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| [1]Would to God ye coulde haue suffred me a litle in my foolishnesse: and in dede ye do forbeare me |
[1]Would to God, ye could suffer a little my foolishness, and in deed, ye suffer me. |
| [2]For I am gelous ouer you, with Godly gelousie: For I haue coupled you to one man, to present [you] a chaste virgin vnto Christe |
[2]For I am jealous over you, with godly jealousy: for I have prepared you for one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ: |
| [3]But I feare lest by any meanes, that as the serpent begyled Eue through his subtiltie, euen so your myndes shoulde be corrupted fro the singlenesse that is towarde Christe |
[3]But I fear lest as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupt from the simplicity that is in Christ. |
| [4]For yf he that commeth, preacheth another Iesus, whom we haue not preached: or yf ye receaue another spirite whom ye haue not receaued: either another Gospell which ye haue not receaued, you woulde well haue suffered [hym] |
[4]For if he that cometh, preacheth another Jesus than him whom we have preached: or if ye receive another spirit than that which ye have received: either another Gospel, than that ye have received, ye might well have suffered him. |
| [5]Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles |
[5]Verily I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chief Apostles. |
| [6]But though [I be] rude in speakyng, yet not in knowledge, but in all thynges among you, we haue ben well knowen to the vtmost |
[6]And though I be rude in speaking, yet I am not so in knowledge, but among you we have been made manifest to the utmost, in all things. |
| [7]Dyd I sinne because I submitted my selfe, that ye myght be exalted, & because I preached to you the Gospell of God freely |
[7]Have I committed an offence, because I abased myself, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you the Gospel of God freely? |
| [8]I robbed other Churches, takyng wages of them, to do you seruice |
[8]I robbed other Churches, and took wages of them to do you service. |
| [9]And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and [so] wyll I kepe my selfe |
[9]And when I was present with you, and had need, I was not slothful to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking unto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all things I kept and will keep myself that I should not be grievous to you. |
| [10]The trueth of Christe is in me, that this reioycyng shall not be shut vp agaynst me in the regions of Achaia |
[10]The truth of Christ is in me, that this rejoicing shall not be shut up against me in the regions of Achaia. |
| [11]Wherfore? Because I loue you not? God knoweth |
[11]Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth. |
| [12]But what I do, that wyll I do, to cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they myght be founde lyke vnto vs, in yt wherin they gloried |
[12]But what I do, that will I do: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like unto us in that wherein they rejoice. |
| [13]For such false Apostles [are] disceiptfull workers, transfourmed into ye Apostles of Christe |
[13]For such false apostles are deceitful workers, and transform themselves into the Apostles of Christ. |
| [14]And no maruayle, for Satan himselfe is transfourmed into an angel of lyght |
[14]And no marvel: for Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of light. |
| [15]Therfore it is no great thyng though his ministers be transfourmed as the ministers of righteousnesse, whose ende shalbe accordyng to their workes |
[15]Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers transform themselves, as though they were the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. |
| [16]I say agayne, let no man thynke that I am foolyshe: or els euen nowe take ye me as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle |
[16]I say again, let no man think, that I am foolish: or else take me even as a fool, that I also may boast myself a little. |
| [17]That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng |
[17]That I speak, I speak it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting. |
| [18]Seyng that many glorie after ye fleshe, I wyll glorie also |
[18]Seeing that many rejoice after the flesh, I will rejoice also. |
| [19]For ye suffer fooles gladly, seyng ye your selues are wyse |
[19]For ye suffer fools gladly, because that ye are wise. |
| [20]For ye suffer, yf a man bryng you into bondage, yf a man deuoure, yf a man take, yf a man exalt hym selfe, yf a man smite you on the face |
[20]For ye suffer even if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take your goods, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. |
| [21]I speake concernyng reproche, as though we had ben weake: Howbeit, wherin soeuer any man is bolde, (I speake foolishly) I am bolde also |
[21]I speak as concerning the reproach: as though that we had been weak: but wherein any man is bold (I speak foolishly) I am bold also. |
| [22]They are Ebrues, euen so am I. They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, euen so am I |
[22]They are Hebrews, so am I: they are Israelites, so am I: they are the seed of Abraham, so am I: |
| [23]They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft |
[23]They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as a fool) I am more: in labors more abundant: in stripes above measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft. |
| [24]Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I fourtie [stripes] saue one |
[24]Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. |
| [25]Thryse was I beaten with roddes, once stoned, thrise I suffred shipwracke, nyght and day haue I ben in ye depth |
[25]I was thrice beaten with rods: I was once stoned: I suffered thrice shipwreck: night and day have I been in the deep sea. |
| [26]In iourneying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of myne owne nation, in perils among the heathen, in perils in the citie, in perils in the wildernesse, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren |
[26]In journeying I was often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of mine own nation, in perils among the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren, |
| [27]In labour & trauayle, in watchinges often, in hunger and thirst, in fastinges often, in colde and nakednesse |
[27]In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness. |
| [28]Besides the thynges which outwardlye come vnto me: my dayly encombraunce [is] the care of all the Churches |
[28]Beside the things which are outward, I am cumbered daily, and have the care of all the Churches. |
| [29]Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not |
[29]Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? |
| [30]If I must needes glory, I wyll glory of the thynges that concerne myne infirmities |
[30]If I must needs rejoice, I will rejoice of mine infirmities. |
| [31]The God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lye not |
[31]The God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. |
| [32]In [the citie of] Damascus, Aretas the kynges gouernour of the people, layde watche in the citie of the Damascens, and woulde haue caught me |
[32]In Damascus the governor of the people under King Aretas, laid watch in the city of the Damascenes, and would have caught me. |
| [33]And at a wyndowe was I let downe in a basket through the wall, and scaped his handes |
[33]But at a window was I let down in a basket through the wall, and escaped his hands. |