Bible Reading September 30, October 1, 2 (WEB)
Sept.
30
Psalms
118-120
Psa
118:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness
endures forever.
Psa
118:2 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
Psa
118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness
endures forever.
Psa
118:4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness
endures forever.
Psa
118:5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with
freedom.
Psa
118:6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to
me?
Psa
118:7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will
look in triumph at those who hate me.
Psa
118:8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence
in man.
Psa
118:9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence
in princes.
Psa
118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I
cut them off.
Psa
118:11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of
Yahweh I indeed cut them off.
Psa
118:12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the
burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
Psa
118:13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped
me.
Psa
118:14 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
Psa
118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the
righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
Psa
118:16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh
does valiantly!"
Psa
118:17 I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works.
Psa
118:18 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to
death.
Psa
118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into
them. I will give thanks to Yah.
Psa
118:20 This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
Psa
118:21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have
become my salvation.
Psa
118:22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of
the corner.
Psa
118:23 This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
Psa
118:24 This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be
glad in it!
Psa
118:25 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send
prosperity now.
Psa
118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We have
blessed you out of the house of Yahweh.
Psa
118:27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice
with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
Psa
118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my
God, I will exalt you.
Psa
118:29 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
kindness endures forever.
Psa
119:1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according
to Yahweh's law.
Psa
119:2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with
their whole heart.
Psa
119:3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
Psa
119:4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey
them.
Psa
119:5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
Psa
119:6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all of your
commandments.
Psa
119:7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I
learn your righteous judgments.
Psa
119:8 I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me.
Psa
119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to
your word.
Psa
119:10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander
from your commandments.
Psa
119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin
against you.
Psa
119:12 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
Psa
119:13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your
mouth.
Psa
119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in
all riches.
Psa
119:15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
Psa
119:16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget
your word.
Psa
119:17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your
word.
Psa
119:18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
Psa
119:19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments
from me.
Psa
119:20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all
times.
Psa
119:21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from
your commandments.
Psa
119:22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your
statutes.
Psa
119:23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate
on your statutes.
Psa
119:24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
Psa
119:25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your
word!
Psa
119:26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your
statutes.
Psa
119:27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will
meditate on your wondrous works.
Psa
119:28 My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your
word.
Psa
119:29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
Psa
119:30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances
before me.
Psa
119:31 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be
disappointed.
Psa
119:32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my
heart free.
Psa
119:33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them
to the end.
Psa
119:34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will
obey it with my whole heart.
Psa
119:35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in
them.
Psa
119:36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
Psa
119:37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me
in your ways.
Psa
119:38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
Psa
119:39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are
good.
Psa
119:40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your
righteousness.
Psa
119:41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your
salvation, according to your word.
Psa
119:42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I
trust in your word.
Psa
119:43 Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my
hope in your ordinances.
Psa
119:44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
Psa
119:45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
Psa
119:46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not
be disappointed.
Psa
119:47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love
them.
Psa
119:48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I
will meditate on your statutes.
Psa
119:49 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
Psa
119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has
revived me.
Psa
119:51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don't swerve from
your law.
Psa
119:52 I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted
myself.
Psa
119:53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who
forsake your law.
Psa
119:54 Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.
Psa
119:55 I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey
your law.
Psa
119:56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
Psa
119:57 Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
Psa
119:58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me
according to your word.
Psa
119:59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
Psa
119:60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
Psa
119:61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your law.
Psa
119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of
your righteous ordinances.
Psa
119:63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe
your precepts.
Psa
119:64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me
your statutes.
Psa
119:65 Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.
Psa
119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your
commandments.
Psa
119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your
word.
Psa
119:68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
Psa
119:69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I
will keep your precepts.
Psa
119:70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your
law.
Psa
119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may
learn your statutes.
Psa
119:72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of
pieces of gold and silver.
Psa
119:73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding,
that I may learn your commandments.
Psa
119:74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have
put my hope in your word.
Psa
119:75 Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in
faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Psa
119:76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according
to your word to your servant.
Psa
119:77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your
law is my delight.
Psa
119:78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me
wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
Psa
119:79 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your
statutes.
Psa
119:80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not
be disappointed.
Psa
119:81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
Psa
119:82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you
comfort me?"
Psa
119:83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't
forget your statutes.
Psa
119:84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute
judgment on those who persecute me?
Psa
119:85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
Psa
119:86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me
wrongfully. Help me!
Psa
119:87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn't forsake
your precepts.
Psa
119:88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will
obey the statutes of your mouth.
Psa
119:89 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
Psa
119:90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established
the earth, and it remains.
Psa
119:91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
Psa
119:92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in
my affliction.
Psa
119:93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have
revived me.
Psa
119:94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
Psa
119:95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider
your statutes.
Psa
119:96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are
boundless.
Psa
119:97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
Psa
119:98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your
commandments are always with me.
Psa
119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your
testimonies are my meditation.
Psa
119:100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your
precepts.
Psa
119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might
observe your word.
Psa
119:102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have
taught me.
Psa
119:103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to
my mouth!
Psa
119:104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate
every false way.
Psa
119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
Psa
119:106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your
righteous ordinances.
Psa
119:107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to
your word.
Psa
119:108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth.
Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
Psa
119:109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your
law.
Psa
119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone
astray from your precepts.
Psa
119:111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for
they are the joy of my heart.
Psa
119:112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even
to the end.
Psa
119:113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
Psa
119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
Psa
119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the
commandments of my God.
Psa
119:116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me
not be ashamed of my hope.
Psa
119:117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for
your statutes continually.
Psa
119:118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their
deceit is in vain.
Psa
119:119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross.
Therefore I love your testimonies.
Psa
119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your
judgments.
Psa
119:121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my
oppressors.
Psa
119:122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud
oppress me.
Psa
119:123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous
word.
Psa
119:124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness.
Teach me your statutes.
Psa
119:125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know
your testimonies.
Psa
119:126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.
Psa
119:127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more
than pure gold.
Psa
119:128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I
hate every false way.
Psa
119:129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps
them.
Psa
119:130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives
understanding to the simple.
Psa
119:131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your
commandments.
Psa
119:132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those
who love your name.
Psa
119:133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity
have dominion over me.
Psa
119:134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your
precepts.
Psa
119:135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your
statutes.
Psa
119:136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't
observe your law.
Psa
119:137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
Psa
119:138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are
fully trustworthy.
Psa
119:139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
Psa
119:140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant
loves them.
Psa
119:141 I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.
Psa
119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law
is truth.
Psa
119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments
are my delight.
Psa
119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me
understanding, that I may live.
Psa
119:145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will
keep your statutes.
Psa
119:146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
Psa
119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your
words.
Psa
119:148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might
meditate on your word.
Psa
119:149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me,
Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
Psa
119:150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far
from your law.
Psa
119:151 You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
Psa
119:152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have
founded them forever.
Psa
119:153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don't forget
your law.
Psa
119:154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your
promise.
Psa
119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don't seek your
statutes.
Psa
119:156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according
to your ordinances.
Psa
119:157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't
swerved from your testimonies.
Psa
119:158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't
observe your word.
Psa
119:159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh,
according to your loving kindness.
Psa
119:160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous
ordinances endures forever.
Psa
119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart
stands in awe of your words.
Psa
119:162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil.
Psa
119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
Psa
119:164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous
ordinances.
Psa
119:165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes
them to stumble.
Psa
119:166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your
commandments.
Psa
119:167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them
exceedingly.
Psa
119:168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my
ways are before you.
Psa
119:169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding
according to your word.
Psa
119:170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to
your word.
Psa
119:171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
Psa
119:172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments
are righteousness.
Psa
119:173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your
precepts.
Psa
119:174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my
delight.
Psa
119:175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances
help me.
Psa
119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for
I don't forget your commandments.
Psa
120:1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
Psa
120:2 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful
tongue.
Psa
120:3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you,
you deceitful tongue?
Psa
120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psa
120:5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the
tents of Kedar!
Psa
120:6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates
peace.
Psa
120:7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
Oct.
1
Psalms
121-124
Psa
121:1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come
from?
Psa
121:2 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
Psa
121:3 He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will
not slumber.
Psa
121:4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Psa
121:5 Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right
hand.
Psa
121:6 The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
Psa
121:7 Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
Psa
121:8 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this
time forth, and forevermore.
Psa
122:1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's
house!"
Psa
122:2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;
Psa
122:3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
Psa
122:4 where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an
ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
Psa
122:5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David's
house.
Psa
122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will
prosper.
Psa
122:7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your
palaces.
Psa
122:8 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace
be within you."
Psa
122:9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your
good.
Psa
123:1 To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.
Psa
123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their
master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our
eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
Psa
123:3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have
endured much contempt.
Psa
123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who
are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
Psa
124:1 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now
say,
Psa
124:2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose
up against us;
Psa
124:3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath
was kindled against us;
Psa
124:4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would
have gone over our soul;
Psa
124:5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
Psa
124:6 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their
teeth.
Psa
124:7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare.
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Psa
124:8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
Psalms
125-127
Psa
125:1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be
moved, but remains forever.
Psa
125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his
people from this time forth and forevermore.
Psa
125:3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment
of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do
evil.
Psa
125:4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are
upright in their hearts.
Psa
125:5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh
will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
Psa
126:1 When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were
like those who dream.
Psa
126:2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with
singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done
great things for them."
Psa
126:3 Yahweh has done great things for us, and we are glad.
Psa
126:4 Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams in the
Negev.
Psa
126:5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
Psa
126:6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will
certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
Psa
127:1 Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build
it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in
vain.
Psa
127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating
the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Psa
127:3 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the
womb is his reward.
Psa
127:4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of
youth.
Psa
127:5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't
be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Sept. 30
2
Corinthians 10
2Co 10:1
Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of
Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent
am of good courage toward you.
2Co 10:2
Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the
confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider
us to be walking according to the flesh.
2Co 10:3
For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the
flesh;
2Co 10:4
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty
before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
2Co 10:5
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted
against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ;
2Co 10:6
and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your
obedience will be made full.
2Co 10:7
Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If
anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this
again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are
Christ's.
2Co 10:8
For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our
authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for
casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
2Co 10:9
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
2Co 10:10
For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong,
but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
2Co 10:11
Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters
when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
2Co 10:12
For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those
who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by
themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without
understanding.
2Co 10:13
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries
with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
2Co 10:14
For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to
you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,
2Co 10:15
not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having
hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you
in our sphere of influence,
2Co 10:16
so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to
boast in what someone else has already done.
2Co 10:17
But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
2Co 10:18
For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the
Lord commends.
2
Corinthians 11
2Co 11:1
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but
indeed you do bear with me.
2Co 11:2
For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to
one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
2Co 11:3
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his
craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that
is in Christ.
2Co 11:4
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach,
or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a
different "good news", which you did not accept, you put up
with that well enough.
2Co 11:5
For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
2Co 11:6
But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in
knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all
things.
2Co 11:7
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted,
because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?
2Co 11:8
I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve
you.
2Co 11:9
When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on
anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the
measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome
to you, and I will continue to do so.
2Co 11:10
As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this
boasting in the regions of Achaia.
2Co 11:11
Why? Because I don't love you? God knows.
2Co 11:12
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them
that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found
even as we.
2Co 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as
Christ's apostles.
2Co 11:14
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
2Co 11:15
It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as
servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their
works.
2Co 11:16
I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me
as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
2Co 11:17
That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in
foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
2Co 11:18
Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
2Co 11:19
For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
2Co 11:20
For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours
you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you
on the face.
2Co 11:21
I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet
however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
2Co 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the
seed of Abraham? So am I.
2Co 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am
more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in
stripes above measure, in deaths often.
2Co 11:24
Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.
2Co 11:25
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I
suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.
2Co 11:26
I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers,
perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the
city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false
brothers;
2Co 11:27
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in
fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
2Co 11:28
Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on
me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
2Co 11:29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't
burn with indignation?
2Co 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
2Co 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed
forevermore, knows that I don't lie.
2Co 11:32
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of
the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.
2Co 11:33
Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped
his hands.
2
Corinthians 12
2Co 12:1
It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to
visions and revelations of the Lord.
2Co 12:2
I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I
don't know, or whether out of the body, I don't know; God knows),
such a one caught up into the third heaven.
2Co 12:3
I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I
don't know; God knows),
2Co 12:4
how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words,
which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
2Co 12:5
On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not
boast, except in my weaknesses.
2Co 12:6
For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will
speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me
than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.
2Co 12:7
By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I
should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in
the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be
exalted excessively.
2Co 12:8
Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might
depart from me.
2Co 12:9
He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power
is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will
rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on
me.
2Co 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities,
in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am
weak, then am I strong.
2Co 12:11
I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to
have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very
best apostles, though I am nothing.
2Co 12:12
Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience,
in signs and wonders and mighty works.
2Co 12:13
For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the
assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you?
Forgive me this wrong.
2Co 12:14
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will
not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For
the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents
for the children.
2Co 12:15
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you
more abundantly, am I loved the less?
2Co 12:16
But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I
caught you with deception.
2Co 12:17
Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to
you?
2Co 12:18
I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any
advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? Didn't we walk
in the same steps?
2Co 12:19
Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the
sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for
your edifying.
2Co 12:20
For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not
the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't
desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts
of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
2Co 12:21
that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would
mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented
of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they
committed.
