in all things, may abound to every good work : 9 (As it is written, 'He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

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10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness ;)

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11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the Gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men ;

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5 liberality. Gr. simplicity. A. V. 6 Proof. Rh.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. Phi. iv. 19: My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Ps. cxii. 9: He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour

m ISA. lv. 10: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater.

n Hos. x. 12: Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. MAT. vi. 1 : Take heed that ye do not your alms before men. • See on 2 Cor. iv. 15.

P2 COR. viii. 14.

9 MAT. V. 16: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

THEB. xiii. 16: To do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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14 And by their prayer for you, which long after for the exceeding 'grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

CHAP. X.

1 Against the false apostles, who disgraced the weakness of his person and bodily presence, he setteth out the spiritual might and authority, with which he is armed against all adversary powers, 7 assuring them that at his coming he will be found as mighty in word as he is now in writing being absent; 12 and withal taxing them for reaching out themselves beyond their compass, and vaunting themselves into other men's labours.

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NOW I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence 2 am base 3 among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

2 But I beseech с you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

'patient mind, or gentle forgiveness. Br. 2 in outward appearance. 3 of small reputation. Co.

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2 COR. viii. 1.

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JOHN, iii. 16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. JAMES, i. 17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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ROM. xii. 1: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the inercies of God.

b Ver. 10. 2 Cor. xii. 5, 7, 9: Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

See on 2 COR. i. 23.

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh :

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4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the "pulling down of strong holds ;)

5 Casting down imaginations, and every k high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into

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d Roм. viii. 13: For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

* See on ROM. xiii. 12.

1 TIM. i. 18: That thou by them mightest war a good warfare. 2 TIM. ii. 3: Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

8 ACTS, vii. 22: Moses-was mighty in words and deeds. 1 COR. ii. 5: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 2 Cor. vi. 7: By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left. do. xiii. 3, 4: Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

JER. i. 10: See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

i 2 ESDR. xiv. 34: If so be that you will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive, and after death ye shall obtain mercy. 1 Cor. i. 19: It is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. do. iii. 19: The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

* Ps. xviii. 27: For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. EZEK. xvii. 24: And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish I the LORD have spoken a have done it.

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1 MAT. xi. 29, 30: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;

Every "thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

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for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

"GEN. viii. 21: The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. MAT. xv. 19: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnesses, blasphemies. HEB. iv. 12: For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

"ACTS, v. 5: Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost. do. viii. 20: Peter said-Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. do. xiii. 10, IL: [Paul] said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. 2 COR. xiii. 2, 10: 1 told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare. Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. 1 TIM. i. 20: Of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

2 COR. ii. 9: To this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. do. vii. 15: And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

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PJOHN, vii. 24: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 2 COR. v. 12: 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. do. xi. 18.

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.

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8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us *for edification, and not for your destruction, "I should not be ashamed:

9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

10 For his letters, say they,' are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

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See on 1 JOHN, iv. 6.

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1 COR. iii. 23: And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. do. ix. 1: 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? do. xi. 23: For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you.

• See on 2 COR. i. 23.

12 COR. xiii. 8: For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

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"2 COR. vii. 14: For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. See on 2 COR. V. 13.

Ver. 1. See on 1 Cor. ii. 3, 4.

See on 1 COR. i. 17.

* 2 Cor. iii. 1: Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? do. v. 12: We commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf.