THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV

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CHAP. XI.

1 Out of his ielousie ouer the Corinthians, who seemed to make more account of the false apostles, then of him, he entreth into a forced commendation of himselfe, 5 of his equalitie with the chiefe Apostles, 7 of his preaching the Gospel to them freely, and without any their charge, 13 shewing that hee was not inferiour to those deceitfull workers, in any legall prerogatiue, 13 and in the seruice of Christ, and in all kind of sufferings for his ministery, farre superiour.

¹ Would to God you could beare with mee a little in my folly, & in deede beare with me.¹

² For I am iealous ouer you with godly iealousie, for I haue espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

³ But I feare lest by any meanes, as the Serpent beguiled Eue through his subtilty, so your mindes should bee corrupted from the simplicitie that is in Christ.

⁴ For if he that commeth preacheth another Iesus whome wee haue not preached, or if yee receiue another spirit, which ye haue not receiued, or another Gospel, which ye haue not accepted, yee might well beare with him.

⁵ For, I suppose, I was not a whit behinde the very chiefest Apostles.

⁶ But though I be rude in speach, yet not in knowledge; but we haue bene throughly made manifest among you in all things.

⁷ Haue I committed an offence in abasing my selfe, that you might be exalted, because I haue preached to you the Gospel of God freely?

⁸ I robbed other Churches, taking wages of them to doe you seruice.

⁹ And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: For that which was lacking to mee, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all things I haue kept my selfe from being burthensome to you, and so will I keepe my selfe.

¹⁰ As the trueth of Christ is in mee, no man shall stop mee of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.¹⁰

¹¹ Wherefore? because I loue you not? God knoweth.

¹² But what I doe, that I wil doe, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion, that wherein they glory, they may bee found euen as we.