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2 Corinthians 11:20

Conservative English Version

In fact, you let people make slaves of you and cheat you and steal from you. Why, you even let them strut around and slap you in the face.

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I let them beat my back and pull out my beard. I didn't turn aside when they insulted me and spit in my face.

we can also learn from insults and hard knocks.

But they cheat widows out of their homes and pray long prayers just to show off. They will be punished most of all.

If someone slaps you on one cheek, don't stop that person from slapping you on the other cheek. If someone wants to take your coat, don't try to keep back your shirt.

Even today we go hungry and thirsty and don't have anything to wear except rags. We are mistreated and don't have a place to live.

We are not bosses who tell you what to believe. We are working with you to make you glad, because your faith is strong.

and every bit of pride that keeps anyone from knowing God. We capture people's thoughts and make them obey Christ.

But now I fear that you will be tricked, just as Eve was tricked by that lying snake. I am afraid that you might stop thinking about Christ in an honest and sincere way.

You agree that I wasn't a burden to you. Maybe that's because I was trying to catch you off guard and trick you.

We went there because of those who pretended to be followers and had sneaked in among us as spies. They had come to take away the freedom that Christ Jesus had given us, and they were trying to make us their slaves.

Hagar also stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and for the present city of Jerusalem. She and her children are slaves.

That is how it was with us. We were like children ruled by the powers of this world.

But now you know God, or better still, God knows you. How can you turn back and become the slaves of those weak and pitiful powers?

Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don't ever become slaves of the Law again.

but you belong to the Lord. That makes me certain that you will do what I say, instead of what someone else tells you to do. Whoever is causing trouble for you will be punished.

Those people who are telling you to get circumcised are only trying to show how important they are. And they don't want to get into trouble for preaching about the cross of Christ.

that they are headed for hell! They worship their stomachs and brag about the disgusting things they do. All they can think about are the things of this world.

You also know that we didn't try to flatter anyone. God himself knows that what we did wasn't a cover-up for greed.




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