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2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Introduction
Introduction to Sheni el-HaKorintim (Second Corinthians)
Narrative Framework and Textual Scope
This text preserves the internal structural formatting of Sheni el-HaKorintim (The Second Letter to the Corinthians), written by Sha'ul (Paul) and Timotheos from Philippi to the Kehilah at Corinth and the wider region of Achaia. Penned in the wake of a highly volatile, deep personal crisis, this epistle documents the intense operational friction between the true pioneer of their shlichut (apostleship) and a wave of encroaching counterfeit ministers whom Sha'ul labels as deceitful workers. Unlike the structured, categorical corrections of the first epistle, this second communication is highly autobiographical, raw, and defensive. It tracks Sha'ul's raw administrative relief upon learning from Titus that the congregation had sorrowed unto genuine teshuvah (turning back) after a painful, disciplinary letter. Restoring authentic Hebraic structural markers, this volume contrasts the fading external glory of the older code against the permanent inward life-giving power of the Berit Chadashah (New Covenant), providing textual researchers with an intimate defense of apostolic authority validated through suffering, weakness, and divine revelation. Key Thematic Movements The thematic arc of Sheni el-HaKorintim progresses through deep emotional reconciliation, defense of the financial collection, and an uncompromised assault on false spiritual leadership: 1. Affliction, Reconciliation, and Apostolic Sincerity (Chapters 1–2) Sha'ul opens by anchoring his personal hardships in Asia—where he was pressed beyond human strength and faced the sentence of death—within the ultimate cosmic reality of Elohim the Father of rachamim (tender mercies) and all nechamah (comfort). He defends himself against accusations of administrative flightiness regarding his delayed travel plans, emphasizing that his word is not a volatile "yea and nay," but is firmly sealed as a permanent "Amen" in Yeshua HaMashiach. Transitioning to internal discipline, Sha'ul commands the assembly to forgive and restore an individual who had caused deep distress, warning that overmuch sorrow could allow HaSatan (the Adversary) to gain an advantage through his subtle devices. Moving through Troas to Macedonia, Sha'ul declares that despite structural obstacles, true ministers operate as a distinct, dual-edged spiritual aroma: a savor of death unto death for those perishing, and a sweet savor of life unto life for those being saved. 2. Tablets of the Heart and the Glory of the New Covenant (Chapters 3–5) Deconstructing the need for artificial letters of recommendation, Sha'ul declares that the Corinthian believers themselves are his living epistles, written not with ink, but with the Ruach of the living Elohim upon the fleshy tables of the heart. He contrasts the ministration of death—engraved on physical luchot (stone tablets) at Sinai, which required Moshe to place a masveh (veil) over his radiant face—with the far more exceeding, permanent kavod (glory) of the Berit Chadashah. Though this magnificent treasure is carried within fragile earthen vessels, the physical decay of the outward man serves to manifest the interior life of Yeshua. Sha'ul frames the mortal body as a temporary ohel (tent) destined to be dissolved and replaced with an eternal, celestial dwelling. Driven by the terror and ahavah (covenant love) of Mashiach, he defines the overarching apostolic mandate as the ministry of reconciliation, proclaiming that anyone in Mashiach is an entirely beri'ah chadashah (new creation). 3. Separation from Beliya'al and Godly Sorrow (Chapters 6–7) Sha'ul lists his extensive ministerial credentials, which are certified not by comfort, but through prisons, tumults, fastings, and the armor of tzedakah (righteousness) on the right hand and on the left. He issues an absolute, uncompromised warning against being unequally yoked with unbelievers, presenting a series of binary rhetorical checks: what fellowship has light with darkness, or what concord has Mashiach with Beliya'al (worthlessness)? Reminding the community that they are the literal Heykhal (Temple) of the living Elohim, he quotes the Tanakh mandate to come out from among them and be separate. Upon arriving in Macedonia, Sha'ul's internal fears are alleviated by Titus, who brings news of the assembly's profound transformation. Sha'ul distinguishes between worldly sorrow, which works death, and godly sorrow, which actively produces teshuvah to salvation. 4. The Economy of Liberality and Covenant Equality (Chapters 8–9) The narrative turns to the administrative execution of the financial relief fund for the impoverished kedoshim (saints) in Yerushalayim. Sha'ul highlights the radical example of the Macedonian Kehilot, who, despite enduring deep poverty and affliction, gave entirely beyond their power. He leverages this model to challenge Corinth to fulfill their financial promises from the previous year, pointing to the ultimate theological model of generosity: Yeshua HaMashiach, who though rich, became poor so that through his poverty they might be rich. Deploying agricultural laws of reciprocity, Sha'ul states that he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, while a bountiful sower will reap bountifully. This collection is not a matter of covetous extortion, but an act of worship that multiplies expressions of tzedakah and floods the community with thanksgivings to Elohim. 5. Spiritual Warfare and the Fool's Boasting (Chapters 10–13) The final segment is a fierce, direct confrontation against rival opponents who mock Sha'ul's physical presence as weak and his speech as contemptible. He declares that though apostles walk in the flesh, their weapons are not carnal, but are supernaturally empowered by Elohim for the systematic pulling down of ideological strongholds. Driven by a divine jealousy to present the assembly as a chaste virgin (Bethulah) to Mashiach, Sha'ul warns that just as the Nachash (serpent) beguiled Chavah (Eve), false apostles are currently transforming themselves into messengers of light. Forced into a "fool's boast" to defend his lineage, Sha'ul asserts his uncompromised Ivrim (Hebrew) and Yisra'elim credentials, outlisting his critics through his scars: stripes above measure, shipwrecks, stoning, and constant exposures to death. He points to his ecstatic ascension into the third Shamayim and Pardes (Paradise), balanced by a stabilizing thorn in the flesh—a messenger of HaSatan—sent to ensure he relies entirely on the sufficient chesed (grace) of the Adon. The letter closes with a final demand for rigorous self-examination before his impending third visit, terminating with the trinitarian apostolic benediction. Comparative Manuscript Value For textual researchers evaluating early Nazarene and sub-apostolic literature, this edition of Sheni el- HaKorintim provides an invaluable linguistic dataset. By keeping Hebraic and Aramaic thought frameworks visible through terms like Berit Chadashah (New Covenant), Heykhal (Temple), and Yahuah Tzeva'ot (Yahuah of Hosts), the text allows scholars to map Sha'ul's polemical arguments directly against Second-Temple sectarian documents. It shows that his underlying defense of authority relies on Hebraic legal parameters of covenant stewardship (shlichut) rather than late Western models of ecclesiastical hierarchy, making it an essential tool for tracing the early transmission of apostolic source files.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 1
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1Sha'ul [Paul], a shaliach [apostle; a sent one (shaliach)] of Yeshua HaMashiach by the will of Elohim [God], and Timotheos [Timothy] our brother, unto the Kehilah [assembly; called-out congregation (ekklesia)] of Elohim which is at Corinth, with all the kedoshim [set-apart one’s “saints”)] which are in all Achaia:2Chesed be to you and shalom [peace; wholeness] from Elohim our Father, and from the Adon [Master; Lord] Yeshua HaMashiach.3Blessed be Elohim, even the Father of our Adon Yeshua HaMashiach, the Father of rachamim [compassions; tender mercies (from rechem, the womb)], and the Elohim of all nechamah [comfort; consolation (cf. Isaiah 40:1, “Nachamu”)];4who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the nechamah wherewith we ourselves are comforted of Elohim.5For as the sufferings of Mashiach [Messiah; the Anointed One (Christ)] abound in us, so our nechamah also abounds by Mashiach.6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your nechamah 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 nechamah and salvation.7And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the nechamah.8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:9but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in Elohim which raises the dead:10who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;11you also helping together by tefillah [prayer] for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the chesed [grace; favor; loving-kindness] of Elohim, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly toward you.13For we write none other things unto you than what you read or acknowledge; and I trust you shall acknowledge even to the end;14as also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as you also are ours, in the day of the Adon Yeshua.15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that you might have a second benefit;16and to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Yehudah [Judea; the land of Judah].17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?18But as Elohim is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.19For the Son of Elohim, Yeshua HaMashiach, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheos, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.20For all the promises of Elohim in him are yea, and in him Amen [amen; so be it, truly], unto the glory of Elohim by us.21Now he which establishes us with you in Mashiach, and has anointed us, is Elohim;22who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Ruach [Spirit; wind; breath] in our hearts.23Moreover I call Elohim for a record upon my nefesh [soul; life], that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.24Not for that we have dominion over your emunah [faith; trust], but are helpers of your joy: for by emunah you stand.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 2
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1But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?3And 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.4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the ahavah [love (covenant love)] which I have more abundantly unto you.5But if any have caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.7So that contrariwise you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.8Wherefore I beseech you that you would confirm your ahavah toward him.9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether you be obedient in all things.10To whom you forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Mashiach;11lest HaSatan [the Adversary (Satan)] should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Mashiach's besorah [good news; gospel], and a door was opened unto me of the Adon,13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.14Now thanks be unto Elohim, which always causes us to triumph in Mashiach, and makes manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.15For we are unto Elohim a sweet savour of Mashiach, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:16to 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?17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of Elohim: but as of sincerity, but as of Elohim, in the sight of Elohim speak we in Mashiach.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 3
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1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?2You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:3forasmuch as you are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Mashiach ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Ruach of the living Elohim; not in luchot [tablets (the stone tablets of Sinai)] of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.4And such trust have we through Mashiach toward Elohim:5not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of Elohim;6who also has made us able ministers of the Berit Chadashah [the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31)]; not of the letter, but of the Ruach: for the letter kills, but the Ruach gives life.7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Yisra'el [Israel] could not steadfastly behold the face of Moshe [Moses] for the kavod [glory; weighty honor] of his countenance, which kavod was to be done away;8how shall not the ministration of the Ruach be rather glorious?9For if the ministration of condemnation be kavod, much more does the ministration of tzedakah [righteousness] exceed in kavod.10For even that which was made glorious had no kavod in this respect, by reason of the kavod that excels.11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious.12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:13and not as Moshe, which put a masveh [veil (Shemot 34:33)] over his face, that the children of Yisra'el could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:14but their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same masveh untaken away in the reading of the Berit Yeshanah [the older covenant]; which masveh is done away in Mashiach.15But even unto this day, when Moshe is read, the masveh is upon their heart.16Nevertheless when it shall turn to Yahuah [the divine Name (יהוה YHWH)], the masveh shall be taken away.17Now the Adon is that Ruach: and where the Ruach of the Adon is, there is liberty.18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the kavod of the Adon, are changed into the same tzelem [image] from kavod to kavod, even as by the Ruach of the Adon.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 4
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1Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received rachamim, we faint not;2but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of Elohim deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of Elohim.3But if our besorah be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:4in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the besorah of the kavod of Mashiach, who is the tzelem of Elohim, should shine unto them.5For we preach not ourselves, but Mashiach Yeshua the Adon; and ourselves your avadim [bondservants; slaves] for Yeshua's sake.6For Elohim, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the kavod of Elohim in the face of Yeshua HaMashiach.7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of Elohim, and not of us.8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;9persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;10always bearing about in the body the dying of the Adon Yeshua, that the life also of Yeshua might be made manifest in our body.11For we which live are always delivered unto death for Yeshua's sake, that the life also of Yeshua might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.12So then death works in us, but life in you.13We having the same spirit of emunah, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;14knowing that he which raised up the Adon Yeshua shall raise up us also by Yeshua, and shall present us with you.15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant chesed might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the kavod of Elohim.16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of kavod;18while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 5
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1For we know that if our earthly house of this ohel [tent (the body as a temporary dwelling)] were dissolved, we have a building of Elohim, a house not made with hands, eternal in the Shamayim [heavens].2For in this we groan earnestly, desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from Shamayim:3if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.4For we that are in this ohel do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.5Now he that has wrought us for the selfsame thing is Elohim, who also has given unto us the earnest of the Ruach.6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Adon:7(for we walk by emunah, not by sight:)8we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Adon.9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Mashiach; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad.11Knowing therefore the terror of the Adon, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto Elohim; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.12For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that you may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.13For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to Elohim: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.14For the ahavah of Mashiach constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:15and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Mashiach after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.17Therefore if any man be in Mashiach, he is a beri'ah chadashah [a new creation]: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.18And all things are of Elohim, who has reconciled us to himself by Yeshua HaMashiach, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;19to wit, that Elohim was in Mashiach, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation.20Now then we are ambassadors for Mashiach, as though Elohim did beseech you by us: we pray you in Mashiach's stead, be reconciled to Elohim.21For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the tzedakah (righteousness) of Elohim in him.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 6
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1We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the chesed of Elohim in vain.2(For he says, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured you: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:4but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of Elohim, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;6by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Ruach HaKodesh [the Set-apart Spirit (Holy Spirit)], by ahavah unfeigned,7by the word of truth, by the power of Elohim, by the armour of tzedakah on the right hand and on the left,8by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;10as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.11O you Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.12You are not straitened in us, but you are straitened in your own bowels.13Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as unto my children), be you also enlarged.14Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has tzedakah(righteousness) with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness?15And what concord has Mashiach with Beliya'al [Belial; worthlessness, the wicked one]? or what part has he that believes with an infidel?16And what agreement has the Heykhal [Temple; sanctuary (the Set-apart Place)] of Elohim with idols? for you are the Heikhal of the living Elohim; as Elohim has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people.17Wherefore come out from among them, and be you separate, says Yahuah, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,18and will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says Yahuah Tzeva'ot [Yahuah of Hosts (“the Lord Almighty”)].
2 Corinthians—Chapter 7
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1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting kedushah [holiness; set-apartness] in the fear of Elohim.2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die and live with you.4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with nechamah (comfort), I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.5For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.6Nevertheless Elohim, that comforts those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;7and not by his coming only, but by the nechamah wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle has made you sorry, though it were but for a season.9Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to teshuvah [repentance; turning back]: for you were made sorry after a godly manner, that you might receive damage by us in nothing.10For godly sorrow works teshuvah to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.11For behold this selfsame thing, that you sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things you have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.12Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of Elohim might appear unto you.13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.14For 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.15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.16I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 8
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1Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the chesed of Elohim bestowed on the Kehilot [assemblies; congregations (pl. of Kehilah)] of Macedonia;2how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.3For to their power (I bear record), yea, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves;4praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the kedoshim.5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Adon, and unto us by the will of Elohim.6Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same chesed also.7Therefore, as you abound in every thing, in emunah, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your ahavah to us, see that you abound in this chesed also.8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your ahavah.9For you know the chesed of our Adon Yeshua HaMashiach, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich.10And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.11Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which you have.12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man has, and not according to that he has not.13For I mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened:14but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:15as it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.16But thanks be to Elohim, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.17For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.18And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the besorah throughout all the Kehilot;19and not that only, but who was also chosen of the Kehilot to travel with us with this chesed, which is administered by us to the kavod of the same Adon, and declaration of your ready mind:20avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:21providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Adon, but also in the sight of men.22And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.23Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the shlichim [emissaries; apostles (sent ones)] of the Kehilot, and the kavod of Mashiach.24Wherefore show you to them, and before the Kehilot, the proof of your ahavah, and of our boasting on your behalf.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 9
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1For as touching the ministering to the kedoshim, it is superfluous for me to write to you:2for I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has provoked very many.3Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, you may be ready:4lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, you) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof you had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not of covetousness.6But this I say, He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.7Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for Elohim loves a cheerful giver.8And Elohim is able to make all chesed abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:9(as it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his tzedakah remains for ever.10Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your tzedakah;)11being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causes through us thanksgiving to Elohim.12For the administration of this service not only supplies the want of the kedoshim, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto Elohim;13whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify Elohim for your professed subjection unto the besorah of Mashiach, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;14and by their tefillah for you, which long after you for the exceeding chesed of Elohim in you.15Thanks be unto Elohim for his unspeakable gift.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 10
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1Now I Sha'ul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Mashiach, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:2but I beseech 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.3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:4(for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through Elohim to the pulling down of strong holds;)5casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of Elohim, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Mashiach;6and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.7Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Mashiach's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Mashiach's, even so are we Mashiach's.8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Adon has given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.10For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.11Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.13But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which Elohim has distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.14For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the besorah of Mashiach:15not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your emunah is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,16to preach the besorah in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.17But he that glories, let him glory in Yahuah.18For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Adon commends.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 11
Chapter 11
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1Would to Elohim you could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.2For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of Elohim: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin (Bethulah) to Mashiach.3But I fear, lest by any means, as the Nachash [the serpent (Bereshit 3)] beguiled Chavah [Eve] through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Mashiach.4For if he that comes preaches another Yeshua, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another besorah, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest shlichim.6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.7Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I have preached to you the besorah of Elohim freely?8I robbed other Kehilot, taking wages of them, to do you service.9And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.10As the truth of Mashiach is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.11Wherefore? because I love you not? Elohim knows.12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.13For such are false shlichim, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the shlichim of Mashiach.14And no marvel; for HaSatan himself is transformed into a malakh [angel; messenger] of light.15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of tzedakah (righteous; whose end shall be according to their works.16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Adon, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.19For you suffer fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are wise.20For you suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold (I speak foolishly), I am bold also.22Are they Ivrim [Hebrews]? so am I. Are they Yisra'elim [Israelites]? so am I. Are they the seed of Avraham [Abraham]? so am I.23Are they ministers of Mashiach? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.24Of the Yehudim [Jews] five times received I forty stripes save one.25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;26in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the Goyim [the nations; heathen (Gentiles)], in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;27in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.28Beside those things that are without, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the Kehilot.29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?30If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.31The Elohim and Father of our Adon Yeshua HaMashiach, which is blessed for evermore, knows that I lie not.32In Dammesek [Damascus] the governor under Aretas the king kept the city with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:33and through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 12
Chapter 12
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1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Adon.2I knew a man in Mashiach above fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: Elohim knows); such a one caught up to the third Shamayim.3And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: Elohim knows);4how that he was caught up into Pardes [Paradise; the Garden (Gan Eden)], and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.5Of such a one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in my infirmities.6For 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 sees me to be, or that he hears of me.7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the malakh (messenger) of HaSatan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.8For this thing I besought the Adon thrice, that it might depart from me.9And he said unto me, My chesed is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Mashiach may rest upon me.10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Mashiach's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.11I am become a fool in glorying; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest shlichim, though I be nothing.12Truly the signs of a shaliach were wrought among you in all patience, in signs and wonders, and mighty deeds.13For what is it wherein you were inferior to other Kehilot, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same Ruach? walked we not in the same steps?19Again, think you that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before Elohim in Mashiach: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as you would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:21and lest, when I come again, my Elohim will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
2 Corinthians—Chapter 13
Chapter 13
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1This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.2I 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:3since you seek a proof of Mashiach speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of Elohim. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of Elohim toward you.5Examine yourselves, whether you be in the emunah; prove your own selves. Know you not your own selves, how that Yeshua HaMashiach is in you, except you be reprobates?6But I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates.7Now I pray to Elohim that you do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that you should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.9For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Adon has given me to edification, and not to destruction.11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in shalom; and the Elohim of ahavah and shalom shall be with you.12Greet one another with a holy kiss.13All the kedoshim salute you.14The chesed of the Adon Yeshua HaMashiach, and the ahavah of Elohim, and the communion of the Ruach HaKodesh, be with you all. Amen. The second letter to the Corinthians, written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Luke.