Now G1161 I Paul G3972 myself beseech G3870 you by the meekness G4236 and gentleness G1932 of Christ, G5547 who G3739 in presence G4383 am base G5011 among G1722 you, but being absent G548 am bold G2292 toward G1519 you:

For we commend G4921 not ourselves G1438 again G3825 to you, but give G1325 you occasion G874 to glory G2745 on G5228 our behalf, G5228 that you may have G2192 somewhat to answer them which glory G2744 in appearance, G4383 and not in heart. G2588

But the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel, H8050 Look H5027 not on H413 his countenance, H4758 or on the height H1364 of his stature; H6967 because H3588 I have refused H3988 him: for the LORD H3068 sees not as man H120 sees; H7200 for man H120 looks H7200 on the outward H5869 appearance, H5869 but the LORD H3068 looks H7200 on the heart. H3824

But all G3956 their works G2041 they do G4160 for to be seen G2300 of men: G444 they make G4115 broad G4115 their phylacteries, G5440 and enlarge G3170 the borders G2899 of their garments, G2440

And he said G2036 to them, You are they which G3588 justify G1344 yourselves G1438 before G1799 men; G444 but God G2316 knows G1097 your G5216 hearts: G2588 for that which is highly G5308 esteemed among G1722 men G444 is abomination G946 in the sight G1799 of God. G2316

Judge G2919 not according G2596 to the appearance, G3799 but judge G2919 righteous G1342 judgment. G2920

For he is not a Jew, G2453 which is one outwardly; G1722 G5318 neither G3761 is that circumcision, G4061 which is outward G1722 in the flesh: G4561

But he is a Jew, G2453 which is one inwardly; G1722 G2927 and circumcision G4061 is that of the heart, G2588 in the spirit, G4151 and not in the letter; G1121 whose G3739 praise G1868 is not of men, G444 but of God. G2316

And you are Christ's; G5547 and Christ G5547 is God's. G2316

If G1487 any G1536 man think G1380 himself to be a prophet, G4396 or G2228 spiritual, G4152 let him acknowledge G1921 that the things that I write G1125 to you are the commandments G1785 of the Lord. G2962

But every G1538 man in his own G2398 order: G5001 Christ G5547 the first fruits; G536 afterward G1899 they that are Christ's G5547 at G1722 his coming. G3952

And if G1487 you be Christ's, G5547 then G686 are you Abraham's G11 seed, G4690 and heirs G2818 according G2596 to the promise. G1860

For we commend G4921 not ourselves G1438 again G3825 to you, but give G1325 you occasion G874 to glory G2745 on G5228 our behalf, G5228 that you may have G2192 somewhat to answer them which glory G2744 in appearance, G4383 and not in heart. G2588

For if G1487 he that comes G2064 preaches G2784 another G243 Jesus, G2424 whom G3739 we have not preached, G2784 or G2228 if you receive G2983 another G2087 spirit, G4151 which G3739 you have not received, G2983 or G2228 another G2087 gospel, G2098 which you have not accepted, G1209 you might well G2573 bear G430 with him.

Seeing G1893 that many G4183 glory G2744 after G2596 the flesh, G4561 I will glory G2744 also. G2504

Are they ministers G1249 of Christ? G5547 (I speak G2980 as a fool) G3912 I am more; G5228 in labors G2873 more G4056 abundant, G4056 in stripes G4127 above G5234 measure, G5234 in prisons G5438 more G4056 frequent, G4056 in deaths G2288 oft. G4178

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

Since G1893 you seek G2212 a proof G1382 of Christ G5547 speaking G2980 in me, which G3739 to you-ward G1519 G5209 is not weak, G770 but is mighty G1414 in you.

Am G1510 I not an apostle? G652 am G1510 I not free? G1658 have I not seen G3708 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our Lord? G2962 are not you my work G2041 in the Lord? G2962

But I certify G1107 you, brothers, G80 that the gospel G2098 which G3588 was preached G2097 of me is not after G2596 man. G444

For you have heard G191 of my conversation G391 in time G4218 past in the Jews' G2454 religion, G2454 how that beyond G2596 G5236 measure G5236 I persecuted G1377 the church G1577 of God, G2316 and wasted G4199 it:

To whom G3739 we gave G1502 place G1502 by subjection, G5292 no, not for an hour; G5610 that the truth G225 of the gospel G2098 might continue G1265 with you.

But contrariwise, G5121 when they saw G1492 that the gospel G2098 of the uncircumcision G203 was committed G4100 to me, as the gospel of the circumcision G4061 was to Peter; G4074

And when James, G2385 Cephas, G2786 and John, G2491 who G3588 seemed G1380 to be pillars, G4769 perceived G1097 the grace G5485 that was given G1325 to me, they gave G1325 to me and Barnabas G921 the right G1188 hands G1188 of fellowship; G2842 that we should go to the heathen, G1484 and they to the circumcision. G4061

We are of God: G2316 he that knows G1097 God G2316 hears G191 us; he that is not of God G2316 hears G191 not us. Hereby G1537 G5124 know G1097 we the spirit G4151 of truth, G225 and the spirit G4151 of error. G4106