1 W ould to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

¶ I wish ye could bear with me a little in my folly and indeed bear with me.

2 F or 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.

For I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God, for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to the Christ.

3 B ut 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.

But I fear that as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your senses should be corrupted in some way, and ye should fall from the simplicity that is in the Christ.

4 F or 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.

Therefore if anyone comes preaching another Jesus whom we have not preached or if ye receive another spirit from that which ye have received or another gospel from that which ye have accepted, ye bear well with it.

5 F or I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

¶ I reckon that I have not been inferior in any way to those grandiose apostles.

6 B ut though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

But though I am rude in speech, yet not in knowledge, but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.

7 H ave I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

Have I committed an offence in humbling myself that ye might be exalted because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

I deprived the other congregations, taking wages of them, to do you service.

9 A nd 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.

And when I was present with you and had need, I was not a burden to any of you, for that which was lacking to me was supplied by the brethren which came from Macedonia; and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

10 A s the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

It is the truth of Christ in me that this glory shall not be sealed up unto me in the regions of Achaia.

11 W herefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

Why? because I do not love you? God knows.

12 B ut 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.

But what I do, I will continue to do that I may take away the occasion from those who desire it to be found like unto us in that in which they glory.

13 F or such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

For these false apostles are deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

14 A nd no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

And it is no marvel, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.

15 T herefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

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.

¶ I say again, Let no one think me a fool if otherwise, receive me as a fool, that I may yet glory a little.

17 T hat which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of glory.

18 S eeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

19 F or ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

20 F or 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.

For ye suffer it if anyone brings you into bondage, if anyone devours you, if anyone takes of you, if anyone exalts himself, if anyone smites you on the face.

21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

I speak as concerning the reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit in that in which another is bold, (I speak foolishly), I am bold also.

22 A re they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

¶ Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

23 A re 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.

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 often.

24 O f the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes less one.

25 T hrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned; three times I suffered shipwreck, night and day I have been in the deep;

26 i n 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;

in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by those of my nation, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

27 i n weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

in labour and travail, in many watches, in hunger and thirst, in many fasts, in cold and nakedness.

28 B eside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

Beside those things that are without, my daily combat is the welfare of all the congregations.

29 W ho is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

Who is sick, and I am not sick? who stumbles, and I burn not?

30 I f I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my weakness.

31 T he God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore, knows that I do not lie.

32 I n Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me;

33 a nd through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

and through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall and escaped his hands.