So I must speak.\par Then I will feel better.\par I must speak and answer Job’s arguments.\par
2 Corinthians 6:11 - Easy To Read Version We have spoken freely to you people in Corinth. We have opened our hearts to you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians [we are hiding nothing, keeping nothing back], and our heart is expanded wide [for you]! [Isa. 60:5; Ezek. 33:22.] American Standard Version (1901) Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. Common English Bible Corinthians, we have spoken openly to you, and our hearts are wide open. Catholic Public Domain Version Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians; our heart is enlarged. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. |
So I must speak.\par Then I will feel better.\par I must speak and answer Job’s arguments.\par
I will gladly obey your commands.\par Lord, your commands make me happy.\par
\{This will happen in the future.\}\par And at that time, you will see your people,\par and your faces will shine \{with happiness\}.\par \{First,\} you will be afraid,\par but then, you will be excited!\par All the riches from across the seas\par will be set before you.\par The riches of the nations\par will come to you.\par
Now the power of the Lord my Master had come on me the evening before that person came to me. \{God made me not able to speak.\} At the time that person came to me, the Lord had opened my mouth and let me speak again.
\{God said,\} “Wine can trick a person. In the same way, a strong man’s pride can fool him. But he will not find peace. He is like death—he always wants more and more. And, like death, he will never be satisfied. He will continue defeating other nations. He will continue to make those people his prisoners.
Crispus was the leader of that synagogue. Crispus and all the people living in his house believed in the Lord (Jesus). Many other people in Corinth also listened to Paul. They too believed and were baptized. {\cf2\super [365]}
So I am happy to give everything I have for you. I will even give myself for you. If I love you more, will you love me less?
When I wrote to you before, I was very troubled and unhappy in my heart. I wrote with many tears. I did not write to make you sad. I wrote so that you could know how much I love you.
You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were very foolish. You let someone trick you.
Brothers and sisters, I was like you; so please become like me. You were very good to me before.
Also pray for me. Pray that when I speak, God will give me words so that I can tell the secret truth about the Good News {\cf2\super [48]} without fear.
Remember that the Lord will give every person a reward for doing good. Every person, slave or free, will get a reward for the good things he does.
God knows that I want to see you very much. I love all of you with the love of Christ Jesus.
You people in Philippi remember when I first told the Good News {\cf2\super [23]} there. When I left Macedonia, you were the only church that gave me help.
“Listen! I am coming soon! I will bring rewards with me. I will repay each person for the things he has done.