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2 Corinthians 11:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

Are they servants of Christ? I am talking foolishly I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

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And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:

But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentiles.

And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.

And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.

For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.

For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;

If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.




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