Excellency of the A. D. 60. i ch. 7. 15, & 10. 6. Or, in the sight. k Acts 16. 8. & 20. 6. 1 Cor. 16. 9. mch, 7, 5, 6. n Cant. 1. 3. o1 Cor. 1. 18. p ch. 4. 3. 9 Luke 2. 34. John 9. 39. 1 Pet. 2. 7, 8. r1 Cor. 15. 10. ch. 3. 5, 6. J Or, deal deceitfully with. sch. 4. 2; & 11. 13. 2 Pet. 2. 3. t ch. 1. 12. & a ch. 5, 12. & 10. 8, 12, & 12. 11. b II. CORINTHIANS 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be iobedient in all things. 10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave Iit in the person of Christ; 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 12 Furthermore, & when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. 14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest "the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and "in them that perish : 167To the one we are the savour of deathunto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as tof sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. CHAPTER III. 1 Lest their false teachers should charge him with vainglory, he sheweth the faith and graces of the Corinthians to be a sufficient commendation of his ministry. 6 Whereupon entering a comparison between the ministers of the law and of the gospel, 12 he proveth that his ministry is so far the more excellent, as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious than the law of condemnation. we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, bepistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? Acts 18. 27. D c 1 Cor. 9. 2. d 1 Cor. 3. 5. e Ex. 24. 12. & 34. 1. ƒ Ps. 40. 8. Jer. 31. 33. Ez. 11. 19. 36. 26. Heb. 8. 10. g John 15. 5. chi. 2. 16. a 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly de&clared to be the epistle of Christ & ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but fin fleshly tables of the heart. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 1 Cor. 15. 10. Phil. 2. 13. ¡1 Cor. 3. 5. & 15 10. ch. 5. 18. Eph. 3. 7. Col. 1. 25, 29. 1 Tim. 1. 11, 12. 2 Tim. 1. 11. Jer. 31. 31. Matt. 26. 28. / Rom. 2. 27, 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but h our sufficiency is of God; 6 Who also hath made us able i ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death, Pwritten and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly be hold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away; 8 How shall not "the ministration of the m Rom. 3. 20. spirit be rather glorious? & 4. 15. & 7. 9. 10, 11. Gal. 3. 10. n John 6. 63, Rom. 8. 2. || Or, quickeneth. o Rom. 7. 10. p Ex.34. 1, 28. Deut. 10. 1, &c. g Ex. 31. 29, 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration "of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For ever that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, twe use great plainness of speech: 13 And not as Moses, "which put a vail 30, 35. ↑ Gal. 3. 5. 8 Rom. 1. 17. & 3. 21. tch. 7. 4. Eph. 6. 19. Or, boldness, u Ex. 34, 33, 35. | | gospel ministration. 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass d the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as "by, the Spirit of the Lord. CHAPTER IV. 1. He declareth how he hath used all sincerity and faithful diligence in preaching the gospel, 7 and how the troubles and persecutions which he daily endured for the same did redound to the praise of God's power, '12 to the benefit of the church, 16 and to the apostle's own eternal glory. THEREFORE, seeing we have this ministry, bas we have received mercy, we faint not; THE C 2 But have renounced the hidden things of t dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but, dby manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hhath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest i the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. John 12. 40. z Ex. 34. 34. Rom. 11. 23, 26. a Is. 25. 7. b1 Cor. 15. 45. ver. 6. c1 Cor. 13, 12. |||Or, of the a ch. 3. 6. b 1 Cor. 7. 25. 1 Tim. 1. 13. + Gr. shame, Rom. 1. 16. & 6.21.. ech. 2. 17. 1 Thess. 2. 3, 5. d ch. 6. 4, 7. & 7. 14. ech, 5. 11. ƒ1 Cor. 1. 18. ch 2. 15. 2 Thess. 2.10. g John 12, 31. & 14. 30. & 16. 11. Eph. 6. 12. } Is. 6. 10. John 12. 40. ch. 3. 14. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and m ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, "who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge ich. 3, 8, 9, 11, of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, "that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, "that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 18. ver, 6. John 1: 18. & 12. 45. & 14.9. Phil. 2, 6. Col. 1. 15, Heb. 1. 3. 1 Cor. 1. 13, 23. & 10. 33. m1 Cor. 9. 19. ch. 1. 24. iz Gen. 1. 3. † Gr. is he who hath. 11 For we which live are alway delivered 2 Pet. 1. 19. unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest în our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life | in you. 13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; 14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that e the abundant grace might through the pver. 4. 1 Pet. 2. 9. gch. 5. 1. 1-Cor. 2. 5. ch. 12. 9. ch. 7.5. Or, not altogether with out help, or, Ps. 37. 24. means. u1 Cor. 15.31. ch. 1 5, 9. Gal. 6. 17. Phil. 3. 10. a Rom. 8. 17. 2 Tim. 2. 11, 12, 1 Pet. 4. 13. y Pa. 44. 22. Rom. 8. 36. 1 Cor. 15. 31, 49, zch. 13. 9. a Rom. 1. 12. 2 Pet. 1. 1. 6 Ps. 116. 10. Rom. 8. 11. 1 Cor. 6. 14. d1 Cor. 3. 21. ch. 1. 6. Col. 1. 24. 2 Tim. 2. 10. ech. 1. 11. & 8. 19. & 9. 11, 12. Christ died for all. A. D. 60. ƒRom. 7. 22. Eph. 3. 16. Col. 3, 10. 1 Pet. 3. 4. g Matt. 5. 12. Rom. 8. 18. 1 Pet. 1. 6. & 5. 10. / Rom. 8. 24. cli. 5. 7. Heb. 11. 1. a Job 4. 19. ch. 4. 7, 2 Pet. 1. 13, 14. b Rom. 8. 23. c Rev. 3. 18. & 16. 15. d 1 Cor. 15, 53, 51. eIa. 29. 23. Eph. 2. 10. ƒ Rom. 8. 23. ch. 1. 22. Eph. 1. 14. & 4. 30, g Rom. 8. 24, 25. 1 Cor. 13. 12. ch. 4. 18. Heb. 11. 1. A Phil. 1. 23. Or, endeavour. i Matt. 25. 31, *32. Róm. 14. 10. & Rom. 2. 6. Gal. 6. 7. Eph. 6. 8. Col. 3.21,25. Rev. 22, 12. 7 Job 31. 23. Jude 23. II. CORINTHIANS. thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 16 For which causo wo faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet ƒ the inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are geen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. CHAPTER V. 1 That in his assured hope of immortal glory, 9 and in expectance of it, and of the general judgment, he laboureth to keep a good conscience, 12 not that he may herein boast of himself, 14 but as one that, having received life from Christ, endeavoureth to live as a new creature to Christ only, 18 and by his ministry of reconciliation to reconcile others also in Christ to God. FO Paul's faithful ministry. A. D. 60. Rom. 5. 10. Eph. 2. 16. Col. 1. 20. 1 John 2.2. & 4. 10. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath † committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are bambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by | † Gr. put in us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. CHAPTER VI. 1 That he hath approved himself a faithful minister of Christ, both by his exhortations, 3 and by integrity of life, 4 and by patient enduring all kinds of affliction and disgraces for the gospel. 10 of which he speaketh the more boldly amongst them, because his heart is open to them, 13 and he expect eth the like affection from them again. 14 exhorting to flee the society and pollutions of idola ters, as being themselves temples of the living God. E then, as a workers together with 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring him, b beseech you also that ye reto be clothed upon with our house which is❘ceive not the grace of God in vain. from heaven: NOR we know that, if "our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but dclothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight :) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the Heb. 19. 31. judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. m ch. 4. 2. n ch. 3. 1. o ch, 1, 14. + Gr. in the p ch. 11. 1, 16, 17. & 12.6,11. q Rom. 5. 15. Rom. 6. 11, 12. & 14. 7,8. 1 Cor. 6. 19. Gal. 2. 20. 1 Thess.5.10, 8 Matt. 12, 50. t John 6. 63. Or, let him ≈ Gal, 5, 6. & 6. 15. y Is. 43. 18, 19. & 65. 17. 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but m we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 12 For "we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory † in appearance, and not in heart. 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, "that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 16 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 11 Oye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but Pye are straitened in your own bowels. 13 Now for a recompense in the same, (?I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. 14 "Be ye not unequally yoked togethers 1 Sam.5,2,3. with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel ? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for tyo are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and 1 will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, q 1 Cor. 4. 14. " Deut. 7. 2,3. 1 Cor. 5. 9. & 7.39. 1 Kin. 18.21. 1 Cor. 10. 21. Eph. 5. 7,11. t1 Cor. 3. 16. & 6. 19. Eph.2.21,22. Heb. 3. 6. u Ex. 29. 45. Lev. 26, 12. Jer. 31. 33. & 32. 38. Ez. 11. 20. & 36. 28. & 37. 26, &c. Zech. 8. 8. & 13.9. x Is. 52. 11. ch. 7. 1. Rev. 18. 4. Godly sorrow described. A. D. 60. y Jer. 31. 1, 9. Rev, 21. 7. a ch. 6. 17, 18. 1 Jolin 3. 3. b Acts 20, 33. ch. 12. 17. c ch. 6. 11, 12. d ch. 3. 12. e 1 Cor. 1. 4. ch. 1. 14. fch. 1. 4. Phil. 2. 17. Col. 1. 24. g ch. 2. 13. i Deut. 32.25. m ch. 2. 4. | Or, according to God. n 2 Sam. 12. 13. Matt. 26. 75. o Prov. 17.22. p ch. 2. 4. II. CORINTHIANS. 18 And will be a Father unto you, and The Macedonians' liberality. CHAPTER VIII. ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith | 1 Hestirreth them up to a liberal contribution for the CHAPTER VII. 1 He proceedeth in exhorting them to purity of life, HAVING therefore these promises, 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, 3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; i without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless & God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, "though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For "godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: "but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire. yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. 13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his q Rom. 15. 32. spirit was refreshed by you all. poor saints at Jerusalem, by the example of the MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on churches of Macedonia; the A. D. 60. a Mark 12, 44. † Gr. simplicity, ch. 9. 11. 4 Praying us with much entreaty that we 6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that 7 Therefore, as dye abound in every thing, 8 f I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 10 And herein hI give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun Prov. 19. 17. before, not only to do, but also to be † forward a year ago. 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it Matt. 10. 42. 1 Tim. 6. 18, 19. Heb. 13. 16. + Gr. willing. Ech. 9. 2. / Mark 12. 43, 41. 14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want,that their abundance also may be a sup ply for your want; that there may be equality: 15 As it is written. "He that had gather- | m Ex. 16. 18. ed much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. 16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. 17 For indeed he accepted "the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. 18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches; 19 And not that only, but who was also P chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and dec- | laration of your ready mind: 20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 21 "Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight Almsgiving recommended. A. D. 60. Or, he hath. 8 Phil. 2, 25. t ch. 7. 14. & 9.2. a Acts 11, 29. b ch. 8. 19. + Gr. blessing, Gen. 33. 11. 1 Sam. 25.27. 2 Kin. 5. 15. [Or, which hath been so much spoken Gal. 6. 7, 9. h Ex. 25. 2. & Prov. 11. 25. i Prov. 11. 24, m Hos. 10, 12. II. CORINTHIANS. NOR as touching "the ministering to the saiuts, it is superfluous for me to write to you: 2 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. e 3 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: 4 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. 5 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. 6 ƒBut this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 i 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: 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 10 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 n righteousness :) 11 Being enriched in every thing to all Ilt bountifulness, "which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; 13 While 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 ; 14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding "grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. CHAPTER X. Against the false apostles, who disgraced the weakness of his person and bodily presence, he setteth out the spiritual might and authority, with which armed against all adversary powers, 7 as he is a them that at his coming he will be found as mighty in word, as he is now in writing being absent, 12 and withal taxing them for reaching | Paul's spiritual power. out themselves beyond their compass, and vaunting themselves into other men's labours. A. D. 60. a Rom. 12. 1. Nomor Paul bleness of Christ, & ver. 10. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do € 4 (d For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God 9 to the pulling down of strong holds ;) ch. 12. 5, 7, 9. Or, in out'ward appearance. c1 Cor. 4. 21. ch. 13. 2, 10. || Or, reckon. dEph. 6. 13. 1 Thess. 5. 8. e 1 Tim. 1. 18. 2 Tim. 2. 3. ƒ Acts 7, 22. 1 Cor. 2. 5. ch. 6. 7. & 13. 3, 4. 5 h Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captiv-Or, to God. ity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 i And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 7 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... 8 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: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. + 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but This bodily presence is weak, and his "speech contemptible. 11 Let such a 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. 12 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 | 1 Cor. 1. 17. themselves among themselves, are not wise. 13 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. 14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not for we are come as far as to unto you; you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: 15 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, 16 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. 17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. CHAPTER XI. 1 Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, who little in my folly and indeed bear with me. & 2. 1, 4. ch. 11. 6. sch. 3. 1. & 5. 12. | Or, under- t ver. 15, u1 Cor. 3. 5, Rom. 15.20. [Or, magnified in you. ||Or, rule. y Is. 65. 16. a ver. 16. ch. 5. 13. Or, ye do bear with me. 2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one 6 Gal. 4. 17,18. husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. c Hos. 2.19,20, 1 Cor. 4. 15. d Col. 1. 28. e Lev. 21. 13. fGen. 3. 4. John 8. 44. g Eph. 6. 24. Col. 2. 4, 8, 18 1 Tim. 1. 3. & 1 Cor. 1. 17. m ch. 4. 2. & n Acts 18. 3. I Cor. 9.6, 12. ch. 10. 1. o Acts 20, 33. ch. 12. 13. 1 Thess. 2. 9. 2 Thess. 3.8, 9. 2 Phil. 4. 10, 15, 16. qch. 12.14, 16. » Rom. 9. 1. 1 Cor. 9. 15. † Gr. this boasting shall not be stopped in me. e 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. 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. 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not lin knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence" in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because Ï have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 9 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. st no 10 "As the truth of Christ is in me, 11 Wherefore? because I love you not? | his self boasting. 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; 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, tin 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 ; in 27 In weariness and painfulness, a 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas CHAPTER XII. 1 For commending of his apostleship, though he 12 But what I do, that I will do, "that I IT is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and rev may cut off occasion from them which de-elations of the Lord. 13 For such are false apostles, deceit- 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 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 a one caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God tch. 6. 11. & 12. Phil. 1. 15. 2 Pet. 2. 1. 1 John 4. 1. Rev. 2. 2. y ch. 2. 17. Phil. 3. 2. Tit. 1. 10, 11. z Gal. 1. 8. a ch. 3. 9. Phil. 3. 19. c ver. 1. ch. 12. 6, 11. Or, suffer. ¿ 1 Cor. 7. 6, 12. e ch. 9. 4. f Phil. 3. 3, 4. · 1 Cor. 4. 10. I Gal. 2. 4. & 4. 9. i ch. 10. 10. & Phil. 3. 4. / Acts 22. 3. Rom. 11. 1. Phil. 3. 5. 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. e 17 That which I speak, dI speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, 9 seeing ye yourselves are wisc. 20 For ye suffer, hif a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if & man smite you on the face. с A. D. 60. q Acts 16. 22. "Acts 14. 19. 8 Acts 27. 41. t Acts 9. 23, & u Acts 14. 5. y 1 Cor. 4. 11. b ch. 12, 5, 9, e Rom. 1. 9. & 1 Thess. 2. 5. d Rom. 9. 5. e Acts 9. 24, 25. † Gr. For I 6 Acts 22. 17. A. D. 46. at Lystra, Acts 14. 6.. 4 How that he was caught up into para- | c Luke 23, 43. dise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 5 of such a one will I glory: dyet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. 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. 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a'ƒ thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. || Or, possible. d ch. 11. 30. e ch. 10. 8. & 11. 16. f See Ez. 28. 21. Gal. 4. 13, 14. i ch. 11. 30, 9 And he said unto me, My grace is suffi- 21 I speak as concerning reproach, ias 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak m 1 Cor. 15.10. | stripes save one. n Acts 9. 16. & 20. 23. & 21. 11. ch. 6. 4, 5. . o1 Cor. 15. 30, 31, 32. eh. 1. 9, 19. & 4. 11. & 6. 9. p Deut. 2 3. i will I rather glory in my infirmities, & that for when I am weak, then am I strong. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were ch. 7. 4. a chu. 11. 5. 19. 1 Cor. 9. 2. ch. 4. 2. & 6. .4. & 11. 6. |