The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if we are beside ourselves [mad, as some say], it is for God and concerns Him; if we are in our right mind, it is for your benefit, American Standard Version (1901) For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you. Common English Bible If we are crazy, it’s for God’s sake. If we are rational, it’s for your sake. Catholic Public Domain Version For if we are excessive in mind, it is for God; but if we are sober, it is for you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For whether we be transported in mind, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for you. |
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.
And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.
Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: nay indeed bear with me.
I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me to be, or heareth from me.
So although I wrote unto you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we shewed ourselves toward you for your sake.
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.