal to us in what they take pride in.
+|But I will do what I must, in order to deny the opportunity to those who would seize it, as if they are equal to us in what they take pride in.
+|
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 | And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
-|No wonder; even Satan himself poses as an angel of light.
+|And no wonder; for even Satan himself poses as an angel of light.
+|
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 | That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
-|I'm not speaking the Lord's word, but like a fool, when I so confidently boast.
+|When I'm speaking, I don't do it as the Lord would, but rather as fool might, because of my boasting from faith.
+|
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 | For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
-|You're wise, but you gladly put up with fools.
+|For you tolerate fools easily, considering yourselves to be wise.
 |How to translate φρόνιμοι ὄντες•?  Is it indicating reason (because you are wise) or concession (although you are wise)?  KJV has the former, but the latter seems to fit context better.
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 | I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
-|It’s a shame, as though we had been weak.   However anyone else is bold, I will be bold too.  (There I go again, speaking foolishly.)
+|It’s a shame, as though we had been weak.  However, if others are bold, I will be bold too.  (There I go again, speaking foolishly.)
+|
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 | Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
-|Are they Hebrews? So am I.  Are they Israelites? So am I.  Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
+|Are they Hebrews?  So am I.  Are they Israelites?  So am I.  Are they descendants of Abraham?  So am I.
+|
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 | In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
-|I've travelled often, in danger of rivers, of robbers, of my own countrymen, of gentiles, in the city, in the wilderness, at sea, and from those who deceitfully claim to be church members.
+|I've traveled often, in danger of drowning, of robbers, of my own countrymen, of gentiles, in the city, in the wilderness, at sea, and from those who deceitfully claim to be church members.
+|
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 | Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
+|Who can be weak without making me feel weak?  Who can stumble without making me burn?
+|
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 |30
 | If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
+|If I really need to boast, I will boast regarding my weaknesses.
+|
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 |31
 | The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
+|God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
+|
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 | In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me
+|In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damacenes in order to capture me.
+|
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 | And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
+|But I escaped his hands by being let down the wall through a window in a basket.
+|
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 | In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
+|I've travelled often, in danger of rivers, of robbers, of my own countrymen, of gentiles, in the city, in the wilderness, at sea, and from those who deceitfully claim to be church members.
+|
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 | In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
+|I've worked in fatigue and pain, without sleeping, in hunger and thirst without any food, in the cold without clothing.
+|
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 | Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
+|On top of all those things, what weighs on me daily is my concern for all the churches.
+|
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 | Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
+|Are they ministers of Christ?  I’m speaking craziness again, but I am more of one.  I do more work than they do, I’ve been beaten more than they have, I’ve spent more time in prison, and I’ve faced death more times than they have.
+|
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 | Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
+|Five times, I received 39 lashes from the Jews.
+|
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 |25
 | Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
+|I’ve been beaten with rods three times, I’ve been stoned once, I’ve been shipwrecked three times.  I spent a night and a day floating at sea.
+|
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 |12
 | But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
-|But I will do what I do, in order to cut out the opportunity from those who want an opportunity to be equal to us in what they take pride in.
+|But I will do what I do, in order to cut out the opportunity from those who want an opportunity to seem as if they are equal to us in what they take pride in.
+|
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 | For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
+|They are false apostles, deceitful workers, posing as apostles of Christ.
+|
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 |14
 | And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
+|No wonder; even Satan himself poses as an angel of light.
+|
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 |15
 | Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
+|So it's no great surprise that Satan's ministers also pose as the ministers or righteousness; what they get in the end will be according to their works.
+|
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 | I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
+|Again I say, don't think I'm being foolish, but if you do, listen to this fool anyway, so I can boast about myself a little.
+|
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 | As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
+|As the truth of Christ is in me, no man in all of Achaia will stop me from boasting of this.
+|
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 | Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
+|Why?  Because I don't love you?  God knows I do.
+|
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 | But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
+|But I will do what I do, in order to cut out the opportunity from those who want an opportunity to be equal to us in what they take pride in.
+|
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