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2 Corinthians 11:5-23

5ForIreckonthatIamnotawhit behindtheverychiefestapostlesG652.

6ButthoughIberudeinspeechλόγῳ,logōG3056,yetamInotinknowledgeγνώσει,gnōseiG1108; nay,ineverywayhavewemadeG5319thismanifestφανερώσαντεςphanerōsantesG5319untoyouinallthingsG3956.

7OrdidIcommitasinἁμαρτίανhamartianG266inabasingmyselfthatyemightbeexaltedὑψωθῆτε,hupsōthēteG5312,becauseIpreachedtoyouthegospelεὐαγγέλιονeuangelionG2098ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316fornought?

8IrobbedotherἄλλαςallasG243churchesἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasG1577,takingG2983wagesofthemthatImightminister untoyou;

9andwhenIwaspresentπαρὼνparōnG3918withyouandwasinwant,IwasnotaburdenκατενάρκησαkatenarkēsaG2655onanyman;forthebrethren,whentheycameἐλθόντεςelthontesG2064fromMacedoniaΜακεδονίας,MakedoniasG3109,suppliedthemeasureofmywant;andineverythingπαντὶpantiG3956IkeptG5083myselffrombeingburdensome untoyou,andsowillIkeepG5083myself.

10AsthetruthἀλήθειαalētheiaG225ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547isG1510inme,nomanG3778shallstopmeofthisgloryingintheregionsκλίμασινklimasinG2824ofAchaiaἈχαΐας.AchaiasG882.

11Wherefore?becauseIloveἀγαπῶagapōG25younot?GodθεὸςtheosG2316knoweth.

12ButwhatIdo,thatIwilldo,thatImaycutἐκκόψωekkopsōG1581offoccasionG874fromthemthatdesireG2309anoccasionG874;thatwhereintheyglory,theymaybefoundG2147evenG2532aswe.

13ForsuchτοιοῦτοιtoioutoiG5108menG5108arefalseapostlesG652,deceitfulworkersἐργάταιergataiG2040, fashioningthemselvesintoapostlesG652ofChristΧριστοῦ·ChristouG5547.

14Andnomarvel;forevenG2532SatanσατανᾶςsatanasG4567fashionethhimselfintoanangelἄγγελονangelonG32oflightφωτός·phōtosG5457.

15ItisἔσταιestaiG1510nogreatG3173thingthereforeοὖνounG3767ifhisministersalsoG2532fashionthemselvesasministersofrighteousnessδικαιοσύνηςdikaiosunēsG1343;whoseendτέλοςtelosG5056shallbeG1510accordingκατὰkataG2596totheirworksG2041.

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.

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