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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.
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It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
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.
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I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.
17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
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