Bible Reading Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1
(World English Bible)
Sept. 29
Psalms 115-117
Psa 115:1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
Psa 115:2 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
Psa 115:3 But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
Psa 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psa 115:5 They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see.
Psa 115:6 They have ears, but they don't hear. They have noses, but they don't smell.
Psa 115:7 They have hands, but they don't feel. They have feet, but they don't walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
Psa 115:8 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
Psa 115:9 Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psa 115:10 House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psa 115:11 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psa 115:12 Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
Psa 115:13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
Psa 115:14 May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.
Psa 115:15 Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
Psa 115:16 The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.
Psa 115:17 The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;
Psa 115:18 But we will bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise Yah!
Psa 116:1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
Psa 116:2 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
Psa 116:3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Psa 116:4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."
Psa 116:5 Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.
Psa 116:6 Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
Psa 116:7 Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
Psa 116:8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Psa 116:9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
Psa 116:10 I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."
Psa 116:11 I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
Psa 116:12 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
Psa 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.
Psa 116:14 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.
Psa 116:15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.
Psa 116:16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
Psa 116:17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of Yahweh.
Psa 116:18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
Psa 116:19 in the courts of Yahweh's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
Psa 117:1 Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
Psa 117:2 For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh's faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
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.
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.
2 Corinthians 9
2Co 9:1 It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,
2Co 9:2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
2Co 9:3 But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
2Co 9:4 so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.
2Co 9:5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
2Co 9:6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
2Co 9:7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
2Co 9:9 As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."
2Co 9:10 Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
2Co 9:11 you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
2Co 9:12 For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
2Co 9:13 seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
2Co 9:14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
2Co 9:15 Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
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.
