47:011:009 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.
47:011:010 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man
shall stop me of this
boasting
in the regions of Achaia.
47:011:011 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
47:011:012 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.
47:011:013 For such are false apostles, deceitful
workers, transforming
themselves
into the apostles of Christ.
47:011:014 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed
into an angel
of
light.
47:011:015 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.
47:011:016 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.
47:011:017 That which I speak, I speak it not after
the Lord, but as it
were
foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
47:011:018 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
47:011:019 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
47:011:020 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.
47:011:021 I speak as concerning reproach, as though
we had been weak.
Howbeit
whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am
bold
also.
47:011:022 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites?
so am I. Are
they
the seed of Abraham? so am I.
47:011:023 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.
47:011:024 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
47:011:025 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;
47:011:026 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;
47:011:027 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings
often, in hunger
and
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.


