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2 Corinthians 11:12

Weymouth NT

But I will persist in the same line of conduct in order to cut the ground from under the feet of those who desire an opportunity of getting themselves recognized as being on a level with us in the matters about which they boast.

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and from that moment he was on the look out for an opportunity to betray Him.

It is no good thing–this which you make the ground of your boasting. Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?

If other teachers possess that right over you, do not we possess it much more? Yet we have not availed ourselves of the right, but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the Good News of the Christ.

Did I display any vacillation or caprice in this? Or the purposes which I form–do I form them on worldly principles, now crying »Yes, yes,« and now »No, no«?

But »whoever boasts, let his boast be in the Lord.«

Since many boast for merely human reasons, I too will boast.

And when I was with you and my resources failed, there was no one to whom I became a burden –for the brethren when they came from Macedonia fully supplied my wants– and I kept myself from being in the least a burden to you, and will do so still.

We are not again commending ourselves to your favour, but are furnishing you with a ground of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have a reply ready for those with whom superficial appearances are everything and sincerity of heart counts for nothing.

For other »Good News« there is none; but there are some persons who are troubling you, and are seeking to distort the Good News concerning Christ.

I would therefore have the younger women marry, bear children, rule in domestic matters, and furnish the Adversary with no excuse for slander.




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