Would that you would bear with me in a little foolishness--but I know
that you do bear with me. I am jealous for you with the jealousy of
God, for I betrothed you to one husband, I wished to present a pure
maiden to Christ. But I am afraid, that, as the serpent deceived Eve
by his craftiness, your t... [ Continue Reading ]
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you should be
exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you for nothing? I
plundered other Churches and took pay from them in order to render
service to you. And when I was present with you and when I had been
reduced to want I did not squeeze... [ Continue Reading ]
Again I say, let no one think me a fool. But, even if you do, bear
with me, even if it is as a fool that you do bear with me, so that I
too may boast a little. I am not saying what I am saying as if talk
like this was inspired by the Lord, but I am talking with boastful
confidence as in foolishness.... [ Continue Reading ]