2 Corinthians 11:10

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.

Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,

Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.

Therefore show the proof of your love to them before the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.

It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.

When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.

Now I beg you, brothers—you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints—

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.

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,

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from those who desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie.

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.

Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.

if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.