“The Lord has appointed you priest in place of the priest Jehoiada to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar.
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For if we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 has appointed you priest in place of the priest Jehoiada to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar.
When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, ‘He’s out of his mind.’
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
I wish you would put up with a little foolishness from me. Yes, do put up with me!
I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing.
For if I want to boast, I wouldn’t be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will spare you, so that no one can credit me with something beyond what he sees in me or hears from me,
So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your devotion to us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.
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.
because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you for your benefit,
This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.