Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, ‘I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the Lord,
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman #– #I’m a better one: with far more labours, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Are they [ministering] servants of Christ (the Messiah)? I am talking like one beside himself, [but] I am more, with far more extensive and abundant labors, with far more imprisonments, [beaten] with countless stripes, and frequently [at the point of] death. American Standard Version (1901) Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft. Common English Bible Are they ministers of Christ? I’m speaking like a crazy person. What I’ve done goes well beyond what they’ve done. I’ve worked much harder. I’ve been imprisoned much more often. I’ve been beaten more times than I can count. I’ve faced death many times. Catholic Public Domain Version They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as if I were less wise); more so am I: with many more labors, with numerous imprisonments, with wounds beyond measure, with frequent mortifications. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less wise): I am more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above measure, in deaths often. |
Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, ‘I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the Lord,
Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.
except that in every town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says: “In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.” ’
Since they were staying there several days, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, ‘There’s a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.
When it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment. ,
When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
Paul stayed for two whole years in his own rented house. And he welcomed all who visited him,
As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. ,
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.
A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.
Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;
For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.
He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that Jesus’s life may also be displayed in our mortal flesh.
as unknown, yet recognised; as dying, yet see #– #we live; as being disciplined, yet not killed;
From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles #– #
Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,
For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough to speak about it as I should.
so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is because I am in Christ.
But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church.
I labour for this, striving with his strength that works powerfully in me.
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s co-worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,
If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.
for which I suffer to the point of being bound like a criminal. But the word of God is not bound.
along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured #– #and yet the Lord rescued me from them all.
I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus,
For you sympathised with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession. ,