Exact Word Count the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. ia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even ass=hlgree>as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? God is true, our word toward you wass=hlblue>as not yea and nay. preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, wass=hlblue>as not yea and nay, but in him wass=hlblue>as yea. yet unto Corinth. inflicted of many. to preach Christ's gospel, and a door wass=hlblue>as opened unto me of the Lord, many, which corrupt the word of God: but ass=hlgree>as of sincerity, but ass=hlgree>as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory wass=hlblue>as to be done away: made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even ass=hlgree>as by the Spirit of the Lord. we have received mercy, we faint not; it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, deceivers, and yet true; unknown, and yet well known; ass=hlgree>as dying, and, behold, we live; ass=hlgree>as chastened, and not killed; sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; ass=hlgree>as poor, yet making many rich; ass=hlgree>as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. refreshed by you all. hamed; but ass=hlgree>as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. there wass=hlblue>as a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. I said, ye may be ready: hamed in this same confident boasting. a matter of bounty, and not ass=hlgree>as of covetousness. he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. if we walked according to the flesh. he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. hamed: if I would terrify you by letters. we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. though we reached not unto you: for we are come ass=hlgree>as far ass=hlgree>as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: a chaste virgin to Christ. the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. present with you, and wanted, I wass=hlblue>as chargeable to no man: for that which wass=hlblue>as 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. the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. we. the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. concerning reproach, ass=hlgree>as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. I beaten with rods, once wass=hlblue>as I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. I would, and that I shall be found unto you such ass=hlgree>as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. reprobates. |