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Would that ye could bear with me in a little folly !
and indeed ye do bear with me .
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For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy ;
for I espoused you to one husband ,
to present you as a pure virgin to Christ ;
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but I fear ,
lest by any means ,
as the serpent beguiled Eve by his subtlety ,
so your minds should be corrupted from single
heartedness toward Christ .
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For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus ,
whom we did not preach ,
or if ye receive another spirit ,
which ye did not receive ,
or another gospel ,
which ye did not accept ,
well might ye bear with it .
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For I suppose that I am in no respect behind the very foremost apostles .
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And though I am rude in speech ,
yet I am not in knowledge ;
but this did we in every respect manifest to you in all things .
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Did I commit an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted ,
because I preached to you the gospel of God without charge ?
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I robbed other churches ,
taking wages of them ,
in order to do you service ;
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and when I was present with you ,
and in want ,
I was a charge to no one ; (
for the brethren ,
when they came from Macedonia ,
supplied my wants ;)
and in every thing I kept myself and will keep myself from being burdensome to you .
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As the truth of Christ is in me ,
this boasting shall not be stopped in regard to me in the regions of Achaia .
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Wherefore ?
Because I love you not ?
God knoweth !
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But what I do ,
that I will continue to do ,
that I may cut off occasion from those who wish for an occasion ,
in order that in the matter of which they boast they may be found even as we .
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For such are false apostles ,
deceitful workmen ,
transforming themselves into apostles of Christ .
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And no wonder ;
for even Satan transformeth himself into an angel of light .
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It is no great thing ,
then ,
if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness ;
whose end shall be according to their works .