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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul and the False Apostles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent&#8217;s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I do not think I am in the least inferior to those &#8220;super-apostles.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to the most eminent apostles</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Boasts About His Sufferings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise! </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.11.21"><span class="content">Whatever anyone else dares to boast about&#8212;I am speaking as a fool&#8212;I also dare to boast about. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham&#8217;s descendants? So am I. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2CO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CO.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2CO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2CO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2CO.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2CO.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch136" data-usfm="PSA.136">
         <div class="label">136</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 136</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the God of gods.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the Lord of lords:</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">to him who alone does great wonders,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who by his understanding made the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who spread out the earth upon the waters,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">who made the great lights&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the sun to govern the day,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the moon and stars to govern the night;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and brought Israel out from among them</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">to him who divided the Red Sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">136:13 </span><span class="ft">Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> asunder</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and brought Israel through the midst of it,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to him who led his people through the wilderness;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to him who struck down great kings,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and killed mighty kings&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Sihon king of the Amorites</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and Og king of Bashan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and gave their land as an inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">an inheritance to his servant Israel.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He remembered us in our low estate</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and freed us from our enemies.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He gives food to every creature.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.136.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the God of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.136.26"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div>
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