11 Ye also helping together by prayer for 1 Co.15.10 us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to youward.

r Ac.21.5.

& c. 10.2.

tor

preaching

u Mat.5.37. Ma...

Ro.1.4.

w Ro. 15.8,9. He. 13.8.

x 2 Th.2.17. 1 Pe.5.10.

27.

The penitent to be forgiven.

5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

:

10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

i

11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to

ed unto me of the Lord,

14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Re. 3. 18.

z Ep.1.13, H.

4.30.

2 Ti.2.19.

a Ro. 8.9,14 ..16.

1 Pe 5.3.

15 And in this confidence I was minded to b1 Co.3.5. come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea.

r

e Ro.11.20.

1 Co.15.1.
ca

12.20,21.
13.10.

b c.11.2.

c Ga.5.10. d Ga.4.12. e or, censure.

18 But as God is true, our word toward you 15 was not "yea and nay.

Ti 5.20. g Ga.6.1. h c.7.15.

-19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me¦í or, sight. and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea] Ac.16.8. and nay, but in him was yea.

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20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

k 1 Co.16.9.

1 c.7.5,6. Ro.8.37.

n Ca.1.3.

o 1 Co. 1.18. P Jn.9.39. 1P27,8

q &.3.5,6.

deceitful

23 Moreover I call God for a record upon or, dent my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

ly with
c. 4.2.

8 He. 11.27.

tor, of.
a c.5.12.

b Ac. 18.27.
c 1 Co. 9.2.

d Ex.24.12 e Je.31.33. Exe.11.19.

f Jn. 15.5.

eneth.

n Ex.34.1,

29..35.

10 For even that which was made gloriou

Paul's zeal and integrity.

had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

11 For if that which was done away was glorious much more that which remaineth is glorious

12 See ng then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

A. M. air. 4062

A. D. cir.

58.

o Ro.5.20, 21.

por, bold

ness.

q Ro. 10.4. r Ro.11.7, 8,25.

8 Is. 25.7.

1C.15.45 u Ro.8.2

v1 Co. 13.12

x P&.81.7.

14 But their minds were blinded: for until w Ro.8.29. this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.

y or, of the Lord the Spirit.

a 1 Co. 7.25.

8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; k Ro.14.10. 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, 1 c.7.3. but not destroyed;

1

m

m He. 10.31.

Jade 23.

q c.11.1,16,

17.

10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of n c.4.2 Jesus might be made manifest in our body. o c.3.1. 11 For we which live are alway delivered p the face. unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak ;

r Ca.8.6.

s Ro.5.15. 14.7..9.

t 1 Co.6,19. 20.

u let him be.

v Jn.3.3. Ga.6.15.

w Is.65.17. Re.21.5.

x Col.1.20.

15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 16 For which cause " we faint not; but thoughput in us.

y Ro 3.24, 25.

OR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle a were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

d

4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given untɔ us the earnest of the Spirit.

6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight :) 8 We are confident, I say, and i willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but "we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in Pappearance, and

A. M. cir.

A. D. eir. 69.

a Job 33.23. Mal.2.7. Ep.6.20.

b Is. 53.6,9, 12

Ga.3.13.

1 Pe. 2.22, 24.

1 Jn.3.5.

c Ro.5.19.

a c.5.20.

с

2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

c Is. 49.8.

d 1 Co.10.32

e com

mending

f1 Co.4.1.

g c.11.23, &c.

hor,in tossings to and fro. i c.4.2

124

k Ep.6.11, &c.

1 Jn.7.12,17

8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; " as chastened, and not kiled;

10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorm1 Co.49.ry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

o Ps.84.11. P Ep.6.8. Re.22.12.

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De 7.2.3. 1 Co.7.39

r 1 Co.3.16, 17.

6.19.
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22.

Ex. 29.45.
Le. 26.12
Je.31.1,33
32.33.
Ex.11.20.

36.24.
37.26,27.
Zec.8.8.

t Is.52.11.
c.7.1.

Re. 18.4.

Re. 21.7.

a c.6.17,18. 1 Ju.3.3.

b Ps.51.10.

E6.25,

26

1 Jn. 1.7,9.

14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

CHAPTER VII.

1 He proceedeth in exhorting them to purity of life, 2 and to bear him like affection as he doth to them. 3 Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declareth what comfort he took in his afflictions, by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow, which his former epistle had wrought in them, 13 and of their loving-kindness and obedience towards Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them.

HA AVING therefore these promises, dearly

4

Ac.20.33. c. 12.17.

11 For behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness "it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what P indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for " you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverRo.14 18. ty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For to their power, I bare record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

u c.2.4.

Ro.15.32.

w bowels.

Phil 8,21.

a c.9.2,4

no man.

3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have

e simplicity

d Ac.11.99

Ro. 15.25,

4 Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

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7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became i poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality :

15 As it is written, "He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

18 And we have sent with him the P brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

19 And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with thisgrace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by

us:

21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of

men.

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A. D. cir. 58.

e or, gift

f 1 Col.5.

#1 Co.7.6.

h Jn.1.1.

i Lu.9.58. Phi. 2.6,7.

J Re.3.18.

k willing.

1 1 Ti 6.19. He. 13. 16. Ja.2.15,16

m Lu. 21.3.

n Ex.16.18.

o ver.6.

p c. 12. 18.

4.

r or, gift.

5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, a whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

7 Every man according as he purposeth in Co.16.3, his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful & giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.

8 0.4.15.

t Ro. 12.17. Phi 4.8.

1 Pe. 2. 12.

u or, he hath.

v Phi.2.23.

w c.7.14.

a c.8.4, &c.

b c.8.24.

e blessing.

d or, which

hath been

80 much

poken of

before.

e P's. 41.1..3.

Pr.11.24,

25.
19.17.
229.
Ga.6. 7,9.

f De. 15.7,8.
g Ex.35.5.
Ro. 12.8.

P.4.19.

i Ps. 112.9.

Is.55.10.
Ho.10.12
simpli i-

ty,or, liberality. me. 1.11. 4.15.

n c.8.11.

o Mat. 5.16.

p c.8.1.
9 Ja.1.17.

r Jn.3.16.
a Ro. 12.1.

9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits * of your righteousness ;)

11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;