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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 bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with 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 espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste 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 by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted 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, 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. |
| [5]Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles |
[5]For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest 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]But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you 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 in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have 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, taking 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 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. |
| [10]The trueth of Christe is in me, that this reioycyng shall not be shut vp agaynst me in the regions of Achaia |
[10]As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting 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 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. |
| [13]For such false Apostles [are] disceiptfull workers, transfourmed into ye Apostles of Christe |
[13]For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming 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 if his ministers also be transformed as 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 me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I 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 which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. |
| [18]Seyng that many glorie after ye fleshe, I wyll glorie also |
[18]Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. |
| [19]For ye suffer fooles gladly, seyng ye your selues are wyse |
[19]For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves 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, 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. |
| [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 reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any 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]Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they 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]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. |
| [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]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; |
| [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 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; |
| [27]In labour & trauayle, in watchinges often, in hunger and thirst, in fastinges often, in colde and nakednesse |
[27]In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. |
| [28]Besides the thynges which outwardlye come vnto me: my dayly encombraunce [is] the care of all the Churches |
[28]Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, 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 glory, I will glory of the things which concern 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 and 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 under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: |
| [33]And at a wyndowe was I let downe in a basket through the wall, and scaped his handes |
[33]And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. |