Second Letter to CORINTHIANS

II CORINTHIANS 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will
of God, and Timothy {our} brother, unto the church of God which
is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
II CORINTHIANS 1:2 Grace {be} to you and peace from God our
Father, and {from} the Lord Jesus Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 1:3 Blessed {be} God, even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
II CORINTHIANS 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that
we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the
comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
II CORINTHIANS 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us,
so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 1:6 And whether we be afflicted, {it is} for your
consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of
the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be
comforted, {it is} for your consolation and salvation.
II CORINTHIANS 1:7 And our hope of you {is} stedfast, knowing,
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so {shall ye be} also
of the consolation.
II CORINTHIANS 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant
of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out
of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of
life:
II CORINTHIANS 1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves,
that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth
the dead:
II CORINTHIANS 1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and
doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver {us};
II CORINTHIANS 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us,
that for the gift {bestowed} upon us by the means of many persons
thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
II CORINTHIANS 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of
our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with
fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our
conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
II CORINTHIANS 1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than
what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge
even to the end;
II CORINTHIANS 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that
we are your rejoicing, even as ye also {are} ours in the day of
the Lord Jesus.
II CORINTHIANS 1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come
unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
II CORINTHIANS 1:16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to
come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on
my way toward Judaea.
II CORINTHIANS 1:17 When I therefore was 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?
II CORINTHIANS 1:18 But {as} God {is} true, our word toward you
was not yea and nay.
II CORINTHIANS 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was
preached among you by us, {even} by me and Silvanus and
Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
II CORINTHIANS 1:20 For all the promises of God in him {are} yea,
and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
II CORINTHIANS 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in
Christ, and hath anointed us, {is} God;
II CORINTHIANS 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the
earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
II CORINTHIANS 1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my
soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
II CORINTHIANS 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your
faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
II CORINTHIANS 2:1 But I determined this with myself, that I
would not come again to you in heaviness.
II CORINTHIANS 2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that
maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
II CORINTHIANS 2:3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I
came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice;
having confidence in you all, that my joy is {the joy} of you
all.
II CORINTHIANS 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of
heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be
grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more
abundantly unto you.
II CORINTHIANS 2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not
grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
II CORINTHIANS 2:6 Sufficient to such a man {is} this punishment,
which {was inflicted} of many.
II CORINTHIANS 2:7 So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to
forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should
be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
II CORINTHIANS 2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm
{your} love toward him.
II CORINTHIANS 2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might
know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
II CORINTHIANS 2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I {forgive}
also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave {it}, for
your sakes {forgave I it} in the person of Christ;
II CORINTHIANS 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for
we are not ignorant of his devices.
II CORINTHIANS 2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to {preach}
Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
II CORINTHIANS 2:13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found
not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from
thence into Macedonia.
II CORINTHIANS 2:14 Now thanks {be} unto God, which always
causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour
of his knowledge by us in every place.
II CORINTHIANS 2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ,
in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
II CORINTHIANS 2:16 To the one {we are} the savour of death unto
death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who
{is} sufficient for these things?
II CORINTHIANS 2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the
word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of
God speak we in Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or
need we, as some {others}, epistles of commendation to you, or
{letters} of commendation from you?
II CORINTHIANS 3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts,
known and read of all men:
II CORINTHIANS 3:3 {Forasmuch as 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.
II CORINTHIANS 3:4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-
ward:
II CORINTHIANS 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to
think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency {is} of God;
II CORINTHIANS 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the
new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the
letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
II CORINTHIANS 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written
{and} engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the
glory of his countenance; which {glory} was to be done away:
II CORINTHIANS 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit
be rather glorious?
II CORINTHIANS 3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation {be}
glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in
glory.
II CORINTHIANS 3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no
glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
II CORINTHIANS 3:11 For if that which is done away {was}
glorious, much more that which remaineth {is} glorious.
II CORINTHIANS 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use
great plainness of speech:
II CORINTHIANS 3:13 And not as Moses, {which} put a vail over his
face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to
the end of that which is abolished:
II CORINTHIANS 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this
day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the
old testament; which {vail} is done away in Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read,
the vail is upon their heart.
II CORINTHIANS 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord,
the vail shall be taken away.
II CORINTHIANS 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the
Spirit of the Lord {is}, there {is} liberty.
II CORINTHIANS 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a
glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from
glory to glory, {even} as by the Spirit of the Lord.
II CORINTHIANS 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we
have received mercy, we faint not;
II CORINTHIANS 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of
dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of
God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending
ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
II CORINTHIANS 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them
that are lost:
II CORINTHIANS 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the
minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto
them.
II CORINTHIANS 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus
the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
II CORINTHIANS 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to {give} the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,
that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
II CORINTHIANS 4:8 {We are} troubled on every side, yet not
distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair;
II CORINTHIANS 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but
not destroyed;
II CORINTHIANS 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of
the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made
manifest in our body.
II CORINTHIANS 4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto
death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made
manifest in our mortal flesh.
II CORINTHIANS 4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
II CORINTHIANS 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according
as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we
also believe, and therefore speak;
II CORINTHIANS 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord
Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present {us}
with you.
II CORINTHIANS 4:15 For all things {are} for your sakes, that the
abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to
the glory of God.
II CORINTHIANS 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our
outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.
II CORINTHIANS 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight
of glory;
II CORINTHIANS 4:18 While we look not at the things which are
seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which
are seen {are} temporal; but the things which are not seen {are}
eternal.
II CORINTHIANS 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of
{this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an
house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
II CORINTHIANS 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
II CORINTHIANS 5:3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be
found naked.
II CORINTHIANS 5:4 For we that are in {this} tabernacle do groan,
being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed
upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
II CORINTHIANS 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame
thing {is} God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the
Spirit.
II CORINTHIANS 5:6 Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing
that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the
Lord:
II CORINTHIANS 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
II CORINTHIANS 5:8 We are confident, {I say}, and willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
II CORINTHIANS 5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or
absent, we may be accepted of him.
II CORINTHIANS 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things {done} in
{his} body, according to that he hath done, whether {it be} good
or bad.
II CORINTHIANS 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we
persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also
are made manifest in your consciences.
II CORINTHIANS 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you,
but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have
somewhat to {answer} them which glory in appearance, and not in
heart.
II CORINTHIANS 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, {it is}
to God: or whether we be sober, {it is} for your cause.
II CORINTHIANS 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us;
because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all
dead:
II CORINTHIANS 5:15 And {that} he died for all, that they which
live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him
which died for them, and rose again.
II CORINTHIANS 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the
flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now
henceforth know we {him} no more.
II CORINTHIANS 5:17 Therefore if any man {be} in Christ, {he is}
a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things
are become new.
II CORINTHIANS 5:18 And all things {are} of God, who hath
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us
the ministry of reconciliation;
II CORINTHIANS 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling
the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
II CORINTHIANS 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech {you} by us: we pray {you} in Christ's
stead, be ye reconciled to God.
II CORINTHIANS 5:21 For he hath made him {to be} sin for us, who
knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in
him.
II CORINTHIANS 6:1 We then, {as} workers together {with him},
beseech {you} also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
II CORINTHIANS 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time
accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee:
behold, now {is} the accepted time; behold, now {is} the day of
salvation.)
II CORINTHIANS 6:3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the
ministry be not blamed:
II CORINTHIANS 6:4 But in all {things} approving ourselves as the
ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in
necessities, in distresses,
II CORINTHIANS 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in
labours, in watchings, in fastings;
II CORINTHIANS 6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering,
by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
II CORINTHIANS 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by
the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
II CORINTHIANS 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and
good report: as deceivers, and {yet} true;
II CORINTHIANS 6:9 As unknown, and {yet} well known; as dying,
and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
II CORINTHIANS 6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor,
yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all
things.
II CORINTHIANS 6:11 O {ye} Corinthians, our mouth is open unto
you, our heart is enlarged.
II CORINTHIANS 6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are
straitened in your own bowels.
II CORINTHIANS 6:13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as
unto {my} children,) be ye also enlarged.
II CORINTHIANS 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
II CORINTHIANS 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or
what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
II CORINTHIANS 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God
with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath
said, I will dwell in them, and walk in {them}; and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people.
II CORINTHIANS 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean {thing}; and
I will receive you.
II CORINTHIANS 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall
be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
II CORINTHIANS 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
II CORINTHIANS 7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have
corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
II CORINTHIANS 7:3 I speak not {this} to condemn {you}: for I
have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with
{you}.
II CORINTHIANS 7:4 Great {is} my boldness of speech toward you,
great {is} my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am
exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
II CORINTHIANS 7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our
flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without
{were} fightings, within {were} fears.
II CORINTHIANS 7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that
are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
II CORINTHIANS 7:7 And not by his coming only, but by the
consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us
your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me;
so that I rejoiced the more.
II CORINTHIANS 7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I
do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same
epistle hath made you sorry, though {it were} but for a season.
II CORINTHIANS 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry,
but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after
a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
II CORINTHIANS 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to
salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world
worketh death.
II CORINTHIANS 7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye
sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you,
yea, {what} clearing of yourselves, yea, {what} indignation, yea,
{what} fear, yea, {what} vehement desire, yea, {what} zeal, yea,
{what} revenge! In all {things} ye have approved yourselves to be
clear in this matter.
II CORINTHIANS 7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, {I did
it} not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause
that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of
God might appear unto you.
II CORINTHIANS 7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort:
yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus,
because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
II CORINTHIANS 7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of
you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in
truth, even so our boasting, which {I made} before Titus, is
found a truth.
II CORINTHIANS 7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant
toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how
with fear and trembling ye received him.
II CORINTHIANS 7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in
you in all {things}.
II CORINTHIANS 8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the
grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
II CORINTHIANS 8:2 How that in a great trial of affliction the
abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the
riches of their liberality.
II CORINTHIANS 8:3 For to {their} power, I bear record, yea, and
beyond {their} power {they were} willing of themselves;
II CORINTHIANS 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would
receive the gift, and {take upon us} the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints.
II CORINTHIANS 8:5 And {this they did}, not as we hoped, but
first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will
of God.
II CORINTHIANS 8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had
begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
II CORINTHIANS 8:7 Therefore, as 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.
II CORINTHIANS 8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of
the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your
love.
II CORINTHIANS 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became
poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
II CORINTHIANS 8:10 And herein I give {my} advice: for this is
expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but
also to be forward a year ago.
II CORINTHIANS 8:11 Now therefore perform the doing {of it}; that
as {there was} a readiness to will, so {there may be} a
performance also out of that which ye have.
II CORINTHIANS 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, {it is}
accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to
that he hath not.
II CORINTHIANS 8:13 For {I mean} not that other men be eased, and
ye burdened:
II CORINTHIANS 8:14 But by an equality, {that} now at this time
your abundance {may be a supply} for their want, that their
abundance also may be {a supply} for your want: that there may be
equality:
II CORINTHIANS 8:15 As it is written, He that {had gathered} much
had nothing over; and he that {had gathered} little had no lack.
II CORINTHIANS 8:16 But thanks {be} to God, which put the same
earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
II CORINTHIANS 8:17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but
being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
II CORINTHIANS 8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose
praise {is} in the gospel throughout all the churches;
II CORINTHIANS 8:19 And not {that} only, but who was 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:
II CORINTHIANS 8:20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in
this abundance which is administered by us:
II CORINTHIANS 8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the
sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
II CORINTHIANS 8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom
we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much
more diligent, upon the great confidence which {I have} in you.
II CORINTHIANS 8:23 Whether {any do inquire} of Titus, {he is} my
partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren {be
inquired of, they are} the messengers of the churches, {and} the
glory of Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 8:24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the
churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your
behalf.
II CORINTHIANS 9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints,
it is superfluous for me to write to you:
II CORINTHIANS 9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for
which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready
a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
II CORINTHIANS 9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our
boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I
said, ye may be ready:
II CORINTHIANS 9:4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me,
and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be
ashamed in this same confident boasting.
II CORINTHIANS 9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the
brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up
beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the
same might be ready, as {a matter of} bounty, and not as {of}
covetousness.
II CORINTHIANS 9:6 But this {I say}, He which soweth sparingly
shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall
reap also bountifully.
II CORINTHIANS 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his
heart, {so let him give}; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for
God loveth a cheerful giver.
II CORINTHIANS 9:8 And God {is} able to make all grace abound
toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all
{things}, may abound to every good work:
II CORINTHIANS 9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad;
he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
II CORINTHIANS 9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower
both minister bread for {your} food, and multiply your seed sown,
and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
II CORINTHIANS 9:11 Being enriched in every thing to all
bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
II CORINTHIANS 9:12 For the administration of this service not
only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by
many thanksgivings unto God;
II CORINTHIANS 9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration
they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of
Christ, and for {your} liberal distribution unto them, and unto
all {men};
II CORINTHIANS 9:14 And by their prayer for you, which long after
you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
II CORINTHIANS 9:15 Thanks {be} unto God for his unspeakable
gift.
II CORINTHIANS 10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness
and gentleness of Christ, who in presence {am} base among you,
but being absent am bold toward you:
II CORINTHIANS 10:2 But I beseech {you}, that I may not be bold
when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be
bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to
the flesh.
II CORINTHIANS 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not
war after the flesh:
II CORINTHIANS 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare {are} not
carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong
holds;)
II CORINTHIANS 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
II CORINTHIANS 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all
disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
II CORINTHIANS 10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward
appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let
him of himself think this again, that, as he {is} Christ's, even
so {are} we Christ's.
II CORINTHIANS 10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of
our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and
not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
II CORINTHIANS 10:9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you
by letters.
II CORINTHIANS 10:10 For {his} letters, say they, {are} weighty
and powerful; but {his} bodily presence {is} weak, and {his}
speech contemptible.
II CORINTHIANS 10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we
are in word by letters when we are absent, such {will we be} also
in deed when we are present.
II CORINTHIANS 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the
number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves:
but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing
themselves among themselves, are not wise.
II CORINTHIANS 10:13 But we will not boast of things without
{our} measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God
hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
II CORINTHIANS 10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond {our
measure}, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as
far as to you also in {preaching} the gospel of Christ:
II CORINTHIANS 10:15 Not boasting of things without {our}
measure, {that is}, of other men's labours; but having hope, when
your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you
according to our rule abundantly,
II CORINTHIANS 10:16 To preach the gospel in the {regions} beyond
you, {and} not to boast in another man's line of things made
ready to our hand.
II CORINTHIANS 10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord.
II CORINTHIANS 10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is
approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
II CORINTHIANS 11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little
in {my} folly: and indeed bear with me.
II CORINTHIANS 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly
jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may
present {you as} a chaste virgin to Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another
Jesus, whom we have not preached, or {if} ye receive another
spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye
have not accepted, ye might well bear with {him}.
II CORINTHIANS 11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the
very chiefest apostles.
II CORINTHIANS 11:6 But though {I be} rude in speech, yet not in
knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in
all things.
II CORINTHIANS 11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself
that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the
gospel of God freely?
II CORINTHIANS 11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages {of
them}, to do you service.
II CORINTHIANS 11:9 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}.
II CORINTHIANS 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man
shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
II CORINTHIANS 11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God
knoweth.
II CORINTHIANS 11:12 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.
II CORINTHIANS 11:13 For such {are} false apostles, deceitful
workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light.
II CORINTHIANS 11:15 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.
II CORINTHIANS 11:16 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.
II CORINTHIANS 11:17 That which I speak, I speak {it} not after
the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of
boasting.
II CORINTHIANS 11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I
will glory also.
II CORINTHIANS 11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye
{yourselves} are wise.
II CORINTHIANS 11:20 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.
II CORINTHIANS 11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we
had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak
foolishly,) I am bold also.
II CORINTHIANS 11:22 Are they Hebrews? so {am} I. Are they
Israelites? so {am} I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so {am} I.
II CORINTHIANS 11:23 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.
II CORINTHIANS 11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty
{stripes} save one.
II CORINTHIANS 11:25 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;
II CORINTHIANS 11:26 {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;
II CORINTHIANS 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings
often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and
nakedness.
II CORINTHIANS 11:28 Beside those things that are without, that
which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
II CORINTHIANS 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is
offended, and I burn not?
II CORINTHIANS 11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the
things which concern mine infirmities.
II CORINTHIANS 11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
II CORINTHIANS 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the
king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to
apprehend me:
II CORINTHIANS 11:33 And through a window in a basket was I let
down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
II CORINTHIANS 12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to
glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
II CORINTHIANS 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years
ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the
body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the
third heaven.
II CORINTHIANS 12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body,
or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
II CORINTHIANS 12:4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and
heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to
utter.
II CORINTHIANS 12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I
will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
II CORINTHIANS 12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall
not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but {now} I forbear,
lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me {to
be}, or {that} he heareth of me.
II CORINTHIANS 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure
through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a
thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I
should be exalted above measure.
II CORINTHIANS 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice,
that it might depart from me.
II CORINTHIANS 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient
for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most
gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the
power of Christ may rest upon me.
II CORINTHIANS 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for
Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
II CORINTHIANS 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have
compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in
nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be
nothing.
II CORINTHIANS 12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought
among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty
deeds.
II CORINTHIANS 12:13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to
other churches, except {it be} that I myself was not burdensome
to you? forgive me this wrong.
II CORINTHIANS 12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to
you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours,
but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents,
but the parents for the children.
II CORINTHIANS 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent
for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be
loved.
II CORINTHIANS 12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you:
nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
II CORINTHIANS 12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom
I sent unto you?
II CORINTHIANS 12:18 I desired Titus, and with {him} I sent a
brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same
spirit? {walked we} not in the same steps?
II CORINTHIANS 12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves
unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but {we do} all things,
dearly beloved, for your edifying.
II CORINTHIANS 12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not
find you such as I would, and {that} I shall be found unto you
such as ye would not: lest {there be} debates, envyings, wraths,
strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
II CORINTHIANS 12:21 {And} lest, when I come again, my God will
humble me among you, and {that} I shall bewail many which have
sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and
fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
II CORINTHIANS 13:1 This {is} the third {time} I am coming to
you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be
established.
II CORINTHIANS 13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as 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:
II CORINTHIANS 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in
me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
II CORINTHIANS 13:4 For though he was 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.
II CORINTHIANS 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the
faith; prove your own selves.  Know ye not your own selves, how
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
II CORINTHIANS 13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are
not reprobates.
II CORINTHIANS 13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not
that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which
is honest, though we be as reprobates.
II CORINTHIANS 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but
for the truth.
II CORINTHIANS 13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are
strong: and this also we wish, {even} your perfection.
II CORINTHIANS 13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent,
lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power
which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to
destruction.
II CORINTHIANS 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be
of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of
love and peace shall be with you.
II CORINTHIANS 13:12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.
II CORINTHIANS 13:13 All the saints salute you.
II CORINTHIANS 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, {be} with you
all. Amen.