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2 Corinthians 11:16-33

16Isayλέγω,legōG3004againΠάλινPalinG3825,LetnomanthinkδόξῃdoxēG1380mefoolishG878;butifyedo,yetasfoolishG878receiveδέξασθέdexastheG1209me,thatIalsoG1161maygloryalittleμικρόνmikronG3398.

17ThatwhichIspeakG2980,IspeakG2980notaftertheLordκύριονkurionG2962,butasinfoolishnessἀφροσύνῃ,aphrosunēG877,inthisconfidenceὑποστάσειhupostaseiG5287ofglorying.

18SeeingthatmanyπολλοὶpolloiG4183gloryafterthefleshσάρκα,sarkaG4561,Iwillgloryalso.

19ForyebearἀνέχεσθεanechestheG430withthefoolishG878gladlyἡδέωςhēdeōsG2234,beingὄντες·ontesG1510wiseφρόνιμοιphronimoiG5429yourselves.

20ForyebearἀνέχεσθεanechestheG430withaman,ifhebringethyouintobondage,ifhedevourethyou,ifhetakethyoucaptive,ifheexaltethhimself,ifhesmitethyouonthefaceπρόσωπονprosōponG4383.

21Ispeakλέγω,legōG3004bywayofdisparagement,asthoughwehadbeenweakἠσθενήκαμεν·ēsthenēkamenG770.Yetwhereinsoeveranyisbold(Ispeakλέγω,legōG3004infoolishnessἀφροσύνῃaphrosunēG877),IamboldalsoG1161.

22AreG1510theyHebrewsἙβραῖοίHebraioiG1445?soamG1510I.AreG1510theyIsraelitesἸσραηλῖταίIsraēlitaiG2475?soamG1510I.AreG1510theytheseedG4690ofAbrahamἈβραάμAbraamG11?soamG1510I.

23AreG1510theyministersofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547? (Ispeakλαλῶ·lalōG2980asone beside himself)Imore;inlaborsκόποιςkopoisG2873moreabundantly,inprisonsG5438moreabundantly,instripesabovemeasure,indeaths oft.

24OftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453fivetimesreceivedG2983IfortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakontaG5062stripes saveoneμίανmianG1520.

25ThricewasIbeatenwithrodsἐρραβδίσθην,errabdisthēnG4463,onceἅπαξhapaxG530wasIstonedG3034, thriceIsufferedshipwreck,anightandadayhaveIbeeninthedeep;

26injourneyingsoftenπολλάκις,pollakisG4178,inperilsofriversποταμῶν,potamōnG4215,inperilsofrobbersλῃστῶν,lēstōnG3027,inperilsfrommycountrymen,inperilsfromtheGentilesἐθνῶν,ethnōnG1484,inperilsinthecityπόλει,poleiG4172,inperilsinthewilderness,inperilsintheseaθαλάσσῃ,thalassēG2281,inperilsamongfalseψευδαδέλφοις,pseudadelphoisG5569brethren;

27inlaborκόπῳkopōG2873andtravail,inwatchingsoftenπολλάκις,pollakisG4178,inhungerλιμῷlimōG3042andthirst,infastingsoftenπολλάκις,pollakisG4178,incoldψύχειpsucheiG5592andnakednessγυμνότητι·gumnotētiG1132.

28BesidesthosethingsG3956thatarewithout,thereisthatwhichpresseth uponmedaily,anxietyforallthechurchesἐκκλησιῶν.ekklēsiōnG1577.

29Whoisweakἀσθενεῖ,astheneiG770,andIamnotweakἀσθενῶ;asthenōG770?whoiscausedtostumbleG4624,andIburnπυροῦμαι;puroumaiG4448not?

30IfImustneedsglory,IwillgloryofthethingsthatconcernmyweaknessἀσθενείαςastheneiasG769.

31TheGodθεὸςtheosG2316andFatherπατὴρpatērG3962oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424,hewhoisG1510blessedforevermore knoweththatIlieG5574not.

32InDamascusΔαμασκῷDamaskōG1154thegovernorunderAretasthekingβασιλέωςbasileōsG935guardedthecityπόλινpolinG4172oftheDamascenesinordertotakeme:

33andthroughawindowθυρίδοςthuridosG2376wasIletdowninabasketbythewallτείχουςteichousG5038,andescapedG1628hishandsχεῖραςcheirasG5495.

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