Would that{G3785} ye could bear{G430} with me{G3450} in{G877} a little{G3397} foolishness:{G877} but{G235} indeed{G2532} ye do bear{G430} with me.{G3450}

For{G1063} I am jealous{G2206} over you{G5209} with a godly{G2316} jealousy:{G2205} for{G1063} I espoused{G718} you{G5209} to one{G1520} husband,{G435} that I might present{G3936} you [as] a pure{G53} virgin{G3933} to Christ.{G5547}

But{G1161} I fear,{G5399} lest by any means,{G3381} as{G5613} the serpent{G3789} beguiled{G1818} Eve{G2096} in{G1722} his{G846} craftiness,{G3834} {G3779} your{G5216} minds{G3540} should be corrupted{G5351} from{G575} the simplicity{G572} and the purity that is{G3588} toward{G1519} Christ.{G5547}

For{G1063} if{G1487} {G3303} he{G3588} that cometh{G2064} preacheth{G2784} another{G243} Jesus,{G2424} whom{G3739} we did{G2784} not{G3756} preach,{G2784} or{G2228} [if] ye receive{G2983} a different{G2087} spirit,{G4151} which{G3739} ye did not{G3756} receive,{G2983} or{G2228} a different{G2087} gospel,{G2098} which{G3739} ye did{G1209} not{G3756} accept,{G1209} ye do{G430} well{G2573} to bear with{G430} [him].

For{G1063} I reckon{G3049} that I am{G5302} not{G3367} a whit behind{G5302} the very{G5228} chiefest{G3029} apostles.{G652}

But{G1161} though{G1499} [I be] rude{G2399} in speech,{G3056} yet{G235} [am I] not{G3756} in knowledge;{G1108} nay,{G235} in{G1722} every way{G3956} have we made [this] manifest{G5319} unto{G1519} you{G5209} in{G1722} all things.{G3956}

Or did{G2228} I commit{G4160} a sin{G266} in abasing{G5013} myself{G1683} that{G2443} ye{G5210} might be exalted,{G5312} because{G3754} I preached{G2097} to you{G5213} the gospel{G2098} of God{G2316} for nought?{G1432}

I robbed{G4813} other{G243} churches,{G1577} taking{G2983} wages{G3800} [of them] that I might{G4314} minister{G1248} unto you;{G5216}

and{G2532} when I was present{G3918} with{G4314} you{G5209} and{G2532} was in want,{G5302} I was not{G3756} a burden on{G2655} any man;{G3762} for{G1063} the brethren,{G80} when they came{G2064} from{G575} Macedonia,{G3109} supplied{G4322} the measure of my{G3450} want;{G5303} and{G2532} in{G1722} everything{G3956} I kept{G5083} myself{G1683} from being burdensome{G4} unto you,{G5213} and{G2532} [so] will I keep{G5083} [myself].

As{G3754} the truth{G225} of Christ{G5547} is{G2076} in{G1722} me,{G1698} no man{G3756} shall stop{G4972} me{G1691} of this{G3778} glorying{G2746} in{G1722} the regions{G2824} of Achaia.{G1519}

Wherefore?{G5101} because{G3754} I love{G25} you{G5209} not?{G3756} God{G2316} knoweth.{G1492}

But{G1161} what{G3739} I do,{G2532} that I will do,{G4160} that{G2443} I may cut off{G1581} occasion{G874} from them{G3588} that desire{G2309} an occasion;{G874} that{G2443} wherein{G3739} {G1722} they glory,{G2744} they may be found{G2147} even{G2532} as{G2531} we.{G2249}

For{G1063} such{G5108} men are false apostles,{G5570} deceitful{G1386} workers,{G2040} fashioning{G3345} themselves into{G1519} apostles{G652} of Christ.{G5547}

And{G2532} no{G3756} marvel;{G2298} for{G1063} even Satan{G4567} fashioneth{G3345} himself{G846} into{G1519} an angel{G32} of light.{G5457}

It is no{G3756} great thing{G3173} therefore{G3767} if{G1487} his{G846} ministers{G1249} also{G2532} fashion{G3345} themselves as{G5613} ministers{G1249} of righteousness,{G1343} whose{G3739} end{G5056} shall be{G2071} according to{G2596} their{G846} works.{G2041}

I say{G3004} again,{G3825} let{G1380} no{G3361} man{G5100} think{G1380} me{G3165} {G1511} foolish;{G878} but if{G1487} [ye do],{G3361} yet{G2579} as{G5613} foolish{G878} receive{G1209} me,{G3165} that{G2443} {G2504} I also may glory{G2744} a little.{G5100}

That which{G3739} I speak,{G2980} I speak{G2980} not{G3756} after{G2596} the Lord,{G2962} but{G235} as{G5613} in{G1722} foolishness,{G877} in{G1722} this{G3778} confidence{G5287} of glorying.{G2746}

Seeing that{G1893} many{G4183} glory{G2744} after{G2596} the flesh,{G4561} I{G2504} will glory{G2744} also.{G2504}

For{G1063} ye bear{G430} with the foolish{G878} gladly,{G2234} being wise{G5429} [yourselves].{G5607}

For{G1063} ye bear{G430} with a man, if{G1487} he{G5100} bringeth{G2615} you{G5209} into bondage,{G2615} if{G1487} he{G5100} devoureth{G2719} you, if{G1487} he{G5100} taketh{G2983} you [captive], if{G1487} he{G5100} exalteth himself,{G1869} if{G1487} he{G5100} smiteth{G1194} you{G5209} on{G1519} the face.{G4383}

I speak{G3004} by way{G2596} of disparagement,{G819} as{G5613} though{G3754} we{G2249} had been weak.{G770} Yet{G1161} {G1722} whereinsoever{G3739} {G302} any{G5100} is bold{G5111} (I speak{G3004} in{G1722} foolishness),{G877} I{G2504} am bold{G5111} also.{G2504}

Are they{G1526} Hebrews?{G1445} so{G2504} am I.{G2504} Are they{G1526} Israelites?{G2475} so{G2504} am I.{G2504} Are they{G1526} the seed{G4690} of Abraham?{G11} so{G2504} am I.{G2504}

Are they{G1526} ministers{G1249} of Christ?{G5547} (I speak{G2980} as one beside{G3912} himself) I{G1473} more;{G5228} in{G1722} labors{G2873} more abundantly,{G5234} in{G1722} prisons{G5438} more abundantly,{G4056} in{G1722} stripes{G4127} above measure,{G4056} in{G1722} deaths{G2288} oft.{G4178}

Of{G5259} the Jews{G2453} five times{G3999} received I{G2983} forty{G5062} [stripes] save{G3844} one.{G1520}

Thrice{G5151} was I beaten with rods,{G4463} once{G530} was I stoned,{G3034} thrice{G5151} I suffered shipwreck,{G3489} a night and a day{G3574} have I been{G4160} in{G1722} the deep;{G1037}

[ in] journeyings{G3597} often,{G4178} [in] perils{G2794} of rivers,{G4215} [in] perils{G2794} of robbers,{G3027} [in] perils{G2794} from{G1537} [my] countrymen,{G1085} [in] perils{G2794} from{G1537} the Gentiles,{G1484} [in] perils{G2794} in{G1722} the city,{G4172} [in] perils{G2794} in{G1722} the wilderness,{G2047} [in] perils{G2794} in{G1722} the sea,{G2281} [in] perils{G2794} among{G1722} false brethren;{G5569}

[ in]{G1722} labor and{G2532} travail, in{G1722} watchings{G70} often,{G4178} in{G1722} hunger{G3042} and{G2532} thirst,{G1373} in{G1722} fastings{G3521} often,{G4178} in{G1722} cold{G5592} and{G2532} nakedness.{G1132}

Besides{G5565} those things that are without,{G3924} there is that which presseth{G1999} upon me{G3450} {G2596} daily,{G2250} anxiety{G3308} for all{G3956} the churches.{G1577}

Who{G5101} is weak,{G770} and{G2532} I am{G770} not{G3756} weak?{G770} who{G5101} is caused to stumble,{G4624} and{G2532} I{G1473} burn{G4448} not?{G3756}

If{G1487} I must needs{G1163} glory,{G2744} I will glory{G2744} of the things{G3588} that concern my{G3450} weakness.{G769}

The God{G2316} and{G2532} Father{G3962} of the{G2257} Lord{G2962} Jesus,{G2424} {G5547} he who is{G5607} blessed{G2128} for{G1519} evermore{G165} knoweth{G1492} that{G3754} I lie{G5574} not.{G3756}

In{G1722} Damascus{G1154} the governor{G1481} under Aretas{G702} the king{G935} guarded{G5432} the city{G4172} of the Damascenes{G1153} {G5432} in order{G2309} to take{G4084} me:{G3165}

and{G2532} through{G1223} a window{G2376} was I let down{G5465} in{G1722} a basket{G4553} by{G1223} the wall,{G5038} and{G2532} escaped{G1628} his{G846} hands.{G5495}