Would G3785 to God you could bear G430 with me a little G3397 in my folly: G877 and indeed G235 bear G430 with me.

I say G3004 again, G3825 Let no G3367 man G5100 think G1380 me a fool; G878 if G1490 otherwise, G1490 yet G2579 as a fool G878 receive G1209 me, that I may boast G2744 myself a little. G3397

That which G3739 I speak, G2980 I speak G2980 it not after G2596 the Lord, G2962 but as it were foolishly, G1722 G877 in this G5026 confidence G5287 of boasting. G2746

For though G1437 I would desire G2309 to glory, G2744 I shall not be a fool; G878 for I will say G2046 the truth: G225 but now I forbear, G5339 lest G3361 any G5100 man should think G3049 of me above G5228 that which G3739 he sees G991 me to be, or G2228 that he hears G191 of me.

I am become G1096 a fool G878 in glorying; G2744 you have compelled G315 me: for I ought G3784 to have been commended G4921 of you: for in nothing G3762 am I behind G5302 the very G3029 most chief G5228 G3029 apostles, G652 though G1499 I be nothing. G3762

And as he thus G5023 spoke G626 for himself, Festus G5347 said G5346 with a loud G3173 voice, G5456 Paul, G3972 you are beside G3105 yourself; much G4183 learning G1121 does make G4062 you mad. G1519 G3130

But he said, G5346 I am not mad, G3105 most G2903 noble G2903 Festus; G5347 but speak G669 forth G669 the words G4487 of truth G225 and soberness. G4997

We are fools G3474 for Christ's G5547 sake, but you are wise G5429 in Christ; G5547 we are weak, G772 but you are strong; G2478 you are honorable, G1741 but we are despised. G820

And labor, G2872 working G2038 with our own G2398 hands: G5495 being reviled, G3058 we bless; G2127 being persecuted, G1377 we suffer G430 it:

For our exhortation G3874 was not of deceit, G4106 nor G3761 of uncleanness, G167 nor G3777 in guile: G1388

For neither G3777 at G4218 any G4218 time G4218 used G1096 G1722 we flattering G2850 words, G3056 as you know, G1492 nor G3777 a cloak G4392 of covetousness; G4124 God G2316 is witness: G3144

But we were gentle G2261 among G1722 G3319 you, even as a nurse G5162 cherishes G2282 her children: G5043

For you remember, G3421 brothers, G80 our labor G2873 and travail: G3449 for laboring G2873 night G3571 and day, G2250 because G4314 we would not be chargeable G1912 to any G5100 of you, we preached G2784 to you the gospel G2098 of God. G2316

As you know G1492 how G5613 we exhorted and comforted G3888 and charged G3143 every G1538 one G1520 of you, as a father G3962 does his children, G5043

And David H1732 said H559 to Michal, H4324 It was before H6440 the LORD, H3068 which H834 chose H977 me before your father, H1 and before all H3605 his house, H1004 to appoint H6680 me ruler H5057 over H5921 the people H5971 of the LORD, H3068 over H5921 Israel: H3478 therefore will I play H7832 before H6440 the LORD. H3068

And I will yet H5750 be more vile H7043 than thus, H2063 and will be base H8217 in my own sight: H5869 and of the maidservants H519 which H834 you have spoken H559 of, of them shall I be had in honor. H3513

But he said, G5346 I am not mad, G3105 most G2903 noble G2903 Festus; G5347 but speak G669 forth G669 the words G4487 of truth G225 and soberness. G4997

For I say, G3004 through G1223 the grace G5485 given G1325 to me, to every G3956 man that is among G1722 you, not to think G5252 of himself more G3844 highly G5252 than he ought G1163 to think; G5426 but to think G5426 soberly, G1519 G4993 according as God G2316 has dealt G3307 to every G1538 man the measure G3358 of faith. G4102

Why, G686 though G1499 I wrote G1125 to you, I did it not for his cause G1752 that had done G91 the wrong, G91 nor G3761 for his cause G1752 that suffered wrong, G91 but that our care G4710 for you in the sight G1799 of God G2316 might appear G5319 to you.

Who now G3568 rejoice G5463 in my sufferings G3804 for you, and fill G466 up that which is behind G5303 of the afflictions G2347 of Christ G5547 in my flesh G4561 for his body's G4983 sake, which G3739 is the church: G1577

For our gospel G2098 came G1096 not to you in word G3056 only, G3440 but also G2532 in power, G1411 and in the Holy G40 Ghost, G4151 and in much G4183 assurance; G4136 as you know G1492 what G3634 manner G3634 of men we were among G1722 you for your G5209 sake.

Therefore I endure G5278 all G3956 things for the elect's G1588 sakes, that they may also G2532 obtain G5177 the salvation G4991 which G3588 is in Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 with eternal G166 glory. G1391