| 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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| And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind
|And not only that, but who was also chosen from the churches to travel with us with this amazing generosity, which we administer to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind
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| Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us
|Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this surplus which we administer
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| Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
|Providing for honesty, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
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| And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
|And we have sent our brother with them, who we have often proven diligent in much, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence I have in you.
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| Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you or our brethren be inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
|Whether any inquire of Titus, he is my partner and volunteer concerning you or our brethren be asked of, they are the messengers of the churches and the glory of Christ.
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| Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
|Why show yourself to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
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| For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you
|For as touching the ministering is to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you
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| For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
|For I know the directness of your minds, which I boast of to those in Macedonia, and how Achaia was served a year ago; and how your zeal had inspired so many.
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| Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready
|Still I have sent the brothers, so that our boasts about you in this regard would not have been in vain; namely, as I had said, that you are ready
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| Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
|Otherwise if any of the Macedonians were to come with me, and find you unprepared, we (as opposed to you) would be ashamed of having boasted like that.
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| Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
|Therefore I considered it necessary to reach out to the brothers, that they would go to you in advance, and prepare with you in advance against the unexpected, that you would be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
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| But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
|Because I tell you this; he who sows sparingly reaps sparingly, and he who sows bountifully reaps bountifully.|Explains that a good work ethic will get you far in life.
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| Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver.
|Every man should give as his heart compels him to; not grudgingly, or out of necessity, because God loves a cheerful giver.
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| And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work
|And God is able to cause all forms of grace to come upon you; so that you, always having what you need, may continue to do good works.
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| (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor his righteousness remaineth for ever.
|(As it is written, "He has dispersed abroad; He has given to the poor his everlasting righteousness.
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| Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
|Now He who provides seed to the sower accordingly provides bread for your food, and multiplies what you have sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness;)
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| Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
|Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which brings through us thanksgiving to God.
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| For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
|For the fulfillment of this service not only meets the needs of the saints, but is abundant in its thanksgivings to God;
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| Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
|While by the testing of this ministry they glorify God for your proclaimed dedication to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing among them, and to all men;
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|14
| And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
|And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the surplus grace of God in you.
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| Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
|Thanks be to God for His gratitude.
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==Chapter 10==
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| Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you
|Now I myself, Paul, ask you in the humble and gentle manner of Christ, being lowly in your presence despite being bold when away.
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| But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
|But I ask you, since I don't have to bold when I'm present, because I think I'll have to be toward some who act as if we live by the flesh.
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| For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh
|Although we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war for the flesh.
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| (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
|(Our weapons of warfare are not sinful, but are made so mighty by God that they can destroy fortresses).
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| Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
|Casting down speculation, and every lofty opinion held against the knowledge of God, and capturing every thought towards obedience to Christ;
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| And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
|And being ready to punish all disobedience, once your obedience has been pledged
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| Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
|Do you only judge by appearances? If any man believes himself to be in Christ's service then let him reconsider this, since, as he is in Christ's service, so are we.
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| For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed
|For while I claim more authority in this regard, which the Lord had bestowed on us for your benefit rather than your detriment, I am not ashamed
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| That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
|That I am not the terrifying figure you would have expected based on my letters.
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| For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.|"His letters", they would say, "are grave and powerful; but in person he is meek, and his speech contemptible".
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| Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
|These people should understand, then, that as we appear in our writings from afar, we will act in person if we are here.
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| For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
|For we do not dare to number or compare ourselves with those who praise themselves by their own standards, for those who rate themselves only against each other are unwise.
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| But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
|But we will not boast of things beyond our measure, but rather by the standards which God has given to use, a standard that applies to you as well.
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| For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you| for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ
|For we do not exceed our mandate in reaching out to you, and in coming as far as this place to preach the Gospel of Christ
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| Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
|Not boasting of things beyond our mandate, that is, of other mens' effort; but in the hope, when your faith grows, that we will have grown with you in proportion to our own effort,
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| To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
|To preach the Gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast of the works accomplished by others.
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| But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
|But he who boasts, let him boast of the Lord.
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| For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
|For it is not the one who praises himself that is righteous, but the one who is praised by the Lord.
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==Chapter 11==
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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 continue to do so|ἀφροσύνη: "recklessness" is probably the best choice in this context
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|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 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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| 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 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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|4
| For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
|For if someone comes preaching another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you hear of another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might stand firm with Him.|a challenging verse, but our rendition is clearer than the [[NASB]] here.
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|5
| For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
|For I suppose that I am no less than the leading apostles.|remarkably blunt and less-than-humble statement!
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| But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
|But though I be self-promoting in speech, not so in knowledge; we have made everything crystal clear to you.|good use of "crystal clear" here; the term "self-promoting" should be
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|7
| Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
|Have I done something wrong in lowering myself in order to elevate you, because I preached the good news of God as a gift to you?
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|8
| I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
|I robbed other churches by taking payment from them in order to serve you.
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| And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
|And when I was with you and I was in need, I didn't financially burden any man, because the church members from Macedonia provided me what I was lacking. I have in all regards kept myself from being a burden to you, and I will continue to do so.
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|10
| 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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|11
| Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
|Why? Because I don't love you? God knows I do.
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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 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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| 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.
|And no wonder; for even Satan himself poses as an angel of light.
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| 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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|16
| 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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| That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
|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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|18
| Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
|Since many people take pride in worldly things, I will take some pride too.
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| For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
|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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|20
| For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
|You even put up with it if a man enslaves you, steals from you, takes all you have, looks down on you, or even hits you in the face.
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|21
| 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, if others are bold, I will be bold too. (There I go again, speaking foolishly.)
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|22
| 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.
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|23
| 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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|24
| 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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| 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 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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|27
| 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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|28
| 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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|29
| 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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|32
| 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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|33
| 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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|1
| It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
|Boasting, though not helpful, is necessary. I will now come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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|2
| I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
|I know a follower of Christ who, fourteen years ago, was caught up to the third heaven (whether in the body or out of the body, I can't tell; God only knows)
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|3
| And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell| God knoweth;)
|And I know that this man (whether in the body or out of the body, I can't tell; God only knows)
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|4
| How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
|Was snatched up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which man is not allowed to say.
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|5
| Of such an one will I glory yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
|I will boast about someone like that, but I won't boast about myself except my weaknesses.
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|6
| For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
|If I wanted to boast, I wouldn't be a fool; I'd be telling the truth. But I will hold back, so that no man will think of me other than what he sees or hears in me.|"It ain't bragging if you can back it up."
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|7
| And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
|And so that I wouldn't become unsufferably proud by having received such an abundance of revelations, I was given a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to beat me down so that I wouldn't be insufferably proud.
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|8
| For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
|Regarding this thing, I asked the Lord three times to take it away from me.
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|9
| And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
|But He told me, "My grace is enough for you; my strength is perfected in weakness." So I will gladly take pride in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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|10
| Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake for when I am weak, then am I strong.
|Therefore I take pleasure in infirmity, in criticism, in hardship, in persecution, and in distress for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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|11
| I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me for I ought to have been commended of you| for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
|I have made a fool of myself over this boasting; you have made me do this, even though I should have been commended by you. For in no way am I lesser than the leading apostles, though I am a nobody myself.
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|12
| Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
|Truly the evidence of being an apostle were shown to you through patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
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|13
| For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
|For was there any way in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I wasn't a burden to you as well? Forgive me for this wrong.
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|14
| Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you for I seek not yours, but you for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
|See, for the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you for I seek nothing of yours. You as the children should not have to support the parents, rather the parents should support the children.
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|15
| And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
|And I will very gladly spend and expend myself on your behalf; even though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved in return.
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|16
| But be it so, I did not burden you nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
|But be that as it may, I did not burden you; nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with deceit.
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|17
| Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
|Did I take advantage of you through any of the men I had sent to you?
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|18
| I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
|I had chosen Titus, and I sent a brother along with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?
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|19
| Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
|Again, do you think we're defending ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your benefit.
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|20
| For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults
|For I fear, however, that when I come, I won't find you as I expect, and that you will regard me likewise, leading to debate, envy, anger, strife, recrimination, gossip, arrogance and fights
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|21
| And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
|And I fear, that when I come again, God will humble me before you, and that I shall grieve over the many who have already sinned, and who have not repented of the filth, depravity and lechery that they have committed.
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==Chapter 13==
|1
| This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
|So this is the third time I have come to you. Every word will be established by two or three witnesses.
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|2
| I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare
|Today I tell you, as I have told you before; I tell those who have sinned that if I come again I will not have mercy.
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|3
| Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
|Each of you seeks proof that Christ speaks from within me, which is not weak but mighty to you.
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|4
| For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
|Perceiving that he was crucified through weakness, we yet know that he lived by the power of God. We also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God.
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|5
| Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
|Hasten to understand yourselves, whether or not you have faith; prove yourselves. If you do not know yourselves, how will you know that Jesus Christ is in you?
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|6
| But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
|Each of you I trust is not a reprobate.
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|7
| Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
|Now I pray to God that none of you do evil acts; not for the sake of being approved, but so that you do that which is honest, despite being a reprobate.
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|8
| For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
|For we cannot act against the truth, only in support of it.
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|9
| For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong and this also we wish, even your perfection.
|For we are glad, when we are weak but you are strong, and we wish continue to wish for this, and for your perfection.
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|10
| Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
|Therefore I write these things while being absent, because if I were present I might be more harsh, per the authority the Lord has bestowed on me for purposes of edification and not destruction.
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|11
| Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
|Brethren, farewell. Be perfect, of good comfort, of one mind, and live in peace. Do these things and the God of love and peace will be with you.
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|12
| Greet one another with an holy kiss.
|Great each other with a holy kiss.
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|13
| All the saints salute you.
|All the saints salute you.
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| The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
|May the grace of Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.
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