But in all {things} approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, {approving: Gr. commending}

As unknown, and {yet} well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: {sentence: or, answer}

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

Of the Jews five times received I forty {stripes} save one.

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which {was bestowed} upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. {giveth life: or, quickeneth}

Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, {even} unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Yet for love's sake I rather beseech {thee}, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. {in bonds: or, in a chain} {therein: or, thereof}

And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other {places}; {in Christ: or, for Christ} {the palace: or, Caesar's court} {in all other...: or, to all others}

Who then is Paul, and who {is} Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast {them} into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. {offered: Gr. poured forth}

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. {in yourselves...: or, that ye have in or, for} yourselves}

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. {abide me: or, wait for me}

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, {of the Lord: or, in the Lord}

Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he {is} Christ's, even so {are} we Christ's.

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

And there came thither {certain} Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew {him} out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto {one} named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver {him} into the hands of the Gentiles.

And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Many {are} the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

For a just {man} falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God {is} faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear {it}. {common...: or, moderate}

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;

From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

Yea doubtless, and I count all things {but} loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them {but} dung, that I may win Christ,

And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? {shall} tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of {them} all the Lord delivered me.

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; {in tumults: or, in tossings to and fro}

Who then is Paul, and who {is} Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he {is} Christ's, even so {are} we Christ's.

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

And there came thither {certain} Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew {him} out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: {men} shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you {from their company}, and shall reproach {you}, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat {them}.

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. {your: some read, our}

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I {am} shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Saying, These last have wrought {but} one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. {have wrought...: or, have continued one hour only}

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which {was bestowed} upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

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.

And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

Delivering thee from the people, and {from} the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

And others had trial of {cruel} mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

Therefore {it is} no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

My soul {is} continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. {offering up: or, sacrificing}

And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid {them} on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this {fellow} in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and {be} not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, {and} which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

{Thou}, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

But in all {things} approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, {approving: Gr. commending}