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

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in {my} folly: and indeed bear with me. {indeed bear...: or, indeed ye do bear with me}

And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. {one...: or, an abortive}

For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I {am} of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. {receive: or, suffer}

For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but {now} I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me {to be}, or {that} he heareth of me.

And whether we be afflicted, {it is} for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, {it is} for your consolation and salvation. {is effectual: or, is wrought}

But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed {to be somewhat} in conference added nothing to me:

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some {others}, epistles of commendation to you, or {letters} of commendation from you?

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed {to be somewhat} in conference added nothing to me:

(Now the man Moses {was} very meek, above all the men which {were} upon the face of the earth.)

I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought {us}, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide {there}. And she constrained us.

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called {to be} an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach {me} so long as I live. {so long...: Heb. from my days}

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. {I will come: Gr. For I will come}

What ye know, {the same} do I know also: I {am} not inferior unto you.

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

For whether we be beside ourselves, {it is} to God: or whether we be sober, {it is} for your cause.

For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but {now} I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me {to be}, or {that} he heareth of me.

Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}

{It is} not good to eat much honey: so {for men} to search their own glory {is not} glory.

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none {shall be} there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, {yet} my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

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.

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 appearance, and not in heart. {in appearance: Gr. in the face}

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.

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in {my} folly: and indeed bear with me. {indeed bear...: or, indeed ye do bear with me}

I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. {receive: or, suffer}

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I {am} more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

To the one {we are} the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who {is} sufficient for these things?

And though I have {the gift of} prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. {I am not...: Heb. I am less than all}

All nations before him {are} as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, {yea}, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: