The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 utinam sustineretis modicum quid insipientiae meae sed et subportate me
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Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly--and indeed you do bear with me.
2 aemulor enim vos Dei aemulatione despondi enim vos uni viro virginem castam exhibere Christo
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For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 timeo autem ne sicut serpens Evam seduxit astutia sua ita corrumpantur sensus vestri et excidant a simplicitate quae est in Christo
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But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 nam si is qui venit alium Christum praedicat quem non praedicavimus aut alium spiritum accipitis quem non accepistis aut aliud evangelium quod non recepistis recte pateremini
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For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it!
5 existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse magnis apostolis
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For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles.
6 et si inperitus sermone sed non scientia in omnibus autem manifestatus sum vobis
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Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.
7 aut numquid peccatum feci me ipsum humilians ut vos exaltemini quoniam gratis evangelium Dei evangelizavi vobis
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Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
8 alias ecclesias expoliavi accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum
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I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you.
9 et cum essem apud vos et egerem nulli onerosus fui nam quod mihi deerat suppleverunt fratres qui venerunt a Macedonia et in omnibus sine onere me vobis servavi et servabo
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And when I was present with you, and in need, I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.
10 est veritas Christi in me quoniam haec gloria non infringetur in me in regionibus Achaiae
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As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11 quare quia non diligo vos Deus scit
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Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!
12 quod autem facio et faciam ut amputem occasionem eorum qui volunt occasionem ut in quo gloriantur inveniantur sicut et nos
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But what I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.
13 nam eiusmodi pseudoapostoli operarii subdoli transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi
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For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
14 et non mirum ipse enim Satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis
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And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
15 non est ergo magnum si ministri eius transfigurentur velut ministri iustitiae quorum finis erit secundum opera ipsorum
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Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
16 iterum dico ne quis me putet insipientem alioquin velut insipientem accipite me ut et ego modicum quid glorier
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I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.
17 quod loquor non loquor secundum Dominum sed quasi in insipientia in hac substantia gloriae
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What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18 quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem et ego gloriabor
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Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
19 libenter enim suffertis insipientes cum sitis ipsi sapientes
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For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise!
20 sustinetis enim si quis vos in servitutem redigit si quis devorat si quis accipit si quis extollitur si quis in faciem vos caedit
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For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.
21 secundum ignobilitatem dico quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in quo quis audet in insipientia dico audeo et ego
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To our shame, I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold--I speak foolishly--I am bold also.
22 Hebraei sunt et ego Israhelitae sunt et ego semen Abrahae sunt et ego
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Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.
23 ministri Christi sunt minus sapiens dico plus ego in laboribus plurimis in carceribus abundantius in plagis supra modum in mortibus frequenter
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Are they ministers of Christ?--I speak as a fool--I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.
24 a Iudaeis quinquies quadragenas una minus accepi
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From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.
25 ter virgis caesus sum semel lapidatus sum ter naufragium feci nocte et die in profundo maris fui
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Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26 in itineribus saepe periculis fluminum periculis latronum periculis ex genere periculis ex gentibus periculis in civitate periculis in solitudine periculis in mari periculis in falsis fratribus
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in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27 in labore et aerumna in vigiliis multis in fame et siti in ieiuniis multis in frigore et nuditate
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in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness--
28 praeter illa quae extrinsecus sunt instantia mea cotidiana sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum
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besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.
29 quis infirmatur et non infirmor quis scandalizatur et ego non uror
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Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
30 si gloriari oportet quae infirmitatis meae sunt gloriabor
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If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.
31 Deus et Pater Domini Iesu scit qui est benedictus in saecula quod non mentior
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The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
32 Damasci praepositus gentis Aretae regis custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me conprehenderet
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In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;
33 et per fenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum et effugi manus eius
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but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
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