2Corinthians:11

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* O THAT you would bear with me in a little foolishness . Yes , bear with me . * For I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God , for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ . * But I fear that , as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning , your thoughts may be led away from sincerity and purity toward Christ . * For if some newcomer proclaims another Jesus whom we did not proclaim , or if you receive a different kind of spirit which you did not receive , or a different good news which you did not welcome , you bear with him finely . * I consider that I am in nothing inferior to the most eminent apostles . * If I am an ordinary man in speaking , still I am not in knowledge , but in everything we made that altogether clear to you . * Did I commit a sin when I humbled myself that you might be exalted , because I proclaimed to you the good news of God without pay ? * I robbed other churches by taking wages for serving you , * and when I was with you and in need I was not a burden to any one , for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied my need . In every way I kept myself from being a burden to you , and shall keep myself so . * As the truth of Christ is in me , this boast of mine shall not be stopped in the region of Achaia . * Why ? Because I do not love you ? God knows . * But what I am doing I shall do so as to cut away all ground of attack from those who wish ground , and that in what they boast of they may be found just like us . * For such are false apostles , deceitful workers , disguising themselves as apostles of Christ . * And no wonder , for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light . * So it is no great thing if his servants too disguise themselves as servants of righteousness . Their end will be according to their deeds . * I say again , let no one think me foolish . But , even if so , receive me as foolish , that I too may boast a little . * What I am saying I am not saying by the Lord 's command , but as it were in foolishness , in this confident boasting . * Since many are boasting according to the flesh , I too will boast , * for you who are wise bear pleasantly with the foolish . * You bear it if any one enslaves you , if any one devours you , if any one takes possession of you , if any one exalts himself , if any one strikes you in the face . * I say it with shame as if we had been weak . But in whatever any one is bold (note :)I say it foolishly (:note ) I too am bold . * Are they Hebrews ? So am I . Are they Israelites ? So am I . Are they descended from Abraham ? So am I . * Are they servants of Christ ? (note :)I speak as if I were out of my mind (:note ) I superlatively \'97 in labors beyond measure , in prisons beyond measure , in floggings excessively , in deaths often . * From Jews five times I received forty stripes less one , * three times I was beaten with rods , once I was stoned , three times I was ship-wrecked , a night and day I have been in the deep ; * in journeys often , in perils of rivers , in perils of robbers , in perils from my own race , in perils from Gentiles , in perils in the city , in perils in the open country , in perils on the sea , in perils among false brethren ; * in toil and labor , in many a sleepless night , in hunger and thirst , in fastings often , in cold and nakedness . * Aside , from other things there is that which weighs on me daily , anxiety for all the churches . * Who is weak and I am not weak ? Who stumbles and I am not burning ? * If there must be boasting , I will boast of the things that show my weakness . * The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows , he who is blessed forever , that I am not lying . * In Damascus the Governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes to arrest me , * and through a window I was lowered in a basket and escaped from his hands .

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