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2 Corinthians 12:11-21

11I have becomeG1096 1foolishG878; you yourselvesG4771 compelledG315 me. ActuallyG1063 I shouldG3784 have been commendedG4921 by you, for 2in noG3762 respectG3762 was I inferiorG5302 to the 3mostG5244 eminentG5244 apostlesG652, evenG2532 thoughG1487 4I amG1510 a nobodyG3762. 12The 56signsG4592 7of a true apostleG652 were performedG2716 amongG1722 you with allG3956 perseveranceG5281, by 8signsG4592 and wondersG5059 and 9miraclesG1411. 13For in whatG5101 respect were you treatedG2274 as inferiorG2274 to the restG3062 of the churchesG1577, exceptG1508 that 10I myselfG846 did not become a burdenG2655 to you? ForgiveG5483 me 11thisG3778 wrongG93!

14HereG2400 12for thisG3778 thirdG5154 timeG5154 I amG2192 readyG2093 to comeG2064 to you, and I 13will not be a burdenG2655 to you; for I 14do not seekG2212 what is yoursG4771, but 15you; for 16childrenG5043 are not responsibleG3784 to saveG2343 up for their parentsG1118, but 17parentsG1118 for their childrenG5043. 15I will 18mostG2234 gladlyG2234 spendG1159 and be expendedG1550 for your soulsG5590. IfG1487 19I loveG25 you moreG4057, am I to be lovedG25 lessG2269? 16But be that as it may, I 20did not burdenG2599 you myselfG1473; neverthelessG235, craftyG3835 fellow that I am, I 21tookG2983 you in by deceitG1388. 1722Certainly I have not takenG4122 advantageG4122 of you throughG1223 anyG5100 of those whomG3739 I have sentG649 to you, have I? 18I 23urgedG3870 24TitusG5103 to go, and I sentG4882 25the brotherG80 with him. TitusG5103 did not takeG4122 anyG4122 advantageG4122 of you, did he? Did we not 26conductG4043 ourselvesG4043 27in the sameG846 28spiritG4151 and walk 29in the sameG846 stepsG2487?

19AllG3819 thisG3819 timeG3819 30you have been thinkingG1380 that we are defendingG626 ourselves to you. Actually, 31it is in the sightG2713 of GodG2316 that we have been speakingG2980 in ChristG5547; and 32allG3956 for your upbuildingG3619, 33belovedG27. 20For I amG5399 afraidG5399 that perhapsG4458 34when I comeG2064 I may findG2147 you to be not whatG3634 I wishG2309 and may be foundG2147 by you to be not whatG3634 you wishG2309; that perhapsG4458 there will be 35strifeG2054, jealousyG2205, 36angryG2372 tempersG2372, 37disputesG2052, 38slandersG2636, 39gossipG5587, 40arroganceG5450, 41disturbancesG181; 21I am afraid that when I comeG2064 againG3825 my GodG2316 may humiliateG5013 me beforeG4314 you, and I may mournG3996 over manyG4183 of thoseG3588 who have 42sinnedG4258 in the pastG4258 and not repentedG3340 of the 43impurityG167, 44immoralityG4202 and sensualityG766 whichG3739 they have practicedG4238.

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  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 12:11 2 Cor 5:13; 11:16f; 12:6 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 12:11 1 Cor 15:10; 2 Cor 11:5 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or super-apostles ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 12:11 1 Cor 3:7; 13:2; 15:9 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 12:12 Or attesting miracles ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 12:12 John 4:48; Rom 15:19; 1 Cor 9:1 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 12:12 Lit of the apostle ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 12:12 Or attesting miracles ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 12:12 Or works of power ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 12:13 1 Cor 9:12, 18; 2 Cor 11:9; 12:14 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 12:13 2 Cor 11:7 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 12:14 2 Cor 1:15; 13:1, 2 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 12:14 1 Cor 9:12, 18; 2 Cor 11:9; 12:13 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 12:14 1 Cor 10:24, 33 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 12:14 1 Cor 9:19 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 12:14 1 Cor 4:14f; Gal 4:19 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 12:14 Prov 19:14; Ezek 34:2 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 12:15 Rom 9:3; 2 Cor 1:6; Phil 2:17; Col 1:24; 1 Thess 2:8; 2 Tim 2:10 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 12:15 2 Cor 11:11 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 12:16 2 Cor 11:9 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 12:16 2 Cor 11:20 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 12:17 2 Cor 9:5 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 12:18 2 Cor 8:6 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 12:18 2 Cor 2:13 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Corinthians 12:18 2 Cor 8:18 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Corinthians 12:18 Lit walk ↩
  27. 27. 2 Corinthians 12:18 Or by the same Spirit ↩
  28. 28. 2 Corinthians 12:18 1 Cor 4:21 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Corinthians 12:18 Rom 4:12 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Or have you been thinking...? ↩
  31. 31. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Rom 9:1; 2 Cor 2:17 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Rom 14:19; 2 Cor 10:8; 1 Thess 5:11 ↩
  33. 33. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Heb 6:9 ↩
  34. 34. 2 Corinthians 12:20 1 Cor 4:21; 2 Cor 2:1-4 ↩
  35. 35. 2 Corinthians 12:20 1 Cor 1:11; 3:3 ↩
  36. 36. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Gal 5:20 ↩
  37. 37. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Rom 2:8; 1 Cor 11:19 ↩
  38. 38. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Rom 1:30; James 4:11; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
  39. 39. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Rom 1:29 ↩
  40. 40. 2 Corinthians 12:20 1 Cor 4:6, 18; 5:2 ↩
  41. 41. 2 Corinthians 12:20 1 Cor 14:33 ↩
  42. 42. 2 Corinthians 12:21 2 Cor 13:2 ↩
  43. 43. 2 Corinthians 12:21 1 Cor 6:9, 18; Gal 5:19; Col 3:5 ↩
  44. 44. 2 Corinthians 12:21 I.e. sexual immorality ↩

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